Biography Pf a Space Tyrant: Executive

Rewriting the rules of power. Hope succeeds in this endeavour as well, and is elected President of the area. With this office, he then sets about changing the legal framework of the society, through political means. As a consequence of this, he is appointed head honcho of the whole shebang, which is where the Space Tyrant moniker comes into play.

Now with supreme authority over Saturn, for the sole purpose of balancing the deficit, Hope Hubris begins a reign that in years following will be looked back upon and the cure a tragically deficient planet needed. Of course, going throug it is pure hell. One of the things I particularly liked was the way he dealt with overpopulation. You see, for years the Navy has instituted weekly sex for their members, mandatory! To prevent unwanted pregnacies, they have an additive they put in the water supply which is prevents women from getting pregnant. To halt the rising overpopulation, he puts that drug in Jupitor's water supply. A civil war almost erupted over that one thing. Many other less than appreciated programs were put into effect but they were all done for the greater good. Sometimes you have to pull a tooth to save unwanted unpleasntries later. Excellent continuatin of the life of Hope Hubris.

This is the fourth book in Piers Anthony's five book Bio of a Space Tyrant series.The basic idea is that the main character, Hope Hubris has now reached the level of highest office, that of Executive, and is complete ruler ("Tyrant") of Jupiter. He now has to escape assasinations and reform business and society for Jupiter to survive.In my opinion the first three books in this series are absolutely fantastic and are some of the best sci-fi I have ever read. Unfortunately, I don't find this fourth book to be on the same level. I give this book 4 stars for those who loved the previous books (as I did), but only 3 stars for the casual reader.Though quite interesting and enjoyable in many individual parts, the author doesn't weave as compelling a story here (after all, the main character is now ruler), and the book's continued allusions to communism and problems of the 80's give it a dating that starts to detract somewhat from the plausability of some of the plot-points.That being said, it is interesting to see how the main character progresses through his "term" and how the office affects him. Also, it is very interesting to hear how someone with absolute power would solve society's ills -especially when you then get to go into the backlash that would follow.All in all, worthwhile if you liked the series, but not something I'd consider a must-read like the others.

Great book! Anohter in the series of Bio of a Space Tyrant, Anthony does a great job in this book, as the events of Hope Hubris as the Tyrant of Jupiter proceed. I highly recomend this book to all who love science fiction or futuristic politics. However, if you want to read this book start at the first one in the series, Refugee.