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Thirds
THIRDS is the first of THE NEBULA TALES, a space opera at the juncture of political science, biology, and fantasy. Reaching the Orion Nebula, humans encounter a space-faring society - Surana. Suranans are there are three genders - males, females, and tris. The biology and interdependence among the three Suranan sexes result in pervasive and deeply seated discrimination against tris. Consequently, tris are excluded from much of polite society and therefore live lives which are often short, brutal, and miserable. On Surana, biology drives politics, violence descends, and Surana threatens to explode.
312 pages, Paperback
Published January 9, 2021
About the author
Roger Alan Bonner
17 books8 followersRoger Alan Bonner is an American writer in crime, psychodrama, and science fiction. As of November 2024, he has written two novellas and eight novels.
In a prior life, he studied at Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and lived for forty years in Washington, D.C., working as an economist for the U.S. government and the World Bank. He has also lived or worked in Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.
He admires and recommends Edward Robertson and Adrien Tchaikovsky. Going back a few years, he also likes the work of Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Ursula K. le Guin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowski.
His books are available on numerous ebook platforms, including Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Vivlio, and Tolino.
Readers and reviewers can best contact him via his author's page at Goodreads,
goodreads.com/author/edit/18082152.Ro...,
or via email to
roger.bonner.fiction@gmail.com.
In a prior life, he studied at Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and lived for forty years in Washington, D.C., working as an economist for the U.S. government and the World Bank. He has also lived or worked in Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.
He admires and recommends Edward Robertson and Adrien Tchaikovsky. Going back a few years, he also likes the work of Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Ursula K. le Guin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowski.
His books are available on numerous ebook platforms, including Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Vivlio, and Tolino.
Readers and reviewers can best contact him via his author's page at Goodreads,
goodreads.com/author/edit/18082152.Ro...,
or via email to
roger.bonner.fiction@gmail.com.
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March 21, 2021
Interesting characterization between human beings and Surian beings from Nebula. The reader would tend to think aliens from another planet would be more advanced? not necessarily so... having said that their customs are different ! Enjoyable read.
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