Re: (Worst) Empire (Empire, volume 1) by Orson Scott Card

On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:10:06 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

>
Empire  (Empire, volume 1) by Orson Scott Card
>
America! Beset by conspiracy, assassination, and civil war!
Worst of all, somewhere a French intellectual may be laughing
at America! Hon hon hon!
>
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/till-all-success

I believe I read both of these.

Thanks for confirming that they are based on a computer game. Which I
have never heard of, never mind played. But that may have given it a
certain Oomph! in the marketplace.

Interestingly, I seem to remember it differently. But it's been a long
time since I read it.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"