FWIW, I've been reading science fiction since the mid-60's. The Spirit of Empire books were a thoroughly enjoyable space opera on a par, in my view with classics such as Foundation Trilogy, Door Into Summer, Stranger in a Strange Land and others. I have eagerly been waiting for the third book to get through the editor's or publisher's task to build an eBook. In my view, the length of a book neither qualifies nor eliminates it from being a great story and worth the read.
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