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J.F. Elferdink
Goodreads Author
Born
in Holland, MI, The United States
June 10
Member Since
April 2011
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/harmlessjoyce
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Battle of Jericho 2038
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Pieces of You
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published
2012
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4 editions
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Please follow the development of space elevators...and their impact!
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Thanks, Mordy! You are an expert on future technology!!
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Thank you, Mary. I did a lot of research to understand the capabilities of space elevators.
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Please do read the full story...and the next encounter with Callie in "Living in a Rock."
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"A Unique Blend of Science Fiction and Revolution
I’m thoroughly impressed by how much depth is packed into this synopsis. The world building is rich: an oppressive banking consortium hoarding food, a space elevator tether made of graphene, and a rebe" Read more of this review » |
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"This synopsis promises an epic blend of science fiction, political intrigue, and emotional depth. I loved the concept of the space elevator being both humanity’s salvation and its downfall such a powerful metaphor for how technology can be twisted by"
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"A Sci-Fi Gem
Smart, imaginative, and emotionally charged. The mix of rebellion, corporate greed, and space innovation makes this a standout concept." |
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“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
― How to Be Good
― How to Be Good
“To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence. He is struggling against vagueness, against obscurity, against the lure of the decorative adjective, against the encroachment of Latin and Greek, and, above all, against the worn-out phrases and dead metaphors with which the language is cluttered up.”
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“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
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“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
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“I speak and speak,” Marco says, “but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. The description of the world to which you lend a benevolent ear is one thing; the description that will go the rounds of the groups of stevedores and gondoliers on the street outside my house the day of my return is another; and yet another, that which I might dictate late in life, if I were taken prisoner by Genoese pirates and put in irons in the same cell with a writer of adventure stories. It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”
― Invisible Cities
― Invisible Cities
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