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Rocket Roll
On her way to an offworld vacation, Melody Rich is violently kissed by an alien who thrusts something down her throat: the key to a lost planet. Melody’s vacation becomes an adventure as she follows a map to find the solution to the alien creation she bears. After being eaten by a megabug, kidnapped by space pirates, and facing down eternity at the border of life and death, Melody comes to the end of the map. On a planet where aliens live without their heads, Melody strives to remove the key before it kills her—again.
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First published June 24, 2014
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About the author
H.C. Turk
33 books11 followersA: This is hard.
Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you?
A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write.
Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort.
A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime.
Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood?
A: Ask my dog; he was there.
Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog.
A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question.
Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books?
A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t.
Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written?
A: 33.
Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing?
A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically).
Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed.
A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it.
Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful?
A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors.
Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing?
A: [mumbles]
Q: That’s pathetic.
A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories?
Q: Stories are for campfires.
A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story.
Q: Great, so tell me about your characters.
A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics.
Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not?
A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels.
Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels?
A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies.
Q: Why is making a bio so hard for you?
A: Because it's like talking. I don't like to talk; I like to write.
Q: But people want to know about authors. Reading a book requires a lot of effort.
A: Writing one ain't exactly playtime.
Q: That's better. Go ahead, tell us more. Did you have a pleasant childhood?
A: Ask my dog; he was there.
Q: Your dog is stuffed. He's not a real dog.
A: He's more real than you are. You can’t even ask a good question.
Q: Here’s one: Why should people read your books?
A: Because my puppy will be sad if they don’t.
Q: We need to get serious here. How many novels have you written?
A: 33.
Q: I’ll bet your dog can’t count that high. How long have you been writing?
A: I’ll answer if you promise not to kick my dog again (metaphorically).
Q: He wouldn’t feel it—he’s stuffed.
A: If someone kicked the stuffing out of you, I bet you wouldn’t enjoy it.
Q: Would I enjoy it more than reading one of your books? Or would it be equally painful?
A: You’re cruel to dogs AND to authors.
Q: If you answer my last question, I promise to be nice. How many years have you been writing?
A: [mumbles]
Q: That’s pathetic.
A: Why don’t you ask me about my stories?
Q: Stories are for campfires.
A: The basis of history’s greatest novels is the story: the story of nations, cultures, families, individuals. The greatest idea that can be expressed in fiction is story.
Q: Great, so tell me about your characters.
A: Dull and Dumb are not two of my characters, or characteristics.
Q: Do you ever write about animals, stuffed or not?
A: Rescued greyhounds in Heaven Again, tiny ponies in Only The Impassioned, mudfish in Resurrection Flowers, ghosts in An Atmosphere Of Angels.
Q: Ghosts aren’t animals, they’re unsettled spirits. If ghosts continue to read, what will they find in your novels?
A: They will find passion, idea, and spirited characters whose lives are a story. And puppies.
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August 7, 2019
I'm not quite sure quite what Rocket Roll means, other than the pun and space reference, but this is a fun book with strange creatures and worlds and an increasingly complicated path to follow a map that is also a person -- what!
The developing relationship between earthling Melody and Pale pilot Eight Man at Strength reminded me a bit of the banter between Leia and Han; if Han were actually Chewbacca; and adding a moaning alien from a group that can survive head detachment (and sometime reattachment). I'm sure that's a metaphor for something, but the inconvenience of having to carry one's head around is one of many glossed-over details in exchange for more fun things like being swallowed by giant bugs, going to a very mechanical plant, and a beach where the grains of sand are tiny animals. Add in complicate methods of spaceship logistics and some flirty innuendo and it's a great interstellar voyage of discovery.
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
The developing relationship between earthling Melody and Pale pilot Eight Man at Strength reminded me a bit of the banter between Leia and Han; if Han were actually Chewbacca; and adding a moaning alien from a group that can survive head detachment (and sometime reattachment). I'm sure that's a metaphor for something, but the inconvenience of having to carry one's head around is one of many glossed-over details in exchange for more fun things like being swallowed by giant bugs, going to a very mechanical plant, and a beach where the grains of sand are tiny animals. Add in complicate methods of spaceship logistics and some flirty innuendo and it's a great interstellar voyage of discovery.
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
March 22, 2018
This one was trippy vacation!
One is never quite sure where an H. C. Turk novel will go and Rocket Roll is no exception! But my what a weird and wonderful journey and I enjoyed all the twists and bizarreness right up to its
final destination.
Didn't find it hard to follow at all. The characters are well defined, the banter humorous and the aliens and their environs appropriately strange. Wish my breaks were a little more like Melody's, I think.
I received this as an ARC and chose to post a review.
One is never quite sure where an H. C. Turk novel will go and Rocket Roll is no exception! But my what a weird and wonderful journey and I enjoyed all the twists and bizarreness right up to its
final destination.
Didn't find it hard to follow at all. The characters are well defined, the banter humorous and the aliens and their environs appropriately strange. Wish my breaks were a little more like Melody's, I think.
I received this as an ARC and chose to post a review.
July 23, 2018
This is for hard-core science fiction fans...of which I am not. I am definitely not the target audience for this one. I had great difficulty with this book as lots of things were abbreviated making no sense at all. This is the second book I've read by this author and honestly it'll be the last.
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