A review by mattp3
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

4.0

So this is John Scalzi's go at a Dune-like, and I must admit it's pretty fun. The Macguffin is pretty well thought out and at least partly original. Scalzi pulls off the vibrant, bold and sarcastic characters with aplomb, though his prose is typically casual. His science fiction could be improved, especially since technology only seems to have improved from current where the plot demands, which is a bit jarring. However he does buck the trend of sci-fi authors being useless at people, so for that I am thankful. I'll be ploughing straight into the next one in the series.