Bio of a Space Tyrant - Vol. 1 Refugee

Name: Bio of a Space Tyrant - Vol. 1 Refugee
ISBN: 9780738806938

by Piers Anthony · first published 1983

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From the back cover: CALIGULA OF THE STARS Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lists of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by bloodthirsty scions across the airless desert, they barely escaped with their lives. The illegal space bubble was overcrowded with refugees, all hoping to reach Jupiter for asylum. But the space travelers had not reckoned on the terrible threat of hi

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nsantos · Mar 20, 2022 · Recommends

…them, I find some nuance I missed from the last reading. The way it portrays politics, religion, and basically the entangled web of life in general blew my mind when I first read it, and still does. - Bio of a Space Tyrant series by Piers Anthony. I'm not sure I can put into words how it has impacted me, though, but it has. I guess it's more of a visceral reaction? I can't honestly say I can relate to the protagonist, since…
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kcartlidge · May 21, 2023 · Recommends

…guilty pleasures: - Venus Equilateral by George O Smith, 1940s stories based around a three mile long space station at the L4 point in space, a bit like Babylon 5 meets DS9 in the era of vacuum tubes - Bio of a Space Tyrant by Piers Anthony, a 6 book series following the rise of a refugee to becoming the Tyrant of Jupiter
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ktsmith · Dec 20, 2011 · Mentions

I read just about every book of his I could get my hands on when I was growing up. About the time the puns of Xanth got old I had moved on to the Incarnations of Immortality books, Bio of a Space Tyrant and my favorites the Apprentice Adept series. They don't hold up nearly as well to me as an adult but I still have a giant dusty box of his books in my attic that I can't seem to part with.
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