![]() ![]() ![]() Rather, America exists as did Rome at the end of her republic phase: broken by infighting and divisions, unable to stand strong on the world stage. Perhaps most intriguing is Card’s comparison of America to Rome – not the Empire, but the Republic.Ĭard argues – through one of his more interesting characters – that America is not an Empire because were we to disappear as a nation today, our culture would not endure in the world the way Rome’s did. The divisive, divided rhetoric could be taken from any number of email forwards so lovingly sent around – not to mention FOX News or CNN. Card’s America is as sharply divided along party lines as is ours, so this war is not fought across the Mason-Dixon line instead, it’s red-state/blue-state, urban/rural. ![]() What makes Card’s tale so compelling is the frightening plausibility of it. States quickly move to choose sides and the fighting begins. Foreign terrorists assassinate the President and Vice President, and shortly thereafter a group of either right- or left-wing radicals take over New York City, declaring themselves to be the liberators of America. The book feels as though it’s set tomorrow. It’s the story of the Second American Civil War. His stories reflect what is best and worst about our natures, and use gripping, thrilling, so-awesome-you-have-to-read-it-twice narrative to do it.Įmpire is no different. Anyone who reads Orson Scott Card – the author of the insanely awesome Ender saga – knows that he’s one of the best Science Fiction writers around. ![]()
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