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Upload: Origin of Bannon
History depends on who's telling the story...
Two thousand years after the Reboot, much is to be celebrated. The Intelligentsia toiled in the shadows back to antiquity, shaping politics and governments in secrecy. After the Reboot--a peace treaty signed with the religious rebels known as the Reformists--science now dominates the culture. Manufacturing and hard labor is outsourced to factories, where genetically engineered superhumans work in the hopes of pleasing their God and achieving Enlightenment. They are grown in incubation labs until they receive an upload of information necessary to fulfill their purpose. That is, until the arrival of Bannon Force, a prophesied new infant who defies logic and science. Civil unrest is imminent, perhaps this perfect utopia is not all that it seems...
Two thousand years after the Reboot, much is to be celebrated. The Intelligentsia toiled in the shadows back to antiquity, shaping politics and governments in secrecy. After the Reboot--a peace treaty signed with the religious rebels known as the Reformists--science now dominates the culture. Manufacturing and hard labor is outsourced to factories, where genetically engineered superhumans work in the hopes of pleasing their God and achieving Enlightenment. They are grown in incubation labs until they receive an upload of information necessary to fulfill their purpose. That is, until the arrival of Bannon Force, a prophesied new infant who defies logic and science. Civil unrest is imminent, perhaps this perfect utopia is not all that it seems...
80 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 30, 2014
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December 1, 2014
With UPLOAD: Origin of Bannon, Will Marck evokes themes reminiscent of George Orwell, Walter Miller Jr., and William Gibson, but in a story that easily stands on its own. Set thousands of years in the future, but in a "utopia" not far removed from our world, a tentative peace of the ages is about to come to an end when an ancient prophecy begins to unfold. The pieces and players are diverse, and there's no predicting where the plot will go. One particular choice left me mouth open and thinking, "if he's willing to do this in the first book, I can't wait to see what happens next." UPLOAD is the opening salvo in a much larger spectacle and one that has me selfishly wishing Marck was one of his story's disenfranchised, so that I might beat him with the chains of subjugation while screaming, "Write, you bahstard! WRITE!"
April 29, 2015
Good Ole Sci-Fi Story
Reminded me of sci-fi stories written in the 1950s, which I mean in a complimentary way…
Great story…brimming with potential plot twists and such. The author has laid a solid foundation for a series of Bannon works.
My only mild criticism is the author’s technological vision two millennia or more in the future. The technology depicted seems kinda quaint: fossil fuels, rubber tires, turbine engines… However, this might be further explained in upcoming works.
Still…a great read. Looking forward to more works in the Bannon series
Reminded me of sci-fi stories written in the 1950s, which I mean in a complimentary way…
Great story…brimming with potential plot twists and such. The author has laid a solid foundation for a series of Bannon works.
My only mild criticism is the author’s technological vision two millennia or more in the future. The technology depicted seems kinda quaint: fossil fuels, rubber tires, turbine engines… However, this might be further explained in upcoming works.
Still…a great read. Looking forward to more works in the Bannon series
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