Bathing In The Sun
Dystopian; Colonization; Teleportation2 total reviews
Comment from Contests
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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 A contest winning entry! A seven star rating from the Contest Committee for posting the winning contest entry. |
Comment Written 05-Dec-2023
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2023
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Thank you so much for the review. It really means a lot.
Comment from Tammie Swinehart
I myself read this twice and read it once more out loud to my husband. While reading I could see clear visions of the characters, the place and the situation. This story is attention holding and left me thinking...ok, I'm ready to read about the return.
reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023
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I myself read this twice and read it once more out loud to my husband. While reading I could see clear visions of the characters, the place and the situation. This story is attention holding and left me thinking...ok, I'm ready to read about the return.
Comment Written 26-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 29-Nov-2023
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Tammie, thank you so much for your gracious review. Sorry it has taken so long to reply. It has been a few days since I checked the site. The story is online in its entirety on the Amazon Vella platform. It picks up with Episode 4. You can find it here if you like. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B09XTQ9JLV Thanks again, Scott
Comment from Paul Manton
Well, how annoying that I don't have six stars for this - or seven - or eight!
The most superior science fiction I have read on this site by a country mile. Professional author's standard without a doubt. I should be proud to have written it.
Radan is a perfect hero in an artificial world which is entirely 3-dimensional. Yes, it borrows from every famous sci-fi book and film in creation, but still manages to be original. You have created a dystopian world which I have not visited before. Really assured language, apart from 'bring forth' which is really jarring and incongruous. Otherwise the standard was exceptional, as was the (very long) story.
A 'tour de force'. I would definitely buy the book. Congratulations!
Paul
reply by the author on 25-Nov-2023
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Well, how annoying that I don't have six stars for this - or seven - or eight!
The most superior science fiction I have read on this site by a country mile. Professional author's standard without a doubt. I should be proud to have written it.
Radan is a perfect hero in an artificial world which is entirely 3-dimensional. Yes, it borrows from every famous sci-fi book and film in creation, but still manages to be original. You have created a dystopian world which I have not visited before. Really assured language, apart from 'bring forth' which is really jarring and incongruous. Otherwise the standard was exceptional, as was the (very long) story.
A 'tour de force'. I would definitely buy the book. Congratulations!
Paul
Comment Written 24-Nov-2023
reply by the author on 25-Nov-2023
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Thank you, Paul for your very gracious review. It sounds like you enjoy sci. fi. I'd be interested in hearing about other authors you've enjoyed, I'm not sure if this will ever be released as a paperback. But last I heard, Amazon had a deal going where you could read quite a bit of it for free on line. Episode 4 is where it picks up. You can find it here. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B09XTQ9JLV. Thanks again! Cheers, Scott
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Thanks for the vote, Scott. I started reading 'grown up' sci-fi when I was nine and never looked back - Heinlein, Bradbury, Philip K Dick - am a Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman fan. Seen every episode of Dr.Who and every conceivable avatar of Startrek, Stargate . . . and hundreds of fantasy novels. I would add that yours is better than most of those.
Paul
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Thanks Paul! Great list of authors. Some on here I'm not familiar with. It will give me some fresh material to look into.
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Have a great Sunday!
