Title: The Reality of The
Virtual
Sub-title: Presage
ISBN: 978-9881675118
Format: E-book and
paperback
Publisher: Pebbles Publications
Publication/: End
December, 2012
Launch Distribution: Amazon, Ingram, Lulu
Category:
Alternative History/Sci-fi Novel
Author:Betsy Cheung
Amazon
: http://tinyurl.com/9gyv2rf
Review:
‘The Reality of The virtual’ is
an edge-of the-seat-saga, which takes place between the real and the
virtual. Cheung’s debut novel is packed with thrilling ideas about
near-future technology. It has a balance of the believable and unbelievable
that makes the plot seem very real. What’s more, it touches upon existential
issues of human existence in the virtual.
The year is 2018.
Nothing is what it seems and mis-information rules the Media. People are livid
and riots abound surrounding a controversial new class system. Hugh van
Santen is the Editor in Chief of a major newspaper reporting on the social
turmoil. While governments go bankrupt, the grass roots are geared up to do
community work and replace social welfare. Meanwhile Hugh relies on scoops to
keep his newspaper afloat and recruits rogue reporter Sophie Chantal for his
most ambitious and outrageous scoop to date. Sophie’s first assignment is to
write a feature on the bicentennial birthday of a persona non gratis whose
past doings wrecked havoc and caused the Cold War. She solicits the help of
Sam, a computer scientist, who creates accurate simulations of humans down to
their thoughts. Even before publication, the story is leaked and
Sophie’s
feature becomes breaking news with explosive effect on the world and
an
implosive effect on the news paper itself. It also alerts the CIA, who is
after Sam’s simulation technology at all cost. To distract them, Sam designs
a game called ‘Presage’ in which gamers and intelligence agents begin their
race to find Sam’s secret in the reality of the virtual.
A
crucial idea of this exciting boo is the conflict between the world, i.e.
the totality of things work and the individual. The notion that the
collective interest and wellbeing is suppressive of the individual interest
and wellbeing is the same notion of why evolution and 'survival of the
fittest' is necessary, but causes suffering and sacrifice of the individual
animals and why the ‘have-nots’ suffer in a capitalist system. This book
depicts what happens when a few individuals combine aspects of capitalism,
collectivism, social media and technology to a new system and try to make the
shortcomings of the previous systems right. The
problem they encounter is an
old one: Although this new system makes a lot of sense to people, It is the
human consciousness and the fundamental way in which it is taught to work
when we are ‘socialized’ which prevent people from seeing the bigger picture
in their actual life and stops them from walking the talk. With
intelligence
and crazy imagination, the same idea and theme are reflected and
reinforced in the sub plots.
The book is rich with intriguing, deep,
believable characters, who reflect the different ways individuals are
wired to be in or out of tune with the world. Some are totally stuck in their
own way of looking at things like Mick Fallon, the spy. Some understand this
and manipulate this to their own advantage like Otto Chantal, the CEO, Hugh
can Santen, the editor in chief and Jim Hershel, the media baron. Some
manipulate it to the advantage of society like Hal, a new breed of union
leader while at the opposite ends of the spectrum you have idealists willing
to sacrifice themselves like Thomas Pierson, the chairman of the
Alpha
Federation and Sam Sheppard, the main protagonist and creator of the game
Presage and Mindroids. And then, you have people, who study this phenomenon
and find it all mighty interesting for a social-anthropological reason like
the character of Dominique Sagresse, the Elvis among
philosophers.
This book delves into the ethics and effects of a
changed semi-virtual society in the near future. It gives us a fresh
perspective upon the unrelenting human struggle in our continued attempts to
wrench ourselves out of Sisyphus’ myth. Highlighting that our greatest
enemy—the one, who causes the rock to tumble back to the bottom of the hill
each and every time— is ourselves, this book revamps our hope that one day we
may succeed. Don't miss this book if you like your mind and
imagination challenged! This is truly a MUST READ!
