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Colony: Ascension: An Erotic Space Opera
"The Tyrian female he was mating with cooed and groaned. While in the back of her mind she wondered about the light she’d seen. It hadn’t come from her planet."From the mind of Valjeanne Jeffers comes a tale that is truly out of this world. Born of the short stories Colony and Probe, the long awaited full novel Ascension has landed!The Earth is dying. Populations have been segregated into worthless and valuable populations. Wages buy only food and shelter, while the rich live like kings. Earth looks to the black abyss of space to save them. And the abyss looks back. Other species have their eyes on Earth, each with their own plans.Cover art and design by Quinton Veal.
178 pages, Paperback
First published June 15, 2014
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About the author
Valjeanne Jeffers
52 books100 followersValjeanne Jeffers is the author of the award winning Immortal series which includes: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend, Immortal III: Stealer of Souls, and Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds.
She is also the author of The Switch II: Clockwork (includes The Switch I and II), Colony: Ascension An Erotic Space Opera, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and Voyage of Dreams, as well as The Story of Eve (nonfiction).
Her novels are available at
http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
and http://tehotep.wixsite.com/immortalii...
Valjeanne is a graduate of Spelman College and has been published in Steamfunk!, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Revelry, Drumvoices Revue, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul, Pembroke Magazine Vol 39, Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown, PurpleMag, The City and more recently, Fitting In, Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award, nominated for the Hugo Award).
She also writes under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson and Valijeanne Jeffers.
She is also the author of The Switch II: Clockwork (includes The Switch I and II), Colony: Ascension An Erotic Space Opera, Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective, and Voyage of Dreams, as well as The Story of Eve (nonfiction).
Her novels are available at
http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
and http://tehotep.wixsite.com/immortalii...
Valjeanne is a graduate of Spelman College and has been published in Steamfunk!, Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Revelry, Drumvoices Revue, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Liberated Muse: How I Freed My Soul, Pembroke Magazine Vol 39, Say it Loud: Poems about James Brown, PurpleMag, The City and more recently, Fitting In, Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award, nominated for the Hugo Award).
She also writes under the pen name Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson and Valijeanne Jeffers.
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October 6, 2019
The concept is intriguing, but was not fully developed.
There were some very entertaining alien species.
Some FF romantic rep, but a female character had to morph her sex to male before a sex scene. That feels like the opposite of queer rep to me.
The story would have benefitted from more time and attention paid to the development character and setting.
Given that all non-consensual sex is rape, I can’t consider sexual violence as ‘erotic’.
Rape is a common form of torture strategy in stories of colonization and conquest. This novella could have challenged that, but didn’t.
There were some very entertaining alien species.
Some FF romantic rep, but a female character had to morph her sex to male before a sex scene. That feels like the opposite of queer rep to me.
The story would have benefitted from more time and attention paid to the development character and setting.
Given that all non-consensual sex is rape, I can’t consider sexual violence as ‘erotic’.
Rape is a common form of torture strategy in stories of colonization and conquest. This novella could have challenged that, but didn’t.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Displaying 1 of 1 review