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Empty Future
The world's population has taken advantage of the new matter teleportation machines to provide instantaneous travel. The problem is that it rips their souls from their bodies, leaving behind animated thinking corpses bereft of love, compassion, and empathy. They also do not tolerate the living.
383 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 8, 2025
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January 10, 2026
I really enjoyed this book, but about halfway in it transforms from theoretical and political sci-fi (which I was very excited about) to a typical and borderline-boring zombie apocalypse/living vs. undead type story which has been told many times before. The ending also was a bit rushed, ambiguous, and unsatisfying. Ultimately I really enjoyed reading it though, and it kept my interest very well.
January 12, 2026
“Empty Future” by Paul Ali
“Empty Future” by Paul Ali is a story about the Matter Teleportation machines and their effects on humanity, and how it divides humanity into two factions: the living beings with souls and the “Shoppers”. It takes people on a journey through the southwest United States, and certain parts of the world, and I would have given this novel a higher rating if it hadn’t been for certain grammatical and spelling errors.
For the author and editor(s): Santa Ana is spelled with only one “n” in “Ana” not two “n”. Accent marks need to be used for “señor” and “señora”. I’m a native Californian, so yes, I am well versed in Spanish and the geography of the state. Your native Californian readers will understand what I mean. Neighborhood is one word and was hyphenated at certain points. I’m assuming that was a formatting error? There were other times when the stories seemed disjointed, and I wondered if something was missing or deleted, but probably should have been left in the story.
There were also punctuation marks such as periods and quotation marks left out when they should have been included. This can “make it” or “break it” for your novel. Again, if it hadn’t been for these issues, this novel would have received a much higher rating.
“Empty Future” by Paul Ali is a story about the Matter Teleportation machines and their effects on humanity, and how it divides humanity into two factions: the living beings with souls and the “Shoppers”. It takes people on a journey through the southwest United States, and certain parts of the world, and I would have given this novel a higher rating if it hadn’t been for certain grammatical and spelling errors.
For the author and editor(s): Santa Ana is spelled with only one “n” in “Ana” not two “n”. Accent marks need to be used for “señor” and “señora”. I’m a native Californian, so yes, I am well versed in Spanish and the geography of the state. Your native Californian readers will understand what I mean. Neighborhood is one word and was hyphenated at certain points. I’m assuming that was a formatting error? There were other times when the stories seemed disjointed, and I wondered if something was missing or deleted, but probably should have been left in the story.
There were also punctuation marks such as periods and quotation marks left out when they should have been included. This can “make it” or “break it” for your novel. Again, if it hadn’t been for these issues, this novel would have received a much higher rating.
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