~Author Jerry McGregor is an English teacher living in South-Asia who
dapples in creative writing and loves books. His favorite writers are Fyodor
Dostoevsky and Knut Hamsun, David Sedaris, Salman Rusdie.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Contemporary Romance Reviewed by Chicklit Reviewer
Book: Pass the
Hot Stuff
Author: Dana
PageAuthor’s site/buy links:
www.facebook/passthehotstuff
www.danapage1.blogspot.com
www.createspace.com/3867996
Also available on Amazon.com and Kindle
ISBN: 1477625348
Genre: Contemporary Romance; Chick Lit
Rank: 5 stars~ Sassy read
Reviewed by Nikki Mason originally for BestChickLit.com
Pass
the Hot stuff is a fun, fast-paced romance novel that will show you the
importance of letting yourself find the love you deserve. Surrounded by strong,
inspirational women such as her artistic mother Katie, her fun-loving friend
Trisha and her adored Grandmother, Sweetie, who all want the very best for her,
Blythe is struggling to let herself be loved without compromising on happiness.
But when two new attorneys appear at the boyfriend's office, Blythe's head,
heart and soul are given a good shake.
Pass the Hot stuff is Dana Page's first novel but she has written it with such confidence and gusto, that it will leave you feeling warm and optimistic about love. Page has really captured the all-consuming sexual tension of a budding relationship and contrasts it perfectly with the stagnant claustrophobia of being stuck with the wrong man. The vibrancy of her New Orleans setting leaves you bright-eyed and ready for adventure.
Pass the Hot stuff is Dana Page's first novel but she has written it with such confidence and gusto, that it will leave you feeling warm and optimistic about love. Page has really captured the all-consuming sexual tension of a budding relationship and contrasts it perfectly with the stagnant claustrophobia of being stuck with the wrong man. The vibrancy of her New Orleans setting leaves you bright-eyed and ready for adventure.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Ferryman's Dream Highly Recommended
The Ferryman's
Dream
(Paperback)
By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
· Paperback: 166 pages
· Publisher: Abandoned Ladder
(April 6, 2012 )
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 0615613004
· ISBN-13: 978-0615613000
· Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
inches
· Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
·
List Price: $10.95
Review: By
Emmanuel Karavousanos
Once in a while one reads a book
that not only is a wonderful read, but has a magnet drawing a reader into it and
fills the mind with at least a bit of wisdom and good sense. The Ferryman's
Dream is such a book with one difference: it delivers a good deal more wisdom
than one might expect. Often when reading a book one quickly (perhaps all too
quickly) dismisses much of what one reads, hastening to get to "the good parts"
or even just to finish. Here, the reader cannot but go back and read once again
the fully packed package of ideas this work contains.
Aside from the story,
which itself is joyful to read, ideas emerge right from the very beginning. The
author, Dr. Bitkoff, can be recognized as one who has reached a state of
consciousness that we call mystical. We see the wisdom begin to flow. Bitkoff
quickly notifies us of a flaw almost all of us have. It is that the instructions
given by spiritual teachers is often "denied or overlooked". Near the end of the
book we are reminded that "while our journey through life is filled with trouble
and tears, it is filled also with laughter and joy." Too many of us, too often,
forget this and we become cynical, and sadly, not very pleasant to be with.
Bitkoff knows well that greatest of all gifts, the gift of mystical insight. He
recognizes that even "in the most highly attuned" this gift comes and goes
depending upon "the requirements of the situation." If one chooses to become
enlightened and to care to reach for that higher, wiser mind, this book will add
greatly to reach that goal. Particularly distinctive was Bitkoff's use of brief,
wise poetic endings to each of the chapters in the book which actually enlighten
the reading mind. One brief example: "This moring as I slept,the sun caressed my
lips...then I awoke to brighten the day." The Ferryman's Dream is a must read.
To order copies go to: http://www.amazon.com/The-Ferrymans-Dream-Stewart-Bitkoff/dp/0615613004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333935885&sr=1-1
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Book Lover and Blogger Gives Mainstream Novel Kudos
--Title: Wander
Home
--Author: Karen A. Wyle--Author’s web site: http://www.KarenAWyle.net
--Genre or category: Fiction: Mainstream with mystery elements
--Reviewer:
--Reviewer’s rating: Amazon five stars
Oh do I have a treat
for you today! Today I am proud to bring you the latest from author Karen A.
Wyle – and you’re going to LOVE IT.
