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The Powers of the Earth
Aristillus, Book 1
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Narrateur(s):
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Sean Runnette
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Auteur(s):
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Travis J. I. Corcoran
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Winner of the 2018 Promethus Award for Best Novel
Earth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure no new technologies disrupt the planned economy. Ten years ago, a band of malcontents, dreamers, and libertarian radicals bolted privately developed antigravity drives onto rusty seagoing cargo ships, loaded them to the gills with 20th-century tunnel-boring machines and earthmoving equipment, and set sail - for the moon.
There, they built their retreat. A lunar underground border town fit to rival Ayn Rand's "Galt's Gulch", with American capitalists, Mexican hydroponic farmers, and Vietnamese space-suit mechanics - this is the city of Aristillus.
There's a problem, though: The economic decline of Earth under a command-and-control economy is causing trouble for the political powers-that-be in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. To shore up their positions, they need to slap down the lunar expats and seize the gold they've been mining. The conflicts start small but rapidly escalate.
The Powers of the Earth includes zero-gravity gun fights in rusted oceangoing ships flying through space, containers full of bulldozers hurtling through the vacuum, nuclear explosions, armies of tele-operated combat UAVs, guerrilla fighting in urban environments, an astoundingly visual climax...and really, really big guns.
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- Vangel Vesovski
- 2019-10-17
Good Libertarian Narrative but a bit over the top.
I love the story. Earth governments are too large and too intrusive. Their overregulation and taxes make life difficult and suppress individual liberty. The discovery of an anti-gravity drive makes it possible to set up living areas on the moon so hard working people looking for a life of liberty wind up settling in one area. The governments are failing and need an excuse. They say that people are avoiding paying taxes and using resources that governments should be controlling and allocating.
The story includes hard anarchist types, genetically modified dogs, and even an artificially intelligent entity. Heinlein fans may be a bit pleased as well as pi$$ed off because there are elements from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. But if you can ignore the over-the-top enthusiasm for liberty and are not an authoritarian type you should enjoy the story.
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- Chris Corradini
- 2021-11-09
Beautiful Dream
An antistatist manifesto, a Michael Crichtonesque game of hard sci fi and corporate sabotage, an autodidact revolution fantasy and a beautiful image of the future.
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- Adri
- 2019-03-24
A Great Series
Travis Corcoran has to be the lovechild of Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand. The universe he builds for his books is one of a runaway bureaucracy on earth and a Galt’s Gulch hidden on the moon.
It documents the libertarianism that has made America great and warns against the misplaced trust in government to “fix” things. At the same time it celebrates freedom and ingenuity and gives hope for better outcomes by encouraging free thinking and self determination. Oh: and the best part is that it has uplifted dogs.
Unfortunately the two books (The Powers of the Earth and Causes of Separation) were not enough to satisfy my cravings for more of his excellent storytelling and I am anxiously awaiting the third and fourth instalments.
I would highly recommend this series.
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