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Parallax
Parallax by Andrew Dunkley
“Our reporter Sam Wilcox is live from the Australia Observatory. Sam, what’s happening?”
“Thanks Gary. Astronomers all over the World are saying that there’s been some strange solar activity of late, something they’ve never witnessed before.”
“What kind of activity Sam?”
“They’re calling them Sun Spikes. I have with me Astronomer Fred Wilson. Dr Wilson, can you tell us?”
“Well Sam, these events have never been documented and no-one has come up with any tangible explanation as yet. Frankly we’re scratching our heads.”
“So, what do you know?”
“For some reason there are wafer thin spikes of light shooting out from the Sun and they’re now threatening to penetrate our atmosphere.”
“And what will happen if they do?”
“We don’t know but what’s even more peculiar is the fact they’re travelling at faster than light speed.”
“That’s impossible isn’t it?”
“Indeed. These Sun Spikes are new to science as we know it. They breach the laws of physics.”
“Are we in danger Dr Wilson?”
“I’d like to say no, but the truth is we have no idea what effect they might have if one or more of these things strikes the planet or God forbid, people.”
978-0-6483220-1-6
Other titles by this Author
All I See Is Mud (WWI story of a 16-year-old on the Western Front)
5 Irons Don’t Float (Dealing with anger on the golf course)
www.andrewdunkley.com
“Our reporter Sam Wilcox is live from the Australia Observatory. Sam, what’s happening?”
“Thanks Gary. Astronomers all over the World are saying that there’s been some strange solar activity of late, something they’ve never witnessed before.”
“What kind of activity Sam?”
“They’re calling them Sun Spikes. I have with me Astronomer Fred Wilson. Dr Wilson, can you tell us?”
“Well Sam, these events have never been documented and no-one has come up with any tangible explanation as yet. Frankly we’re scratching our heads.”
“So, what do you know?”
“For some reason there are wafer thin spikes of light shooting out from the Sun and they’re now threatening to penetrate our atmosphere.”
“And what will happen if they do?”
“We don’t know but what’s even more peculiar is the fact they’re travelling at faster than light speed.”
“That’s impossible isn’t it?”
“Indeed. These Sun Spikes are new to science as we know it. They breach the laws of physics.”
“Are we in danger Dr Wilson?”
“I’d like to say no, but the truth is we have no idea what effect they might have if one or more of these things strikes the planet or God forbid, people.”
978-0-6483220-1-6
Other titles by this Author
All I See Is Mud (WWI story of a 16-year-old on the Western Front)
5 Irons Don’t Float (Dealing with anger on the golf course)
www.andrewdunkley.com
323 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2019
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About the author
Andrew Dunkley
6 books4 followersAndrew has been a radio broadcaster/journalist since 1984.
He has worked for several Australian radio stations including the ABC (22 years) and these days does a podcast called Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson discussing astronomy.
He also works part time on community radio DCFM 88.9 and has a job with the Salvation Army.
Life is full!
Andrew lives in Dubbo NSW; is married to Judy with three grown children and is now a Grandfather.
He has worked for several Australian radio stations including the ABC (22 years) and these days does a podcast called Space Nuts with Professor Fred Watson discussing astronomy.
He also works part time on community radio DCFM 88.9 and has a job with the Salvation Army.
Life is full!
Andrew lives in Dubbo NSW; is married to Judy with three grown children and is now a Grandfather.
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February 3, 2019
Parallax is a real page turner. Stayed up WAY past my bedtime to finish this sci-fi thriller. Interesting idea about a bit of time travel, intended, or not, gone awry. Ideas about multiple universes or alternate universes or something or other like that. At times it was 2014, then 1962, then sometime in the ‘80’s – then. Well, you’ll have to read it to get it. Chris surprisingly wakes up as he is being born, again, literally. A 50-year-old man in a 1-day old body. Lots of fun reading. His wife appears (differently) in all the timelines, and often his son does as well. There’s a mobster, and lots of engineer-talk.
As I neared the book’s finish – Kindle app said I only had one minute to go --I could not think it was going to end nicely. Kind of a downer I wasn’t too happy with. Suddenly, I turned to the last page, and GOBSMACKED I was. Now, I realize, I shoulda seen it comin’.
As I neared the book’s finish – Kindle app said I only had one minute to go --I could not think it was going to end nicely. Kind of a downer I wasn’t too happy with. Suddenly, I turned to the last page, and GOBSMACKED I was. Now, I realize, I shoulda seen it comin’.
January 25, 2021
I'll actually go as high as 4-1/2 stars. This story is great. It has tons of unexpected turns. A page tuner.
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