I first met Karen
almost a year ago, through Book Blogs. She was looking for reviewers for her
sci-fi novel Twin-Bred (review available
here), I responded with interest, and then after reading
the book, responded with even more interest. Karen knows how to tell a great and
original story, and I can say with absolute conviction that I will read any- and
everything she writes from here on out…
Her latest, Wander Home, is not only a lovely tale about the after-life and after-world, but also a lovely vision of what I hope that life/world looks like. The book came to me at a particularly auspicious time – a wonderful, kind, generous man, one whose children I have babysat and who I’ve also had the privilege to toss back a beer or two with over the years, passed away recently (we miss you Marty S, and always will). Reading a book about untimely death and its aftermath was a little bittersweet, to say the least. But hopefully Karen Wyle knows something the rest of us don’t, because reading her imagining of what happens after we pass made things a little more poignant and left me a little more hopeful.
Let me explain.
Her latest, Wander Home, is not only a lovely tale about the after-life and after-world, but also a lovely vision of what I hope that life/world looks like. The book came to me at a particularly auspicious time – a wonderful, kind, generous man, one whose children I have babysat and who I’ve also had the privilege to toss back a beer or two with over the years, passed away recently (we miss you Marty S, and always will). Reading a book about untimely death and its aftermath was a little bittersweet, to say the least. But hopefully Karen Wyle knows something the rest of us don’t, because reading her imagining of what happens after we pass made things a little more poignant and left me a little more hopeful.
Let me explain.
To begin my
explanation, I’m going to give you the synopsis of the book. First, because it’s
easier and more concise than my retelling it, and second because I want to focus
this review on my reactions and the writing, rather than on a recitation of the
plot. From Karen:
Death is what you
make it. . . .
Eleanor never
wanted to leave the daughter she loved so much. The overpowering urge to wander
— to search, without knowing what she sought — drove her away. She left little
Cassidy in her family’s loving care. But Cassidy and the others died in an
accident before Eleanor could find her way home.
Cassidy has her
grandparents, and her Great-Grandma. And all of them have what may be eternity.
Memories can be relived, or shared. The wonders of the world they left behind
are only a thought away. The one-way tyranny of aging is no more — a
white-haired and stooped great-grandmother one moment can be a laughing young
playmate the next. But nothing can ease Cassidy’s longing for her mother; and
Eleanor’s parents know better than to hope that Eleanor’s life has been a happy
one.
Now, they are all
reunited, with the chance to understand and heal. But the restlessness that
shaped Eleanor’s life still haunts her in death. Somehow, she must solve the
mystery of her life — or none of them will be at
peace.
There’s a lot in that
summary, so read it again. I’ll wait.
Okay, now that you’ve
read it twice, think past what it says a little. This is the story of an
after-life in which we are whatever age we want to be, surrounded by whatever
people we want around us. It is a story about how death, even untimely death,
doesn’t have to be the end of everything. It is a story about the consequences
of the choices we make, and the difficulty even we can have in understanding –
and living with – the reach of those consequences. Wyle’s isn’t the first vision
of the afterlife that addresses these concepts (Richard Matheson’sWhat Dreams May
Come springs to mind), but it is one of the
loveliest.
Eleanor’s life is
tragic and heart-breaking; not only for the things she lost, but for the things
she spent so long trying to find. There is a nice twist hidden in the layers of
family drama, redemption, and the quest for understanding, and it’s handled
deftly and with a unique spin that keeps it from feeling in any respect
derivative, even if it’s not a brand-new construct. (Sorry that is so obtuse,
but I don’t want to give spoilers!) Wyle has a lovely way with language, weaving
characters and setting together into a seamless tapestry of an after-life that I
personally hope bears more than a passing resemblance to what’s really out
there.
I started the book in
the morning, on a sick day. I read through until it was finished, that evening.
Even with my cold medicine-addled brain and eyes I could barely keep open, I
couldn’t put it down. Don’t miss this one. It’s a beautiful story, well-written
and smoothly paced with characters you can’t help but fall in love with
(especially Cassidy and Great Grandma Amanda). Thanks for another great novel
Karen – I can’t wait for the next one!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Multi Award-Winning Author's New Mystery Reviewed
Title: For Keeps: A Sam Moore
Mystery
Author: Aaron Paul LazarPublisher: Twilight Times Books
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
eBook: $4.99
ASIN: B008OXZLR2
Author’s website: lazarbooks.com
Author’s blog: aaronlazar.blogspot.com
Amazon buy link
I
turned the last page of For Keeps by
Aaron Paul Lazar and sat with my mouth open repeating the word “wow” over and
over again. I was mentally exhausted
from the waves of emotion that I had just ridden for the past two days. I had traversed from intrigue to shock to
anger to grief and back again. I
actually had to take a few days after finishing the book before I started this
review because my heart and mind were racing so fast that I’m sure the review
would have just been a bunch of random babbling. I had to let myself settle down before
putting my thoughts to paper. Now that’s
a reaction to a book if I’ve ever heard one!
