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Existence Augmented
Existence Augmented is a dystopian, sci-fi novelette and psychological thriller. The world outside is cold, hostile, and virtually lifeless. Human existence depends on sophisticated, technological living compounds. The people who don’t have them, once driven to theft and murder, are believed to be long since dead. Alden, a genius of physical and computer engineering, spends his time tending his hydroponics garden, maintaining and improving the complex systems critical to survival, and, in turn, continually refining the pleasant life he’s created with his wife, Laurel. On a day like any other, everything is following Alden’s plans until the power begins to fail…
48 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2018
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About the author
Channing Whitaker
7 books65 followersChanning Whitaker is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker originally hailing from Centerville, Iowa. An alum of Indian Hills Community College, Channing went on to study cinema, screenwriting, literature, and mathematics at the University of Iowa. His college years were also spent tending bar and in bar security, which he considers a valuable study of humanity, and an indispensable supplement to his formal education.
Post graduation, Channing began his career in the production of television news, independent films, and commercial videos, as well as writing for websites, corporate media, and advertising. His career has taken Channing from Iowa to Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma, and to California where he currently resides.
Channing is a fan of many media forms and genres. He considers himself a storyteller foremost and works in multiple media and genres himself. Channing’s artistic influences include Trevanian, Gene Roddenberry, Kurt Vonnegut, Jim Jarmusch, and Robert Altman, though he credits his late father, a psychology professor, with profoundly impacting his approach to the deep, conflicted, and multifaceted characters which drive his stories.
In his home life, Channing is a father of two, a sports lover, and a real-life space exploration enthusiast.
Channing is among a small subset of writers who are also dyslexic. He considers learning to overcome the challenges of this diagnosis to have aided him in persevering amid the rejection-filled, uncertain, and competitive fields of writing and screenwriting.
Post graduation, Channing began his career in the production of television news, independent films, and commercial videos, as well as writing for websites, corporate media, and advertising. His career has taken Channing from Iowa to Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma, and to California where he currently resides.
Channing is a fan of many media forms and genres. He considers himself a storyteller foremost and works in multiple media and genres himself. Channing’s artistic influences include Trevanian, Gene Roddenberry, Kurt Vonnegut, Jim Jarmusch, and Robert Altman, though he credits his late father, a psychology professor, with profoundly impacting his approach to the deep, conflicted, and multifaceted characters which drive his stories.
In his home life, Channing is a father of two, a sports lover, and a real-life space exploration enthusiast.
Channing is among a small subset of writers who are also dyslexic. He considers learning to overcome the challenges of this diagnosis to have aided him in persevering amid the rejection-filled, uncertain, and competitive fields of writing and screenwriting.
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August 5, 2021
2 stars.
Read this last night while lying awake with the pain of my frozen shoulder.
It didn't take long as it's only just under 50 pages.
A lonely man on a world devastated by holocaust. I understand what the author was trying to do but this one fell flat for me. I was hoping for there to be a clear and concise ending but it's another one of those that just leaves you hanging, thinking about his situation.
I see others giving this 4 and 5 stars and I had hoped that a short sci-fi story would get me into the genre but this wasn't it.
Thanks for reading.
Read this last night while lying awake with the pain of my frozen shoulder.
It didn't take long as it's only just under 50 pages.
A lonely man on a world devastated by holocaust. I understand what the author was trying to do but this one fell flat for me. I was hoping for there to be a clear and concise ending but it's another one of those that just leaves you hanging, thinking about his situation.
I see others giving this 4 and 5 stars and I had hoped that a short sci-fi story would get me into the genre but this wasn't it.
Thanks for reading.
March 12, 2024
I received a review copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Channing Whitaker is a master of misdirection, and I must admit even though I read quite a bit of science fiction, and this novelette is only forty-seven pages long, he managed to surprise me more than once.
It's obviously a very quick read, and I don't want to give away too much of the plot. Whitaker has a brilliant imagination and his scenes are filled with vivid details. I enjoyed the prose, and the story flowed at a nice pace.
Obviously, forty-seven pages is not a lot of time to flesh out a character, but Alden felt like a real person, and I emphasised a lot with him. He's got believable flaws and I enjoyed the way Whitaker developed him throughout the piece. The author slowly reveals more about Alden by showing us how he deals with the challenges this dystopian world throws at him.
The world building is intriguing, and I'd very much like to find out more about this setting...maybe at some point in a full-length novel?
