Another week, another story. This time I wrote about someone accidentally transporting himself into a motivational poster. I took inspiration from a novel I just finished: Jumper, by Steven Gould. I got it cause I saw that the new sequel, Impulse, was on the Nebula reading list. It's about a guy who learns he can …
Week 11 and The Demolished Man
I have survived another week, and read another Alfred Bester novel. This week I wrote about a duel fought with time guns... yeah, probably just as dumb as it sounds. I also read The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. It's the story of a murder committed in a world full of telepaths--a world that hasn't …
Steelheart
Just finished reading Brandon Sanderson's new book, Steelheart. I bought it without realizing it was a YA book, but enjoyed it nonetheless. It takes place in a near future where people all around the work begin getting superpowers. Except, they don't become heroes, they take over the world. Our protagonist joins a group of rebels …
Books
I was just making a list of the books I've read this year, and have realized that it is shamefully small. I have read eight books this year. Eight! My new years resolution was the ambitious goal of reading a book per week. Well. We see how that turned out. Anyway I've posted the list …
The Adjacent, by Christopher Priest
Yes, it's another Priest book. I can't seem to stop reading them. This one features a desolate future plagued by terrorism and war. Our protagonist, Tarent, is a photographer who's wife is killed by a new kind of weapon that obliterates anything within the area of an equilateral triangle shaped explosion. Upon returning home to London …
Jonas David 