What exactly is the Invictus? Any why should I care about it? And does it make much sense to kill the guy who grants you access via his nanobots off that soon? I mean, what if there are any other access ports? And what exactly makes Salvor that superhuman/superwarrior that the Anacreons desperately need?
Okay, so, Seldon planned on Raysh being with him and Gaal setting up Terminus - which might have helped in building a better plotthread on Terminus, i.e. making me care more. But he didn't predict Raysh's attachmend to Gaal, and Gaal being that much of a disturbance overall... However, I don't really like that Gaal's now developed into some kind of prophet... That's not necessary, as the dichotomy of her own upbringing and the galactic events between prophecy/faith and science is one of the interesting things. Blurring the line here just needlessly moves the show into an even more esoteric genre.
And Day keeps getting challenged - but it's unclear to me what the relevance is. I mean isn't this just one planet's leader in a myriad of imperial planets? So, who cares if she grovels at his feet? The only interesting point is, again, Demerzel, who apparently follows that planet's creed... on the other hand, how did she end up with Empire which in a way goes against her beliefs? And how did Seldon arrive through science at pretty much the same conclusion as Halima? Again, I think that a glimpse into the past, before the first emperor, would be very interesting. Anyway, still, it's interesting to see Day so easily riled up by a demagogue - or is he because of Demerzel's actions?
Still waiting for the open confrontation between Dawn and Dusk - but I don't quite understand why they don't engineer the babies with some kind of genetic knowledge. They keep copies around in case some of the live ones malfunctions (has there ever been a malfunctioning empire that had to be replaced) - they feed those copies with the live experiences... but those experiences can't be spied on via the link? Dawn tells the gardener (what's her name?) about his flaws, he tells her about the copy... but wouldn't his doubts be part of the copy as well (if not genetically than at least through the experiences)? So how exactly does that work? And who determines if a copy malfunctions/is imperfect?
Review by nicky2910BlockedParentSpoilers2024-01-15T13:30:09Z
What exactly is the Invictus? Any why should I care about it? And does it make much sense to kill the guy who grants you access via his nanobots off that soon? I mean, what if there are any other access ports? And what exactly makes Salvor that superhuman/superwarrior that the Anacreons desperately need?
Okay, so, Seldon planned on Raysh being with him and Gaal setting up Terminus - which might have helped in building a better plotthread on Terminus, i.e. making me care more. But he didn't predict Raysh's attachmend to Gaal, and Gaal being that much of a disturbance overall... However, I don't really like that Gaal's now developed into some kind of prophet... That's not necessary, as the dichotomy of her own upbringing and the galactic events between prophecy/faith and science is one of the interesting things. Blurring the line here just needlessly moves the show into an even more esoteric genre.
And Day keeps getting challenged - but it's unclear to me what the relevance is. I mean isn't this just one planet's leader in a myriad of imperial planets? So, who cares if she grovels at his feet? The only interesting point is, again, Demerzel, who apparently follows that planet's creed... on the other hand, how did she end up with Empire which in a way goes against her beliefs? And how did Seldon arrive through science at pretty much the same conclusion as Halima? Again, I think that a glimpse into the past, before the first emperor, would be very interesting. Anyway, still, it's interesting to see Day so easily riled up by a demagogue - or is he because of Demerzel's actions?
Still waiting for the open confrontation between Dawn and Dusk - but I don't quite understand why they don't engineer the babies with some kind of genetic knowledge. They keep copies around in case some of the live ones malfunctions (has there ever been a malfunctioning empire that had to be replaced) - they feed those copies with the live experiences... but those experiences can't be spied on via the link? Dawn tells the gardener (what's her name?) about his flaws, he tells her about the copy... but wouldn't his doubts be part of the copy as well (if not genetically than at least through the experiences)? So how exactly does that work? And who determines if a copy malfunctions/is imperfect?