I will definitely read more by this author and recommend Existence Augmented to anyone who is a fan of the genre and enjoys when the world is rather bleak.
Channing Whitaker is a master of misdirection, and I must admit even though I read quite a bit of science fiction, and this novelette is only forty-seven pages long, he managed to surprise me more than once.
It's obviously a very quick read, and I don't want to give away too much of the plot. Whitaker has a brilliant imagination and his scenes are filled with vivid details. I enjoyed the prose, and the story flowed at a nice pace.
Obviously, forty-seven pages is not a lot of time to flesh out a character, but Alden felt like a real person, and I emphasised a lot with him. He's got believable flaws and I enjoyed the way Whitaker developed him throughout the piece. The author slowly reveals more about Alden by showing us how he deals with the challenges this dystopian world throws at him.
The world building is intriguing, and I'd very much like to find out more about this setting...maybe at some point in a full-length novel?
I will definitely read more by this author and recommend Existence Augmented to anyone who is a fan of the genre and enjoys when the world is rather bleak.
June 14, 2019
This was a quick science fiction read, barely a novella, more of a novelette. The title is very descriptive (so is the cover for that matter), so you know what to expect. In fact, it probably gives away too much, considering the plot twists here were easy predictable. It’s about a scientist who lives alone in a bleak dystopian world and amuses himself by…you got it…augmenting his reality. Outside of some predictability, it was actually a perfectly enjoyable read. I liked the story and the writing. With the plot twists more obscured and/or the story made more opaque, it would have been something along the lines of a Black Mirror episode, possibly. Albeit sans moral, which the show always delivers. Unless it’s the lackluster season 5, where neither digital trickery nor morals weren’t enough. But yeah, this was a quick fun read and appears to be one of the series of genre themed novelettes, all of which sounded good in previews. Thanks Netgalley.
July 20, 2019
I had finished reading a quite long, thought provoking book and felt I wanted to start a shorter read, and as this one is listed as a novella it was ideal. The book is set in a sparse, snow laden post-apocalyptic world.
The main character is Alden, an older gentleman who has built himself an underground home made from cargo boxes.
It’s been a while since he has spotted anyone on his surveillance set up, so either the marauders have found a decent supply of what they need, they have moved on, or they have died.
We join Alden as he is walking down the pathway inspecting and tending plant after plant. He greets his plants with good morning or hello, then tells himself off for talking to his plants, saying people would call him crazy. Alden grows tomatoes and peppers , potatoes, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, and even wheat. Some of his plants were ready to harvest, others are at a more juvenile stage, but every variety you could need for a balanced human diet. There is one exception to the only edible plants, it’s right at the end of the rear wall. It’s a well tended single rosebush, that when it flowers it reveals the most beautiful violet blossoms.
These vegetables and the violet rosebush are what sustain Alden as everything above ground has been looted many, many times. So when his electric ventilation system falters Alden hurries back to his computer to check out what is happening. The computer Alden created himself is an intelligent computer system that he call’s Harmony. Harmony checks the ventilation system and answers Alden in a voice that is neither male nor female.
I can’t really go into more detail of the novella as it would reveal something that needs to be realised when you are reading the book. I enjoyed the in depth, descriptions within the book, they certainly helped you visualise the environment Alden was in.
When the end of the novella came my immediate reaction was that it had been a great novella and it's title is perfect. Though as time went on, I felt I wanted more, so I checked out the author on Goodreads to see if this novella was set in the same world of a series the author had written. Sadly, it isn’t, I really would love to read more.
To sum up I enjoyed the novella, it’s setting, characters etc. I would have just loved more of it. Perhaps more people living with Alden, or nearby for him to interact with. I will be checking out other titles by the author as I did enjoy his writing style a lot. I also adored the twist! The twist was. . . .well the twist was excellent!
The main character is Alden, an older gentleman who has built himself an underground home made from cargo boxes.
It’s been a while since he has spotted anyone on his surveillance set up, so either the marauders have found a decent supply of what they need, they have moved on, or they have died.
We join Alden as he is walking down the pathway inspecting and tending plant after plant. He greets his plants with good morning or hello, then tells himself off for talking to his plants, saying people would call him crazy. Alden grows tomatoes and peppers , potatoes, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, and even wheat. Some of his plants were ready to harvest, others are at a more juvenile stage, but every variety you could need for a balanced human diet. There is one exception to the only edible plants, it’s right at the end of the rear wall. It’s a well tended single rosebush, that when it flowers it reveals the most beautiful violet blossoms.
