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Return to Island X
Return to Island X is an epic, dramatic science fiction.
Tetris, a typical college student had his life completely turned around during a family trip to Las Vegas. His association with mad men began when he had decided to sneak out to play the slots at one of the largest casinos in the world. One minute he was winning thousands of dollars, the next he found himself locked in a chamber with an insane scientist, Douglas who claimed he was a dinosaur. Why? Because dinosaurs who survived the mass extinction to produce offspring who diversified must had supreme luck. He had to believe Douglas when the steroids the latter gave him transfigured him one night. While he had returned to a human form, now he got to see the world from a dinosaur's perspective- and something he sensed was unnerving to say at least. He came to know the existence of "the department" that Douglas worked for with the aid of unlikely companions, and he came to learn how Douglas' craziness was merely the proverbial tip of the iceberg. When he saw that he was the only one who was equipped with enough luck - the only thing that could take on "the department", he ventured to save the world - as a dinosaur.
Tetris, a typical college student had his life completely turned around during a family trip to Las Vegas. His association with mad men began when he had decided to sneak out to play the slots at one of the largest casinos in the world. One minute he was winning thousands of dollars, the next he found himself locked in a chamber with an insane scientist, Douglas who claimed he was a dinosaur. Why? Because dinosaurs who survived the mass extinction to produce offspring who diversified must had supreme luck. He had to believe Douglas when the steroids the latter gave him transfigured him one night. While he had returned to a human form, now he got to see the world from a dinosaur's perspective- and something he sensed was unnerving to say at least. He came to know the existence of "the department" that Douglas worked for with the aid of unlikely companions, and he came to learn how Douglas' craziness was merely the proverbial tip of the iceberg. When he saw that he was the only one who was equipped with enough luck - the only thing that could take on "the department", he ventured to save the world - as a dinosaur.
173 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 16, 2015
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June 3, 2016
Epic dramatic science fiction...not so much. More like an epic dramatic waste of time. I didn't expect all that much from it, but the basic premise looked like it would offer some light diversion and entertainment. It started off decently enough, but then just dissolved into something so silly, so utterly inane that it was impossible to enjoy. The writing itself was serviceable, but the plot was just so...I don't want to say stupid because it's a polarizing offensive term and this was someone's baby and all that, so how about ludicrous. It might have been just a fun B movie sort of a story or maybe even a creature feature, instead it's something of an acid trip, an absurdity that neither androids nor asteroids can save. At least it was a relatively quick read.
June 4, 2016
(Spoilers)
Recommended by a friend, a thoroughly good read! Some nice action sequence over there. I remember discussing the Compton effect with my friend (that's near the very last part of the book). Not much of an explanation here but you probably don't need any. All networking devices down including all the appliances in the village. But hey the villagers got diamonds :p
Recommended by a friend, a thoroughly good read! Some nice action sequence over there. I remember discussing the Compton effect with my friend (that's near the very last part of the book). Not much of an explanation here but you probably don't need any. All networking devices down including all the appliances in the village. But hey the villagers got diamonds :p
August 20, 2015
Mind is fucking blown.
Never thought I'd be able to read something from a dinosaur POV. And it's so realistic!
The book also includes quite a few things that I still am constantly thinking about. By Barry Hanshaw's logic, which is the truth - machines experience time differently than humans. So us doing stuff (say making a spreadsheet in Excel) for five minutes may "feel like" years to the computer, since the quickest time we detect is millisecond whereas it's nanosecond for the computer. This is going to be so much more mindblowing when you think about humanoids and robots we are making/ will be making in the future.
I feel like I've found a major fucking gem in a bunch of asteroid debris lol.
KEEP. WRITING.
Never thought I'd be able to read something from a dinosaur POV. And it's so realistic!
The book also includes quite a few things that I still am constantly thinking about. By Barry Hanshaw's logic, which is the truth - machines experience time differently than humans. So us doing stuff (say making a spreadsheet in Excel) for five minutes may "feel like" years to the computer, since the quickest time we detect is millisecond whereas it's nanosecond for the computer. This is going to be so much more mindblowing when you think about humanoids and robots we are making/ will be making in the future.
I feel like I've found a major fucking gem in a bunch of asteroid debris lol.
KEEP. WRITING.
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