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Happy New Year 2021! I've completed the first draft of Beyond Existence, the fourth and final book of the Beyond Saga. Read the full blog post with all the details here.

Happy reading,
Science Fiction Author Greg Spry

Astronaut Exercises Rights, Refuses to Wear Spacesuit

International Space Station — On July 27, 2020, NASA mission control asked astronaut Major Karen Mumpsimus to perform a spacewalk to repair the one of the International Space Station's solar panels. However, the astronaut refused to wear a spacesuit during her excursion outside the station based on the grounds that doing so violated her constitutional rights as a United States citizen.

"No one is going to tell me what I should or shouldn't wear," Major Mumpsimus said at the time. "I can't breathe with a helmet on or through any sort of face covering. I have a medical condition."

Doctor Voisoff Rezonski, a cosmonaut and fellow station occupant, rebuked the claim that people with asthma and other chronic pulmonary diseases would breathe easier in space without wearing a suit. "As a matter of fact," the doctor said, citing multiple studies and scholarly articles as evidence, "those afflicted by these conditions are more likely to survive in space with a suit as opposed to without."

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Science Fiction Author Greg Spry

Check out my review of the awesome Alita: Battle Angel (2019) movie. And go see it! Read the review here: Review: Alita: Battle Angel (2019).

Science Fiction Author Greg Spry

Folks,

Here's the latest in the world of my writing.

New Blog Post

I've written a new blog post that covers my latest writing progress, new promo service, and sci-fi's most versatile weapon, the wave gun. Check it out here: Blog Post.

BC9 FREE March 29

Beyond Cloud Nine (Beyond Saga #1) is FREE on Thursday, March 29th for a limited time. Get it for FREE here: Beyond Cloud Nine on Amazon.

Giveaways

Given that Goodreads has started charging for giveaways, I've moved my giveaways to LibraryThing. Enter them here: LibraryThing Giveaways. Note that there are TWO giveaways, one for 2 paperbacks and another for 100 e-books. Scroll down to find both.

That's all for now. Happy reading!
Greg

I've reviewed Our Justice by John W. Howell, the final book in his series of thrillers about a patriotic lawyer trying to thwart a rich and powerful terrorist. Read the post here: Review: Our Justice.

Greg

It's been several months, so I've got several tidbits for you:

New "State of the (Star) Union" blog post on what's been going on in the last few months in this author's universe: https://www.gregspry.com/blog.php?id=72.

"From the setting, through plot, to thematic and character development, the reader is left in no doubt that Beyond Yesterday is the work of a master storyteller." Read the 5-star review of Beyond Yesterday (Beyond Saga Book 3) on Readers' Favorite: https://readersfavorite.com/book-revi....

Check out Lilyn George's review of Beyond Yesterday (Beyond Saga Book 3) on Sci-Fi & Scary: http://www.scifiandscary.com/beyond-y.... Admittedly, it's not my best review, but every book needs a handful of more constructive reviews.

Check out my interview on HBS Author's Spotlight, courtesy of James Moushon: http://bit.ly/2wf6Plu.

The third installment of the Beyond Saga, Beyond Yesterday, has now been published. Book 3 follows Captain Maya Davis as she travels to the past to figure out how a piece of 23rd century technology became a part of history. Find the novel at the following links:

Amazon Kindle

Amazon Paperback

CreateSpace Paperback

Official Website

Also, there are two ways to get it for free.

1) Enter the Beyond Yesterday Goodreads Giveaway that runs through July 5. There are 10 copies available, so you have to like your chances.

2) Subscribe to my mailing list to read not just book 3 but books 1 and 2 for free.

Happy reading!
Greg

I've reviewed Rise of the Prince (Pearseus #1) by Nicholas Rossis. Check out the review on my blog: Rise of the Prince (Pearseus #1) Review.

Happy reading!
Greg

I've reviewed Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey, the book on which the SyFy TV Series The Expanse is based. Check out the review on my blog: Leviathan Wakes Review.

Greg

I've reviewed the new Ghost in the Shell movie. Check out the review on my blog: GitS (2017) Review.