These vegetables and the violet rosebush are what sustain Alden as everything above ground has been looted many, many times. So when his electric ventilation system falters Alden hurries back to his computer to check out what is happening. The computer Alden created himself is an intelligent computer system that he call’s Harmony. Harmony checks the ventilation system and answers Alden in a voice that is neither male nor female.
I can’t really go into more detail of the novella as it would reveal something that needs to be realised when you are reading the book. I enjoyed the in depth, descriptions within the book, they certainly helped you visualise the environment Alden was in.
When the end of the novella came my immediate reaction was that it had been a great novella and it's title is perfect. Though as time went on, I felt I wanted more, so I checked out the author on Goodreads to see if this novella was set in the same world of a series the author had written. Sadly, it isn’t, I really would love to read more.
To sum up I enjoyed the novella, it’s setting, characters etc. I would have just loved more of it. Perhaps more people living with Alden, or nearby for him to interact with. I will be checking out other titles by the author as I did enjoy his writing style a lot. I also adored the twist! The twist was. . . .well the twist was excellent!
October 30, 2018
One could easily imagine this being a good episode of the Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Black Mirror. The story studies ideas of perception and reality, using application of technology as a mirror of human character. The prose flows smoothly, never coming across as clumsy but never becoming beautiful to the point of distraction. If I have a complaint about this story, it's that I could've wanted more. I think Channing Whitaker has done a neat bit of world building in an efficient package, and could see enjoying more time in this universe.
Suzanne Fortin, the narrator, at first seemed slightly cold in her reading, but as the story progresses her voice warms where appropriate, and one begins to realize she's chosen her tone to suit the story.
I received this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
Suzanne Fortin, the narrator, at first seemed slightly cold in her reading, but as the story progresses her voice warms where appropriate, and one begins to realize she's chosen her tone to suit the story.
I received this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
July 16, 2019
Captured my imagination
What a lucky find! I happened upon Existence Augmented in a daily discounted ebooks email and I took a shot. The story starts off exactly as the book’s synopsis describes, but then things become more than they originally appeared. I look forward to checking out the author’s other works.
What a lucky find! I happened upon Existence Augmented in a daily discounted ebooks email and I took a shot. The story starts off exactly as the book’s synopsis describes, but then things become more than they originally appeared. I look forward to checking out the author’s other works.
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May 24, 2018#GoodreadsGiveaway
September 3, 2018
This one completely knocked me over the head with major twists. I cannot say much without spoilers. I will think about it for a long time, though. I really would have liked to have a longer book or a series devoted to this "world." This was not really a short story...more of a novelette. It left me wishing for more. Really well done.
June 3, 2018
I didn't realize this was a novella/short story, when I started reading it, and was a bit sad that it finished so quickly. Even with the short narrative the author managed to surprise me with a twist to the story I didn't see coming. It was a worthy read, and I will be looking forward to more from this author.
August 3, 2019
I would call this melancholy sci-fi. More than one reviewer likened this to an episode of Black Mirror/The Twilight Zone, and I agree. It's the perfect length, it left me wanting more yet didn't feel incomplete.
October 20, 2018
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is a novella but I wish it were a novel - or even something that turned into a series of novels. When the story ended -- I thought, that can't be it? The ending seemed abrupt and left me wanting more. I even checked my player to make sure nothing had been skipped over - but to my disappointment, I had finished the story.
The story describes the bleak existence of Alden and on this day, his sister and her children come for a visit. Alden is a well-developed character - and someone you quickly grow to like, empathize with and - yes I am saying it again -- I wish the novela was longer so that, as a reader, I could get to know Alden and his world better.
It is a well- crafted story, which really allows you to visualize Alden's world and his day-to-day life. The author provides little throwaway insights into Alden's world and his character that if you look away, you might miss. For instance, a lot was written about Alden's garden and the need for this garden to provide his day-to-day sustenance. But then, in a quick sentence, we learn that Alden also grows roses -- a little bit of beauty in an otherwise dreary existence. I loved that.
On the downside, there was a lot mentioned in the story that I would love to know more about and felt it was given a short shrift due to the length [yes, I know I've said it again but maybe the author might take the hint and expand this novella to a novel or series??]. For instance: the marauders [in general] and the female marauder [specifically], Alden's relationship with his wife, Alden's relationship with the computer robot, Alden's sister, etc.
As I listened to this book, the narrator is a female. Overall, while she was fine, I, personally, like it better when the main character and the narrator are of the same gender - in this case, male.
