Mar 6, 2016
This will be my last Sunday recommendations/reviews for a while. I’m finally forcing myself to admit that with the large amount of mandatory overtime I will not be able to keep up a regular schedule to continue these posts. With that said after today I’ll be moving to a far more rational method: review a project when I first read it if I like it, and use the handy recommend button on the project page to recommend any book I think is worth your attention(I too often forget about that button). As such if you are interested in continuing to get recommendations from me, then you should go ahead and follow my author page here as well if you haven’t done so already. With that its time to get to the reviews of 3 books I’m really excited about. Remember: bold letters = links to click.
“The Life Interstellar” by Zack Jordan: Too often aliens in science fiction end up seeming like humans in funny costumes. This is not the case with Zack Jordan’s opening excerpt ’Heart to Heart’, where an alien perspective juxtaposes with human emotion and makes both far more powerful as a result. In both this excerpt and the two others currently posted he effortlessly breathes life into both his characters and the setting making it easy for us to accept his world as reality, while also planting the story’s hooks into us so that we don’t want to know where it will all end up, we MUST know where it all will end up. I only wish the book was in my hands now so that I can submerge myself fully into it.
As an added note, I just have to say that Mr. Jordan has the best reader updates I’ve seen in all my time on Inkshares. They come in the form of short fiction pieces, typically in world advertisements/messages and so on, which further serve to give you a view of this of the wider galaxy of his world. They’re a joy to read, so if you’re not already following this book then you should and you should read every update when it arrives.
“Lucky” by RH Webster: With a clear vision of a future we can easily see growing out of our own world’s present, Ms. Webster quickly engages my mind in thoughts of where we are heading. Add to this her excellent characterization which makes us truly empathize with her characters, and I for one cannot help but feel I live in this future alongside of the characters. These two elements bring with the promise of truly great science ficion, and make me eagerly anticipate the full book.
“A God In the Shed” by JF Dubeau: The opening scene instantly transported me back to my own childhood spent playing in the wooded hills and hollers, and the nostalgia it provided only deepened the sense of dread which was soon to follow. As the story progresses Mr. Dubeau expertly uses dialogue and narration to add to this and in doing so creates a sense of true horror, be it that of death most savage, supernatural terror, or worst of all the darkness in the heart of mankind. As we follow the trail to the heart of the mystery of the events which have been transpiring in town, we are brought fully into events through excellent description and characterization. I certainly can’t wait to see where its all heading.