I
met and fell in love with Sam Moore and his family in book one of this series,
Healey’s Cave, and now two books later I am more deeply attached to this family
than ever. Sam is honestly the most warm
and caring character that I have ever encountered in a book, and I am always
drawn to him like a bee to honey, and the relationships that he has with his
wife, Rachel, and his children and grandchildren, touch me to my very core. I feel like if I could somehow jump into the
story and walk into Sam’s home, he would welcome me with open arms. I know what you are thinking – he’s just a
made up character from a book – but Lazar is such an incredibly talented writer
that Sam has become as real to me as the people I encounter in my everyday
life. I feel like I know him
personally. I can feel his warmth and
love, and through Lazar’s almost photographic descriptive skills, I feel like I
have walked through the rooms of his home and visited his favourite haunts in
East Goodland. This is because Lazar
makes Sam very observant of the world and people around him, and we get to see
everything very clearly from his point of view.
Lazar describes everything in such detail and so convincingly that even
if you had no interest in gardening, for instance, you would probably want to
try it by the end of the book because you can actually feel the joy and
satisfaction that Sam gets from working outdoors. I also love the fact that in each successive
book in the series, Lazar provides us with more and more details of Sam’s past
from different angles (this time being the women in his past) which help us to
understand how his character has been shaped throughout his life.
What I will remember most about this book was how it affected my
emotions. When an author can bring me to
tears more than once in the course of a story, he has achieved the ultimate goal
in my mind, to make the reader connect to the characters on all levels, so that
it becomes almost personal. Never has
the climax of a book taken me so by surprise and made me so upset with an
author, but then with the true talent of a gifted writer Lazar redeemed himself
by taking an idea the average mind would not want to accept, that if written by
anyone else would probably just come across as silly, and breathed magic into it
in a way that made me believe unconditionally.
I was truly mesmerized by this book, and I can honestly say that I have
never been so blown away by the ending of a novel. I actually felt a painful wrench when I
turned the last page of the book as if I was being physically torn away from the
Moore family.
What is the secret to Lazar’s success? Besides his amazingly addictive storylines,
the one thing that always leaps out at me is his secret combination of a close
knit and loving family centred on Sam’s warm-hearted character set against a
good old-fashioned murder mystery which provides the perfect contrast between
good and evil.
When an author writes so many different series and churns out the
individual books with lightning speed, I often wonder if they are going to start
getting repetitive or boring, but not so with Aaron Paul Lazar. He always seems to have a bottomless well of
ideas from which to draw his stories,
and each one is fresh and new. Lazar, as
a writer, has perfected the ultimate recipe which appeals to all readers’
palates, whether mystery lovers or not.
I can honestly say that he has quickly risen to the top tier of my
favourite authors list, and I now anxiously await each new novel that he
writes.
