false 4567689 3 Del was a rock singer. He was also the renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, which made his career choice less than respectable, and gave him more to worry about than getting gigs and not getting cheated by recording companies, club owners, or his agent. For one thing, the Ruby Dynasty ruled the Skolian Imperialate, an interstellar Empire, which had recently had a war with another empire, the Eubian Concord. For another, Del was singing on Earth, which was part of a third interstellar civilization, and one which had an uneasy relationship with the Imperialate. Del undeniably had talent, and was rapidly rising from an unknown fringe artist to stardom. But, with his life entangled in the politics of three interstellar civilizations, whether he wanted that or not, talent might not be enough. And that factor might have much more effect than his music on the lives of trillions of people on the thousands of inhabited worlds across the galaxy. <P> 4617021 5 5 2009 Diamond Star total:40|5:12|4:16|3:10|2:1|1:1| 40 157 73 20 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 10:47:01 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 10:58:08 -0700 2009
It was a good read. I tagged it as science fiction, bu...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 07:19:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 07:20:01 -0700 2009 Author: Catherine Asaro
Baen Publishing Co.– May, 2009
ISBN#978-1-4165-9160-3
1-4165-9160-5

DIAMOND STAR, the newest novel in Catherine Asaro's Award-Winning Skolian Empire Series is the story of a Prince of the Ruby Empire who longed to be som...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:20:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:14:43 -0700 2009 Diamond Star is a stand-alone book, but it also is part of a collection of books, novellas, and short stories that Catherine Asaro has written about the Skolian empire/universe. I also have to disclose that this is the first of Asaro's books that I have read.

The book is strong enough to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:58:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:55:28 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 22:57:30 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 23:13:36 -0800 2009
The interior was not quite as ridiculously fabulous, not consistently, but it was pretty entertainingly goofy and I eventually did get interested in the plot. The middle was boring, though.

And the singing scenes were some...more...]]> 3 5 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 22:51:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 19:03:27 -0700 2009 Diamond Star a higher rating and just been crazy about it. In fact, if I hadn't read it immediate after reading one of the best works of capital-L Literature I've read. (I may have to change my top 10 to a top 20.) I liked Diamond Star...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 12:06:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:33:32 -0700 2009
The story itself had a high emotional payoff - reminiscent of the o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:34:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 17:40:04 -0700 2009 His family has always thought music was beneath him, and gives him a hard time about it. As a result Del tends to devalue his skill and his worth. Stuck on Earth, incognito, (see the rest o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:08:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 01:18:42 -0700 2009 1
Catherine Asaro is my favourite author and her Skolian series, of which Diamond Star is the latest chapter, is my favourite series. However, I often get incredibly a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:17:52 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:23:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:49:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:59:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 22:16:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 05:18:23 -0700 2009
This book cover comes to us from the rift in the space time continuum that traps you in an acid trip from 1969. Plus, there are too many swirly bits. Either the shirt goes or the background goes. Together, they make my retinas hurt.]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 15 07:29:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:26:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 07:29:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 07:28:56 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 07:54:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:59:18 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:59:33 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:22:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 06:56:24 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 19:56:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:20:57 -0700 2009 This book was about Del-Kurj and his career as a rock singer. I am not all that interested in the lifest...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 18:52:13 -0800 2009 Tue May 19 19:44:38 -0700 2009
a through back to Asaro's older ironic prose; light with amusing turns of phrase.

lacks a antagonist for most of the book. I really think they're overrated anyway

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