Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
The Rebel Worlds (Flandry #3)
The barbarians in their long ships waiting at the edge of the Galaxy...
...waited for the ancient Terran Empire to fall, while two struggled to save it: ex-Admiral McCormac, forced to rebel against a corrupt Emperor, and Starship Commander Flandry, the brilliant young officer who served the Imperium even as he scorned it.
Trapped between them was the woman they both loved,...more
...waited for the ancient Terran Empire to fall, while two struggled to save it: ex-Admiral McCormac, forced to rebel against a corrupt Emperor, and Starship Commander Flandry, the brilliant young officer who served the Imperium even as he scorned it.
Trapped between them was the woman they both loved,...more
Paperback, 141 pages
Published
December 1st 1978
by Coronet Books (Paperback imprint of Hodder & Stoughton)
(first published 1969)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
199)
The first Anderson book I ever read, so it has sentimental value to me :)
The basic gist is that Dominic Flandry (James Bond of the future) is on a quest to bring down a provincial rebellion threatening to disrupt the galactic empire, while breaking as many rules as he can and skirting war crimes and romance on his way to promotion and status.
The main thing I liked about the book is probably the extended sequence stranded on an alien planet with weird symbiotic natives, since I like the explorato...more
The basic gist is that Dominic Flandry (James Bond of the future) is on a quest to bring down a provincial rebellion threatening to disrupt the galactic empire, while breaking as many rules as he can and skirting war crimes and romance on his way to promotion and status.
The main thing I liked about the book is probably the extended sequence stranded on an alien planet with weird symbiotic natives, since I like the explorato...more
An excellent book – four and a half stars! Anderson integrates a well thought out alien race, action adventure, and political shenanigans to produce a real page-turner. There's also romance, although modern readers may have difficulty coping with the 50s viewpoint of fidelity, rather than sex as recreation (cf The Forever War ).
I've always loved Anderson's stories about Falkayn and van Rijn set in the Polesotechnic League, but I haven't got into Flandry before. I think this is because I wasn't i...more
I've always loved Anderson's stories about Falkayn and van Rijn set in the Polesotechnic League, but I haven't got into Flandry before. I think this is because I wasn't i...more
This was, in my opinion, the best of the Flandry stories. This is the only time that we really get to see deep inside Dominic Flandry, and realize that the jaded cynic we've come to love truly believes in what he is doing, to the point where sacrifices his own soul on the altar of the Empire.
And the poor damned Admiral McCormac is the perfect foil to Flandry. He's everything Flandry has never tried to be, the perfect hero figure. In the end we see that the true hero is - and always has been - Do...more
And the poor damned Admiral McCormac is the perfect foil to Flandry. He's everything Flandry has never tried to be, the perfect hero figure. In the end we see that the true hero is - and always has been - Do...more
Flandry - should re-read these
Grade B. Book A3.
It is difficult to understand the point that the author was trying to make with this story. That unity under tyranny is still better than no unity attall? Some interesting concepts touched upon but not all seem pertinent to the story.
Excellent book. Poul Anderson did Space opera with some heart and did it better than just about anyone.
Interesting alternate biology, alternate world tale.
Apr 10, 2013
Cyberstorm
marked it as to-read
Mar 02, 2013
Jay Burton
added it
Feb 25, 2013
William Alan Ritch
marked it as to-read
Apr 19, 2013
Darren
added it
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Pseudonym A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P. Sanders, P. A. Kingsley.
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous a...more
More about Poul Anderson...
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous a...more
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
