The Currents of Space
{4.5/5} “There he met friends of his, who looked at him with secrecy in their eyes and who met him at work later with bland glances of indifference. He listened to what they said and found that many seemed to believe what he had been hoarding in his own mind and honestly he had thought to be his own creation and no one else’s.”
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov, published in 1952
Rik works at the mill, and remembers very little about his life before. His friend Alona took him to a doctor who revealed that Rik had had a psychic probe used on him. Whatever he used to be, he was a different man now. But he remembers one thing — everyone on the world of Florina is going to die.
This is the 2nd book in the Galactic Empire trilogy, but it tells a completely different story than its predecessor, The Stars, Like Dust.
It’s about various people trying to get to the bottom of a mystery. It’s about the game of interstellar politics. And it’s about a place where the poor live in Lower City and the rich live in Upper City.
The main question has a clever answer at the end.
This is the 15th book I’ve read by Asimov.