Things have been pretty chaotic over the last few weeks. This has caused me to fall out of the writing rhythm. Sorry about that. In about two weeks I will begin writing regularly. The books that I will be reviewing next are Titan by, Deep Space, and Shards of Space, in no particular order.
All reviews, recommendations, and theories will be posted on sirteddyiii@gmail.com
Sorry for the inconvenience. This will now be my life blog, despite the bore that they usually bring.
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Next Book Announcement
The next book to be reviewed is Shards of Space by Robert Sheckley. It is a compilation of short stories, but very well written. The review will be out in a little while, so sit tight. Goodbye, and Godspeed to you.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Review on Android Armageddon by Robert Tralins
I highly recommend this book. It was amazing all throughout, with no major boring parts. From start to finish it was intense and really made me think. It definitely makes it up on the list with Under a Calculating Star as one of my favorites.
It kicks off with a group of men exploring the frontiers of their new planet, Pulsar 143. After a short while, strange ships appear and the men are forced to take them down before they can recharge and invade the planet further. This is where I would normally think that the novel really starts, but it isn't. After destroying the fleet and being left alone, the captain goes back home, where he is promoted to one of the highest offices in the city, that of the Orrery commandant. The Orrery is a machine that can instantly paralyze and enslave the entire city, which is very against the original constitution of the planet, much to the dislike of the protagonist. Then he launches a mission to destroy the regime, along with the help of an underground organization. I will not spoil the end for anybody that has not read the book yet, but you really should read it.
As I was reading the book, I wondered as to what the "mind code" was, so I looked it up. As it turns out, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, one of the people responsible for the invention of the mind code, was actually a real person, and his word coding system has the same attribute. If you want to look at his work, it is genuinely interesting. There are samples of applications of the Phreno-Mnemotechnic code in the back of the book. Here is the link for the file. Have a good day.
https://archive.org/details/phrenomnemotech00milegoog
It kicks off with a group of men exploring the frontiers of their new planet, Pulsar 143. After a short while, strange ships appear and the men are forced to take them down before they can recharge and invade the planet further. This is where I would normally think that the novel really starts, but it isn't. After destroying the fleet and being left alone, the captain goes back home, where he is promoted to one of the highest offices in the city, that of the Orrery commandant. The Orrery is a machine that can instantly paralyze and enslave the entire city, which is very against the original constitution of the planet, much to the dislike of the protagonist. Then he launches a mission to destroy the regime, along with the help of an underground organization. I will not spoil the end for anybody that has not read the book yet, but you really should read it.
As I was reading the book, I wondered as to what the "mind code" was, so I looked it up. As it turns out, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, one of the people responsible for the invention of the mind code, was actually a real person, and his word coding system has the same attribute. If you want to look at his work, it is genuinely interesting. There are samples of applications of the Phreno-Mnemotechnic code in the back of the book. Here is the link for the file. Have a good day.
https://archive.org/details/phrenomnemotech00milegoog
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Next Reviewed Book Announcement
I have found a book that I am very excited to review, and I will have it completed within a short time. The book is titled "Android Armageddon" and it is written by Robert Tralins. It is "An intensely provocative novel of the future." It is about a planet colony that left Earth to escape the machine-run government, but later comes into that same rule, much to the dissatisfaction of the protagonist. That is all for now. Get the book and read it sometime, it's pretty awesome.
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