The Imperial Stars (Family d'Alembert) [Paperback]

E. E. 'Doc' Smith (Author), Stephen Goldin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Granada Publishing.; paperback / softback edition (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0586043349
• ISBN-13: 978-0586043349
• ASIN: B0011CVW62
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,951,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Philadelphia in 1947, Stephen Goldin has lived in California since 1960. He received a Bachelor's degree in Astronomy from UCLA and worked as a civilian space scientist for the U.S. Navy for a few years after leaving college, but has made his living as a writer/editor most of his life. He's published more than 30 books, and lots of articles and stories.

His first wife was fellow author Kathleen Sky, with whom he co-wrote the first edition of the highly acclaimed nonfiction book, THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER. His current wife is fellow author Mary Mason. So far, they have co-authored two books in the "Rehumanization of Jade Darcy" series.

He served the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for close to three years as editor of the SFWA Bulletin, and another three years as the organization's Western Regional Director. He has lived with cats all his adult life. Artistically, he enjoys Broadway musicals and surrealist art.

Learn more about him at his Web site, http://stephengoldin.com. Many of his books and stories can be bought through Parsina Press at http://parsina.com.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, September 3, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Imperial Stars (Family D'Alembert, Bk. 1) (Paperback)

Circus secret agents, that is what it boils down to, here. The d'Alemberts are a family of Galactic circus entertainers, from DesPlain. They are highly skilled, as you would imagine, if there services are in demand on more than one planet.

However, there are some nogoodniks around that need dealing with, and other agents have failed to deal with them. Time to send in the clowns.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars feels like a doc smith, but bad, June 4, 2007

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Daniel Abraham (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Imperial Stars (Family D'Alembert Series #1) (Mass Market Paperback)

It has most of Doc's regular trappings, heroic, square jawed men (& in this case a woman too) facing down evil that wants to destroy civilization. But it's just bad. It doesn't put you in the world. Further, I found myself rooting for the bad guy.

I hope that Stephen Goldin does better work when he isn't expanding someone else's story. As it was, I'm not sure I would have hated it so much had it not been ostensibly a Doc Smith novel.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is the first of many in a great series., February 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Imperial Stars (Family D'Alembert, Bk. 1) (Paperback)

If you plan on reading any of the Family D'Alembert series, then I strongly reccomend that you read this first. It sets the plot and introduces the main characters. Frankly, without reading this book, you will probably get lost in the others!