This is a novella but I wish it were a novel - or even something that turned into a series of novels. When the story ended -- I thought, that can't be it? The ending seemed abrupt and left me wanting more. I even checked my player to make sure nothing had been skipped over - but to my disappointment, I had finished the story.
The story describes the bleak existence of Alden and on this day, his sister and her children come for a visit. Alden is a well-developed character - and someone you quickly grow to like, empathize with and - yes I am saying it again -- I wish the novela was longer so that, as a reader, I could get to know Alden and his world better.
It is a well- crafted story, which really allows you to visualize Alden's world and his day-to-day life. The author provides little throwaway insights into Alden's world and his character that if you look away, you might miss. For instance, a lot was written about Alden's garden and the need for this garden to provide his day-to-day sustenance. But then, in a quick sentence, we learn that Alden also grows roses -- a little bit of beauty in an otherwise dreary existence. I loved that.
On the downside, there was a lot mentioned in the story that I would love to know more about and felt it was given a short shrift due to the length [yes, I know I've said it again but maybe the author might take the hint and expand this novella to a novel or series??]. For instance: the marauders [in general] and the female marauder [specifically], Alden's relationship with his wife, Alden's relationship with the computer robot, Alden's sister, etc.
As I listened to this book, the narrator is a female. Overall, while she was fine, I, personally, like it better when the main character and the narrator are of the same gender - in this case, male.
June 30, 2021
A very thoughtful sci-fi tale. Look past the poor cover.
I have had this book in my to-read pile for a couple of years, but never got around to reading it. I put that down to the uninspiring and somewhat amateurish cover. I expected some kind of story about someone, probably a teenage girl, developing mutant powers in a post-apocalypse community. What I got when I actually read this book was an intriguing and mysterious psychological exploration of loss, loneliness and the will to survive.
The story is set in a devastated world. We never get to know exactly what has happened, but we can see that our familiar world has been destroyed, leaving mostly snow and ash. Alden lives a hard but predictable life, tending his hydroponic garden and maintaining his cobbled-together survival bunker while keeping safe from the dangerous environment. The story opens as the power flickers and Alden has to get dressed up to go outside and check the wind generators which provide the vital power to keep everything, and everyone, alive.
As the story progresses we meet Alden’s computer system, Harmony, then his wife Lauren, and his sister Sloan and her children. It all seems comfortable and domestic until a scarred and hungry marauder breaks in, threatening everyone’s safety and forcing Alden to make some very tough decisions.
This book may have only a small setting and cast of characters, but it is full of twists and you need to keep your wits about you as you read it. Even more than that. I highly recommend that once you have finished it, you go back and read it again to see all the clues you missed the first time around.
Ignore the cover. This is a very high-quality sci-fi tale, designed to make you think, and I enjoyed it enormously.
I have had this book in my to-read pile for a couple of years, but never got around to reading it. I put that down to the uninspiring and somewhat amateurish cover. I expected some kind of story about someone, probably a teenage girl, developing mutant powers in a post-apocalypse community. What I got when I actually read this book was an intriguing and mysterious psychological exploration of loss, loneliness and the will to survive.
The story is set in a devastated world. We never get to know exactly what has happened, but we can see that our familiar world has been destroyed, leaving mostly snow and ash. Alden lives a hard but predictable life, tending his hydroponic garden and maintaining his cobbled-together survival bunker while keeping safe from the dangerous environment. The story opens as the power flickers and Alden has to get dressed up to go outside and check the wind generators which provide the vital power to keep everything, and everyone, alive.
As the story progresses we meet Alden’s computer system, Harmony, then his wife Lauren, and his sister Sloan and her children. It all seems comfortable and domestic until a scarred and hungry marauder breaks in, threatening everyone’s safety and forcing Alden to make some very tough decisions.
This book may have only a small setting and cast of characters, but it is full of twists and you need to keep your wits about you as you read it. Even more than that. I highly recommend that once you have finished it, you go back and read it again to see all the clues you missed the first time around.
Ignore the cover. This is a very high-quality sci-fi tale, designed to make you think, and I enjoyed it enormously.
June 25, 2019
Existence Augmented is an apt title that doesn’t mince words. How far will humanity push technology and can technology replace human interaction? How close can technology come to reproducing humanity?
One man, Alden, is living a life that might ask and answer these questions. This stand-alone short is described as a dystopian, sci-fi novelette and psychological thriller, and it doesn’t disappoint. I’ll be on the lookout for more from Channing Whitaker.
Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the provided ebook and the opportunity to read this book. My review is honest, unbiased, and voluntary. #NetGalley #ExistenceAugmented
One man, Alden, is living a life that might ask and answer these questions. This stand-alone short is described as a dystopian, sci-fi novelette and psychological thriller, and it doesn’t disappoint. I’ll be on the lookout for more from Channing Whitaker.
Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the provided ebook and the opportunity to read this book. My review is honest, unbiased, and voluntary. #NetGalley #ExistenceAugmented
August 14, 2018
An excellent little short sci-fi story. It reminds me a lot of a Twilight Zone episode. In fact, it has some things in common with the first episode of the Twilight Zone I ever saw.
That episode featured a robot who became the main character’s companion and girlfriend in his prison exile on a harsh desert planet. In Existence Augmented, the main character, Alden, has a sort of computer-generated virtual wife, evidently meant to replace his real wife who seems to have died of illness years before.
It is not clear at first whether the story is taking place somewhere in space (á la 2001 or Silent Running) or in a post-apocalyptic underground (like in the Silo series), or just in a more-or-less standard post-apocalyptic scenario of some kind. There are some things we find out, like about the virtual wife, that evidently the scene is somewhere on Earth or at least some kind of Earth outpost, and that apparently Alden’s computers still manage to connect to some sort of outside network or grid. Other things we never do learn.
That episode featured a robot who became the main character’s companion and girlfriend in his prison exile on a harsh desert planet. In Existence Augmented, the main character, Alden, has a sort of computer-generated virtual wife, evidently meant to replace his real wife who seems to have died of illness years before.
It is not clear at first whether the story is taking place somewhere in space (á la 2001 or Silent Running) or in a post-apocalyptic underground (like in the Silo series), or just in a more-or-less standard post-apocalyptic scenario of some kind. There are some things we find out, like about the virtual wife, that evidently the scene is somewhere on Earth or at least some kind of Earth outpost, and that apparently Alden’s computers still manage to connect to some sort of outside network or grid. Other things we never do learn.
June 18, 2019
Dystopian aesthetics is my weakness and this one hit home. The story is very promising, there is something about the idea of ''the last man on Earth'' that is very intriguing. The writing is also noteworthy. Alden, the protagonist, is a character with great potential and I hope we get to see more development. All in all, it was soo good but soo short. I have so many questions. What happened to humanity? What was it that made the Earth's climate so hostile? Who are the Marauders and how have they managed to survive? What is the recipe for the so-so cakes?
This is my official appeal to Channing Whitaker for ''Existence Augmented: the series.'' Please make it happen.
Many thanks to #NetGalley for this eARC!
This is my official appeal to Channing Whitaker for ''Existence Augmented: the series.'' Please make it happen.
Many thanks to #NetGalley for this eARC!
October 30, 2023
Existence Augmented would be a great television movie. The story appears to take place in the future, a future where the environment and atmosphere have grown extremely cold. Computers and electricity generate sunlight for indoor food growth, support life, and provide indoor entertainment. Alden is the main character, and I believe he is a genius with computers and engineering. Alden's wife is deceased, and he has created an artificial humanoid robot who looks, acts, and has the near personality of his wife, Laurel. Channing Whitaker has managed to tell a life story in this short by bringing Alden's sister over for a visit, and her admonishment of Alden's Laurel robot gives us the whole story. Worth the read.
October 24, 2018
I think this story could be better if it were longer. The end kind of leaves you hanging a bit. I get most of the ‘augmentations’ but I don’t understand the last one..... where is the why behind that particular character. What is the back story?
I was just left questioning and not necessarily in a good way. I’m not going to spend days pondering or thinking about this short story or it’s ending.... but today I am left with unanswered questions.
Not much I can say without giving away parts of the story.
Narration was excellent.
I was voluntarily provided this review copy at no charge by the author, publisher and or narrator.
I was just left questioning and not necessarily in a good way. I’m not going to spend days pondering or thinking about this short story or it’s ending.... but today I am left with unanswered questions.
Not much I can say without giving away parts of the story.
Narration was excellent.
I was voluntarily provided this review copy at no charge by the author, publisher and or narrator.
December 18, 2024
Existence Augmented
Sci-Fi
Channing Whitaker
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I started to read this book but I was pleasantly surprised.
It's a short read but a lot happened in the plot and there were quite a few twists. I was surprised by each of them as the author did a very good job of creating red herrings.
