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Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin. He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Biron Farrell: Son of the Rancher of Widemos, student of the University of Earth.
- Sandor Jonti: An acquaintance of Biron's at the University of Earth. He wakes Biron when the radiation bomb is planted in his room, and sends him to Rhodia
- Hinrik oth Hinriad: The Director of Rhodia, and a once good friend to Biron's father. Artemisia's father.
- Artemisia oth Hinriad: The Director's daughter, who is desperate to escape her situation and flee with Biron.
- Gillbret oth Hinriad: The Director's cousin and Artemisia's uncle. Serves no purpose in the government, but is brilliant in his own right.
- Simok Aratap: The Tyrannian Commissioner
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“"The Stars, like dust, encircle me/ In living mists of light;/ And all of space I seem to see/ In one vast burst of sight."”
Biron Farrell
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Don’t think it is enough to replace one set of rulers by another; that the simple change brings freedom.”
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“The stars, like dust, encircle me In living mists of light; And all of space I seem to see In one vast burst of sight.”
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There are depths in feminine psychology, which, without experience, defy analysis.
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Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.
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Read your history, young man. All governments kill as part of the nature of things.
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First Sentence edit
The bedroom murmured to itself gently.
Table of Contents edit
One: The Bedroom Murmured
Two: The Net Across Space
Three: Chance and the Wrist Watch
Four: Free?
Five: Uneasy Lies the Head
Six: That Wears a Crown
Seven: Musician of the Mind
Eight: A Lady's Skirts
Nine: And an Overlord's Trousers
Ten: Maybe!
Eleven: And Maybe Not!
Twelve: The Autarch Comes
Thirteen: The Autarch Remains
Fourteen: The Autarch Leaves
Fifteen: The Hole in Space
Sixteen: Hounds!
Seventeen: And Hares!
Eighteen: Out of the Jaws of Defeat!
Nineteen: Defeat!
Twenty: Where?
Twenty-One: Here?
Twenty-Two: There!
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Asimov's Galactic Empire. (standard series)
Followed by The Currents of Space.
This is book 16 of 25 in Asimov's Future History. (universe)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Isaac Asimov (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1951
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 218
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1951
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 218
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- Dewey: 813
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