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Pressure: First Encounter
Three miles beneath the waves, the crew of the Argyro deepsea research station studies exotic life in a world without sun. None could've realized what waited for them in the trench below...until it reached out to their dreams.
It spoke in a language we could not understand, and in words impossible to ignore. So the topside powers sent a sleep researcher to make contact, our small minds feebly answering it's call. Had we known what it wanted, we'd have remained silent.
When that motive is discovered by the crew of the Argyro, their mission will change from one of peaceful contact from the surface world to preventing it at all costs.
It spoke in a language we could not understand, and in words impossible to ignore. So the topside powers sent a sleep researcher to make contact, our small minds feebly answering it's call. Had we known what it wanted, we'd have remained silent.
When that motive is discovered by the crew of the Argyro, their mission will change from one of peaceful contact from the surface world to preventing it at all costs.
53 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 3, 2013
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July 19, 2017
I read it in one sitting. Yes partly because doh…it is a short story. But you know that even short story’s sometimes need more than one sitting. My main issue is that it has this great concept, it’s original, I would dare to say even griping BUT it lacks. What it mainly lacks is another 100 pages. 100 pages of all the emotional crap that makes us human. The emotional baggage that makes you love or hate the characters.
Another issue I had is with the writing style. Well maybe not writing style per say, since some sentences were pure poetry. But here is the problem with elaborate sentences and words. They break the flow of the reading. So far I never had so many issues and here I was…thanking kindle cloud reader for having a dictionary. While this is very good for my self-learning, I dislike it while reading because it breaks the flow.
So to tight things up … I’m pissed. Yes. I’m pissed because this could be so much bigger and grander. I’m pissed for the premise this evoked, but not fully delivered … I’m pissed for the newborn baby that could grow up into something exceptional but got snuffed in early stages and now all that is left is an idea of what it could have been.
Another issue I had is with the writing style. Well maybe not writing style per say, since some sentences were pure poetry. But here is the problem with elaborate sentences and words. They break the flow of the reading. So far I never had so many issues and here I was…thanking kindle cloud reader for having a dictionary. While this is very good for my self-learning, I dislike it while reading because it breaks the flow.
So to tight things up … I’m pissed. Yes. I’m pissed because this could be so much bigger and grander. I’m pissed for the premise this evoked, but not fully delivered … I’m pissed for the newborn baby that could grow up into something exceptional but got snuffed in early stages and now all that is left is an idea of what it could have been.
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