The world building was ok but I wanted to know what had happened to the world in order for it to be covered in ash and snow and if there were any other survivors.
The pacing was good but I wish the book was longer
Sci-Fi
Channing Whitaker
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
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I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I started to read this book but I was pleasantly surprised.
It's a short read but a lot happened in the plot and there were quite a few twists. I was surprised by each of them as the author did a very good job of creating red herrings.
The world building was ok but I wanted to know what had happened to the world in order for it to be covered in ash and snow and if there were any other survivors.
The pacing was good but I wish the book was longer
June 14, 2019
Great little book with some intrigue and surprises, comparable to an old black and white episode of The Twilight Zone. There are some sad overtones in this story that features a creative, lonely inventor living in a futuristic state where technology is available, but human contact is scarce. I'd love to read a fully-developed novel based on this plot, and any novella that is able to make the reader want more has accomplished its objective.
November 21, 2018
This was a very good short story. For some reason it took me a while to get into it. As the story grew I realized that it was exactly what I wanted to listen to at that time. It was the kind of short Sci-Fi that I could really get into so I started it over and this time I was delighted from the start.
This story was given to me for free at my request for my voluntary and unbiased review.
This story was given to me for free at my request for my voluntary and unbiased review.
June 24, 2019
*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for the free novella.*
Even though I quite liked the themes in this novella (loss, AI, dystopia) none of them was really explored. The story was very interesting in parts but then just stopped. I also liked the plot twists, yet the end left me with a lot of questions.
2,5 Stars because this had so much potential...
Even though I quite liked the themes in this novella (loss, AI, dystopia) none of them was really explored. The story was very interesting in parts but then just stopped. I also liked the plot twists, yet the end left me with a lot of questions.
2,5 Stars because this had so much potential...
August 13, 2019
Thought Provoking Book
I love this story. It takes place after some apocalyptic event occurs, causing what appears to be a nuclear winter. I have always wondered how one would live after such an event. Would one want to live after such an event. This is a thought provoking story. Highly recommend...
I love this story. It takes place after some apocalyptic event occurs, causing what appears to be a nuclear winter. I have always wondered how one would live after such an event. Would one want to live after such an event. This is a thought provoking story. Highly recommend...
August 16, 2019
*Received via NetGalley for review*
I thought this was a collection of stories, and so was surprised when I was finished after one very short one. I understood the description to mean that this was an anthology series rather than a novella. Maybe if I read the other stories I'll warm up to this one, but right now it's a little forgettable.
I thought this was a collection of stories, and so was surprised when I was finished after one very short one. I understood the description to mean that this was an anthology series rather than a novella. Maybe if I read the other stories I'll warm up to this one, but right now it's a little forgettable.
April 8, 2020
Interesting and Excellent
This story is as interesting as the title itself is. I found the plot line to be intriguing and well laid out. The main character, Alden, a brilliant man who is going through the apocalypse, and has been for a good many years. Alden’s family is especially interesting. I highly recommend this book!
This story is as interesting as the title itself is. I found the plot line to be intriguing and well laid out. The main character, Alden, a brilliant man who is going through the apocalypse, and has been for a good many years. Alden’s family is especially interesting. I highly recommend this book!
August 13, 2019
Alden, in a snow covered future, is living in a home made of shipping containers.
He has hydroponic gardens and a wide and friends. He captures a marauder raiding his garden.
Power begins to fail and his friends etc begin to disappear. What is real and what isn't?
He has hydroponic gardens and a wide and friends. He captures a marauder raiding his garden.
Power begins to fail and his friends etc begin to disappear. What is real and what isn't?
April 23, 2022
This one was short and sweet. It had some really interesting takes on what lengths humans will go to with technology. I'm definitely interested in seeing what else this author writes as their writing style was right up my alley.
August 14, 2018
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Goodreads Giveaway. Good win, too.
Now I've read this short, I want more. What happened before? What happened next? Why? Where? Too much left to my imagination.
Goodreads Giveaway. Good win, too.
Now I've read this short, I want more. What happened before? What happened next? Why? Where? Too much left to my imagination.
January 1, 2019
Strange and interesting.
June 15, 2019
This is talented author. A nice little story with an interesting plot. As others have noted, it does leave the reader wanting a little more, which may have been the author's intent. Recommended.
August 10, 2019
"This novel is very well-written and kept me hooked right up to the very end, and the build-up of tension didn't disappoint - I definitely did not see that twist!"
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