false 7955 5 <div><div>The American Empire has grown too fast, and the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point. The war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war, though most people just want to be left alone. <br><br>The battle rages between the high-technology weapons on one side, and militia foot-soldiers on the other, devastating the cities, and overrunning the countryside. But the vast majority, who only want the killing to stop and the nation to return to more peaceful days, have technology, weapons and strategic geniuses of their own. <br><br>When the American dream shatters into violence, who can hold the people and the government together? And which side will you be on?<br><br>Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science fiction and fantasy novels. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near future scenario of a new American Civil War. </div></div> 1234312 28 11 2006 Empire total:1621|5:262|4:493|3:515|2:241|1:115| 1621 5408 2085 288 3 5 false false Wed Apr 02 10:35:49 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:22:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 02 10:35:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:45:08 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 14:15:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 true false Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 12:11:50 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 12:15:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:33:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:39:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 15 14:20:05 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 14:45:15 -0700 2007
This book was not very good. Card is a good writer, but this is not his best writing. The characters are static and unbelievable. It reads like a script to an action movie: it is fast...more...]]> 1 3 false false Mon Apr 14 21:27:14 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 13:56:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 5 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 05:25:52 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 19:05:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:11:57 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 06:14:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Mar 22 14:59:07 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 15:05:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:06:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:19:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:16:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:53:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:39:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 20:11:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 21:37:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 21:38:26 -0700 2009
I used to love Orson Scott Card. Seriously, when I was a kid I read every single one of his published books, even saints (despite the fact that I hated a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 12 13:21:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:23:18 -0700 2009
Orson Scott Card's political thriller, Empire, is subtitled "a disturbing look at a possible future." The premise is that extreme partisanship threatens the republican principles of the United States. The far left and far right are manipulated into a civil wa...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 08:40:24 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 09:12:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 00:28:24 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 21:49:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:08:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:28:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:12:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:39:35 -0700 2009
This is one of the scariest books I've read in a long time. The plot - an American civil war between the left and the right - is just too plausible, once ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:25:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 12:12:09 -0700 2009
It's about a future US, where some states decide to secede by using very high tech weaponry. I would have though...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 02 19:31:17 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 19:31:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7955