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Utopian Estates
The Martian Dream is to have your own home, work a nice steady job and raise 1.2 well behaved offspring. Fiona and Ashley feel well on their way to accomplishing this when they make a down payment on their new home. The dream state descends from there. Just add water and alien shenanigans will commence leading to an adventure of Extra-Solar dimensions. Don't forget to pay the Homeowner's Association fee as learn about the options in Utopian Estates, a Next You novel.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 4, 2013
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August 1, 2014
This is a great book, a well written science fiction book that will please sci-fi fans and non sci-fi fans alike. It has tons of interesting characters in it that you will love. The tension builds throughout the book, leading you to a great ending.
Think this book may have sequels too, so you know you will want to get in on the ground floor. Simply a great book that you should not miss reading!
Think this book may have sequels too, so you know you will want to get in on the ground floor. Simply a great book that you should not miss reading!
January 6, 2013
Fresh out of school and desperate for a job, Fiona is recruited by Ronnie, a mysterious Martian real estate mogul, to help him with an audacious construction project. But there’s something dangerous buried in the Martian soil they are digging up …
The story is told in a deadpan style, mixing hard SF with an offbeat sense of humor as the heroine contends with endless bureaucracy, fine print, and more deadly threats like killer horny furniture, insane dehydrated aliens, and her lover’s hot-tempered vampire fighter pilot “sister.”
There is playful eroticism throughout the book … I only note this here because I know well that there are some prudish readers who never want any explicit sexuality in their SF whatsoever. But I thought it was fun and well handled, usually with a great sense of humor. The love story between the heroine and her female partner was handled with tenderness and realism.
The writing style was light and breezy and easy to follow, while the story remained engrossing.
If you like the less dense and more idea-oriented prose of classic SF, you’ll love this book. A very fast and fun read.
The story is told in a deadpan style, mixing hard SF with an offbeat sense of humor as the heroine contends with endless bureaucracy, fine print, and more deadly threats like killer horny furniture, insane dehydrated aliens, and her lover’s hot-tempered vampire fighter pilot “sister.”
There is playful eroticism throughout the book … I only note this here because I know well that there are some prudish readers who never want any explicit sexuality in their SF whatsoever. But I thought it was fun and well handled, usually with a great sense of humor. The love story between the heroine and her female partner was handled with tenderness and realism.
The writing style was light and breezy and easy to follow, while the story remained engrossing.
If you like the less dense and more idea-oriented prose of classic SF, you’ll love this book. A very fast and fun read.
May 7, 2013
I really wanted to give this a good rating, and I refrained from giving it a 2 star. It hurts to do this but I have to be honest.
I loved the beginning, I found it great and intriguing. I liked the characters and I liked the concepts, I liked the humour and nodded with agreement at the bureaucracy BS.
But after a while it fell apart and I couldn't get into it. Which is ashame because I really enjoyed the earlier stuff, particularly "Legacy of Daddy"
My main issue is that this seems to be two stories into one, somewhere between the middle and end the main focus on the story is wrapped-up and suddenly they find themselves on another world (which is part of the protagonists job and thus why they are there) and it seems just thrown in. They deal with different circumstances, which just felt thrown in, but is slightly connected to the first event and is open for the following book. - I see what this is like to a degree, it follows life, and not everything follows a beginning, middle, end (or not so neatly) but the point of a story is to have some point, and I felt that for the main characters there was next to none, except for the conflict and possible union of an alien race.
Another issue, Vampires ... I will end there, that just threw me right there.
And though I am not too keen on lots of sexy-time in my entertainment I do accept it, mostly I'm not phased, but when the characters act just like porn stars I am bothered and annoyed and that's all I saw after a while.
I'm sorry Angus, but this one just didn't make it for me. But I guess even my favourite "traditional" authors have books I didn't enjoy, it takes an extraordinary talent to keep making winners and they are extraordinarily rare so one must take the great with the not so great.
I loved the beginning, I found it great and intriguing. I liked the characters and I liked the concepts, I liked the humour and nodded with agreement at the bureaucracy BS.
But after a while it fell apart and I couldn't get into it. Which is ashame because I really enjoyed the earlier stuff, particularly "Legacy of Daddy"
My main issue is that this seems to be two stories into one, somewhere between the middle and end the main focus on the story is wrapped-up and suddenly they find themselves on another world (which is part of the protagonists job and thus why they are there) and it seems just thrown in. They deal with different circumstances, which just felt thrown in, but is slightly connected to the first event and is open for the following book. - I see what this is like to a degree, it follows life, and not everything follows a beginning, middle, end (or not so neatly) but the point of a story is to have some point, and I felt that for the main characters there was next to none, except for the conflict and possible union of an alien race.
Another issue, Vampires ... I will end there, that just threw me right there.
And though I am not too keen on lots of sexy-time in my entertainment I do accept it, mostly I'm not phased, but when the characters act just like porn stars I am bothered and annoyed and that's all I saw after a while.
I'm sorry Angus, but this one just didn't make it for me. But I guess even my favourite "traditional" authors have books I didn't enjoy, it takes an extraordinary talent to keep making winners and they are extraordinarily rare so one must take the great with the not so great.
January 1, 2014
Review Stop ~ Angus Day ~ Utopian Estates ~ September 15
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Entertaining, Hilarious, and a Great Read
Reading this on the heals of Day’s, Destined for Something, I was not surprised to find hilarious hijinks, believable characters and plausible scenarios. Everyone dreams of utopian estateslanding the dream job and Fiona Ellyssa McIntyre walks right into her idea of the perfect job. The ideal boss has an air of mystery and intrigue about her or him. Ronald Rockman is just such a boss. How many bosses insist you call them Ronnie, anyway?
Little did Fiona realize that the fun began the moment she walked into the front door of Ronnie’s offices. After only a few minor faux pas our girl Friday soon finds it more expedient to land on her feet rather than her keister. Taking things in stride and learning quickly, she goes all out to prove herself the wise choice her boss hoped she would be. She even surprises him with a few skills even he didn’t know she possessed.
Along with new friends, new living spaces and a new lifestyle, Fiona is soon fitting in and contributing to the forces that intend to save the universe from evil aliens (or visa versa), evil being the working adjective here. Oh, and yes, there be vampires to complete the menu for this delectable buffet of fun and frolick as only Angus Day can serve to his readers.
Graphically sexual scenes – F/F.
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Entertaining, Hilarious, and a Great Read
Reading this on the heals of Day’s, Destined for Something, I was not surprised to find hilarious hijinks, believable characters and plausible scenarios. Everyone dreams of utopian estateslanding the dream job and Fiona Ellyssa McIntyre walks right into her idea of the perfect job. The ideal boss has an air of mystery and intrigue about her or him. Ronald Rockman is just such a boss. How many bosses insist you call them Ronnie, anyway?
Little did Fiona realize that the fun began the moment she walked into the front door of Ronnie’s offices. After only a few minor faux pas our girl Friday soon finds it more expedient to land on her feet rather than her keister. Taking things in stride and learning quickly, she goes all out to prove herself the wise choice her boss hoped she would be. She even surprises him with a few skills even he didn’t know she possessed.
Along with new friends, new living spaces and a new lifestyle, Fiona is soon fitting in and contributing to the forces that intend to save the universe from evil aliens (or visa versa), evil being the working adjective here. Oh, and yes, there be vampires to complete the menu for this delectable buffet of fun and frolick as only Angus Day can serve to his readers.
Graphically sexual scenes – F/F.
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