The Currents of Space is a 1952 novel by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is the second book in Asimov's Empire Series. The action takes place during the time when Trantor was building a confederation of planets that would ultimately grow into the Galactic Empire. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his lifes work (Rowena Morrill) Isaac Asimov (c. ... The Galactic Empire Series contains Isaac Asimovs three earliest novels and one short story: The Stars, Like Dust (1951) The Currents of Space (1952) Pebble in the Sky (1950), his first novel Blind Alley (1945), short story reprinted in The Early Asimov They are only loosely connected. ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science-fiction novels. ...

In this story, that ocurrs around year 34500, Trantor dominates almost half of the galaxy (Earth is hardly remembered); one of its few opposition groups is lead by Sark, a planet ruled by the Nobles, who base their wealth on kyrt, a versitile fabric, woven from a cotton-like plant that only grows on Florina, planet that is of course controlled by the rich men of Sark. Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science-fiction novels. ... This article is about a celestial body. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... The Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the Heralds. ... Flag of Sark Sark (in French, Sercq, in Sarkese Sèr) is a small island of the Channel Islands, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. ...

The main topic of the novel is the possible destruction of Florina, predicted by Rik, a space analyst whose mind has been manipulated and forced to forget this vital information. The story begins when Rik starts remembering the past and produces a break in the political situation of Sark, Florina and Trantor. Categories: Greece geography stubs | Cities and towns in Greece ... Flag of Sark Sark (in French, Sercq, in Sarkese Sèr) is a small island of the Channel Islands, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs | Cities and towns in Greece ... Trantor is a fictional planet in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and Empire series of science-fiction novels. ...