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Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn | Yoshiki Tanaka
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“The Golden Brat” Reinhard von Lohengramm, a military prodigy and admiral of the Galactic Empire, has ambitions beyond protecting the borders or even defeating the Empire’s enemies. He seeks to overthrow the old order and become a truly absolute—yet benevolent—dictator. His rival, the humble Yang Wen-li of the Free Planets Alliance, wishes to preserve democracy even if he must sacrifice his political ideals to defeat the Empire. Their political and military battles play out over a galactic chessboard in an epic saga fifteen centuries in the making!
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Mehso-so

Literally a space opera - as in an opera set in space. It's actually quite fun to read as long as fun is all you're looking for. Full review here: https://kammartinez.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/entertaining-but-not-much-else-a-re...

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*distant crashing sound* Oh whoops there goes my heart. That happens sometimes: please pick up the pieces and send them to the address printed on the back.

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That almost made me do a spittake. Seriously: HAMBURGER? Why not "mincemeat", which has nice echoes of the "meat grinder" battlefronts of WWI? I blame this on the translator.

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This is SO rude, but at the same time utterly hilarious XD.

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Gods bless you and your snark, Yang XD.

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Ouch. Just. OUCH. Also: that "up the missile tube" maneuver sounds a heckuva lot like A New Hope.

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This is so beautifully cinematic, but OW.

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Poe Dameron showed me that I have a thing for flyboys, and these guys are no different. *purrs*

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Sad but (probably) true.

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ILU Bucock.

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I agree, actually.

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The snark. THE SNARK!

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I want this too please.

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Damn. DAMN.

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Image is an archival photo from the 1986 EDSA Revolution: one of the most important historical events of my country.

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*cackles* Ahhh, but what are friends for, Yang ;D?

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*sighs* Gosh, but I do so love a pragmatist. Oh, be still my beating heart!

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When I wonder why I love this man so much, things like this make me remember why XD.

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The young Padawan has learned much from his master regarding the art of evasion I see XD.

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S C R E A M I N G!

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A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK!

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Damn. DAMN.

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OHHH BUUUURN!

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*coughsAMERICAcoughs*

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Not happy with the way this particular book treats homosexuality, but this is EXACTLY the kind of gossip you might hear in the hothouse of intrigue and conspiracy that is a royal court.

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Nice to know it isn't all white people in outer space.

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... I think I'm in love XD.

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The cold calculus of war.

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I think I'd kill for any kind of tech that could cram the effects of a full eight hours of sleep in just one hour. And I doubt I'm the only one.

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Basically me XD. Also one more reason to love this character even more XD.

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I HAVE FOUND THE SASSY SARCASTIC LITTLE SH*T OF THIS STORY AHAHAHAHAHA WELCOME MY CHILD WELCOME!

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So not only is Reinhard a hyper-intelligent little sh*t, but he's also an AMBITIOUS hyper-intelligent little sh*t. I think I like him even more now :D.

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I have concluded that Reinhard is a little sh*t, but by the gods I like him anyway. This doesn't happen very often with characters like him.

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...would it be excessively mean of me to say that this guy sounds like he belongs on an SS recruiting poster?

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Couldn't help but see my own country's current situation in this quote, hence the background. Staring down the barrel of a potential dictatorship is NOT fun.

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Welp, that's basically the Philippines in a nutshell, especially the ones who voted for our current President-Elect.

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How strange. Where, oh where have I heard of such a person before?

*remembers who the Philippines voted for President*

Oh.

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Whoa whoa WHOA! WTF?!

*breathes* Okay, gotta remember when this book was written, and who wrote it. It's not an excuse, but it is an explanation as to why this b*llsh*t is in this book.

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Starting on this one now! Gonna try and get at least the very first chapter in before I turn in for the night. Also, maybe I should try watching the anime too, just to see how they compare :D.

BestOfFates Sounds so interesting, I can't wait to hear about it! 8y
kammartinez @BestOfFates You'll be hearing about it for sure XD. May even get peeks at the anime if I get to watch it and take care to get screencaps XD. 8y
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