The Currents of Space
- 221
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Currents of Space” is an early Asimov novel of interplanetary intrigue, played out in a political world of three planets. The tension between Trantor, Sark and Florina gives the conspiracy a setting worth exploring, one that predates the era of his “Foundation” stories. Some readers find the storyline slow and the characters’ motives hard to follow, and some consider the women thinly written; others single out the final chapter as the strongest part.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
The Currents of Space is a science fiction novel by the American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1952. It is the second of three books labeled the Galactic Empire series, but it was the last of the three to be written. Each occurs after humans have settled many worlds in the galaxy, after the second wave of colonization that went beyond the Spacer worlds, and before the era of decline that was the setting for the original Foundation series.
Reading order · Galactic Empire
Full order & progress →- Pebble in the SkyStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - The Stars, Like Dust
7.27.2 / 10 - The Currents of SpaceThis book
7.47.4 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 200 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 15 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 185 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Currents of Space?
It has 221 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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