Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1
Dawn

Alright, there's no getting around it: I'm going to be honest and admit that I don't think I would have enjoyed this book as much without the stellar narration of Tim Gerard Reynolds. I was introduced to TGR through his work in reading Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy, which fully convinced me that......more

3.5 Stars This is the promising start of a space opera series. I don't feel I can properly assess this one until I get further in. The story is a bit tropey, but it's the kind of classic narrative. I tend to prefer. I'm finding the characters a bit flat so I hope they are fleshed out in the later boo......more

This is fun! About 30 years ago, 10 books were published in Japan which took the Prussian Wars and put them into a futuristic space. Since Japan has to milk every cow until it starves to death an anime and several movies were made from the books (with a new movie and anime coming soon). The anime its......more

Oh boy. Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a lengthy series of Japanese space opera novels dating back to the early '80s, which in turn spawned a multimedia franchise of animation, manga and video games. The west is mostly familiar with the 110-episode animated series, which was unofficially translated......more

Mankind has spread out through space, but there's still war, conflicts involving thousands of ships and millions of lives. On one side is the Galactic Empire, an oppressive regime that is milding in its old age. On the other, is the Free Planets Alliance, which has good intentions but often hampered......more