***
Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. An award-winning,
bestselling Kindle author of three addictive mystery series, Aaron enjoys the
Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace
life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad
guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com and watch for his upcoming
Twilight Times Books releases. His other books are:
DOUBLE
FORTÉ (2012, author’s preferred edition)
UPSTAGED
(coming 2012 author’s preferred edition, eBook and print)
TREMOLO:
CRY OF THE LOON (2007, AUDIO
BOOK 2011)
MAZURKA
(2009, AUDIO
BOOK 2012)
FIRESONG
(2011, AUDIO
BOOK 2012)
DON’T LET THE WIND CATCH YOU (coming 2012)
HEALEY'S
CAVE (2010, AUDIO
BOOK 2011)
TERROR
COMES KNOCKING (2012, AUDIO
BOOK 2012)
FOR
KEEPS (JULY 2012, AUDIO BOOK coming 2012)
FOR
THE BIRDS (2011, AUDIO BOOK, coming 2012)
ESSENTIALLY
YOURS (2012)
SANCTUARY (coming, 2013)
LAZAR'S BOOK ON WRITING:
WRITE LIKE THE WIND, volumes
1, 2, 3 (AUG 2012)
AWARDS: WINNER 2011 EPIC Book Awards, BEST Paranormal * FINALIST 2011
FOREWORD BOOK AWARDS * WINNER 2011 Eric Hoffer BEST Book, COMMERCIAL FICTION *
2X FINALIST Global eBook Awards 2011 * Preditors & Editors Readers Choice
Award – 2nd place 2011* Winner of Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s 9th Annual Noble (Not
Nobel!) Prize for Literature 2011 * Finalist Allbooks Editor’s Choice Awards
2011 * Preditors&Editors Top 10 Finalist * Yolanda Renée's Top Ten Books
2008 * MYSHELF Top Ten Reads 2008 * Writer’s Digest Top 101 Website Award
2009-2012
WEBSITES/BLOGS:
http://www.lazarbooks.comwww.murderby4.blogspot.com
www.aaronlazar.blogspot.com
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Maggie Lyons Publishes New Children's Fiction
Title: Vin and the Dorky Duet
Author: Maggie LyonsAuthor Website http://www.maggielyons.yolasite.com
Genre of Book: Children’s Contemporary Chapter Book Adventure
Publisher: Halo Publishing Int. & MuseItUp Publishing (Canadian e-book publisher)
ISBN: 978-1-61244-091-0 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-77127-073-1 (eBook)
Reviewed by: The World of Ink Network
A twelve-year-old
boy named Vin, goes on a mission—reluctantly. He doesn’t share the optimism of
the knights of old who embarked on impossible missions without a doubt they’d
succeed. When magnetic compost heaps, man-eating bubble baths
and other disasters erupt, Vin comes close to packing in the whole ridiculous
business. He calls it Operation BS, his code name for a mission to introduce his
sister to a boy she has a crush on. He doesn’t want to play matchmaker, but
Meg’s promise to reward him with a David Beckham autographed soccer jersey is a
decisive incentive.
The story is about the disasters that pile up when a seventh-grader’s brilliant plan to meet his sister’s challenge takes more than one wrong turn. Life tosses challenges at all of us. It would be incredibly boring if it didn’t. What matters is what we learn from them.
Available wherever books are sold and online.
About the Author:
Twitter @maggielyons66
You can find out more about Maggie Lyons’s World of Ink
Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/9t24kgy
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
New Eileen Granfors Novel Based on Tale of Two Cities
Title: Sydney's Story By Eileen Granfors http://www.authoreileengranfors.blogspot.com Historical fiction based on a classic (A Tale of Two Cities) Originally reviewed for Goodreads and Amazon Available on Amazon Reviewed by Mike Duron From the very first sentence to the very last, Sydney's Story was a pleasure to read. I won't give you a synopsis of the story, since other reviewers have already done that, but I will tell you the writing is tight, smooth, and brilliant throughout. Eileen Granfors, I got the sense almost every time I turned a page, wrote the book only she could write so well. Her writing is brilliant for many reasons, but the main reason for me is the efficiency with which she can paint an entire scene and add depth to character. With a brief tag in the dialogue attribution, or a simple sentence describing what a character sees or how a character moves, she paints the scene like a masterful artist using a few well-placed black lines on a white sheet of paper. It's really the sort of writing any novice would do well to study and emulate. The plot develops smoothly with no stagnation or lurches, and I was transported into Sydney's world and life as if I were on a great airliner piloted by an expert. Even though real-world events interrupted my reading (day job, dry cleaners, errands) I was always happy to return to Sydney's Story to see what happened next with the characters. I loved the way Ms. Granfors developed the characters throughout and even though many of the scenes were heartbreaking, I wasn't left at the end with a feeling of hopelessness, but, instead, with a feeling of hope in mankind. True evil makes an appearance more than once in this story and Ms. Ganfors doesn't blink once in her description of it. This isn't an unrealistic fairy tale, don't get that impression. There is real tragedy and cruelty in this book, but there is also great joy and kindness. Though there are some scenes that are obviously not appropriate for young children, I would recommend this book enthusiastically to any adult or older teen. It's just the right length. I wouldn't add or delete a single sentence. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say I did get a free version of this book, but I would have paid for it and been happy to do so. I'm happy to have discovered this highly-skilled author and look forward to reading more of her work! |
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