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Conroyverse: A Sampler
"Put down the buffalo dog and step away from the bar!"
That simple sentence set in motion a universe. And not just any universe, no, the Conroyverse!
The Amazing Conroy, a stage hypnotist working third-rate venues on alien worlds, gets talked into being a courier of an Arconi buffalito — an adorable alien creature that can eat anything and farts oxygen. If he can avoid being executed for smuggling, his world will be forever changed.
Angela Colson — a seemingly ordinary teenager — only appears to be Human, but is actually a mutant variant from a race of teleporting aliens who have hidden in plain sight for millennia. They don’t believe she can keep their secret. If she doesn’t convince them otherwise, they’ll resolve the problem by putting her to death!
Melody Wilder just needs to complete her doctorate and life will be perfect. But the downside of a university on a space station orbiting Neptune is that an assortment of aliens keeps showing up, imposing their own agendas on her, with no concern for her dissertation of sentient, non-Human memory.
The Conroyverse is a sampler containing the shorty story that started the entire fictional universe as well as the first novels from each of the three series that share that common, alien-rich setting. It's a taste — appropriate given the emphasis on food across the books — of what awaits you in the ongoing adventures and humorous romps of each series.
Hypnosis, Teleportation, and Alien Academia, Oh My!
That simple sentence set in motion a universe. And not just any universe, no, the Conroyverse!
The Amazing Conroy, a stage hypnotist working third-rate venues on alien worlds, gets talked into being a courier of an Arconi buffalito — an adorable alien creature that can eat anything and farts oxygen. If he can avoid being executed for smuggling, his world will be forever changed.
Angela Colson — a seemingly ordinary teenager — only appears to be Human, but is actually a mutant variant from a race of teleporting aliens who have hidden in plain sight for millennia. They don’t believe she can keep their secret. If she doesn’t convince them otherwise, they’ll resolve the problem by putting her to death!
Melody Wilder just needs to complete her doctorate and life will be perfect. But the downside of a university on a space station orbiting Neptune is that an assortment of aliens keeps showing up, imposing their own agendas on her, with no concern for her dissertation of sentient, non-Human memory.
The Conroyverse is a sampler containing the shorty story that started the entire fictional universe as well as the first novels from each of the three series that share that common, alien-rich setting. It's a taste — appropriate given the emphasis on food across the books — of what awaits you in the ongoing adventures and humorous romps of each series.
Hypnosis, Teleportation, and Alien Academia, Oh My!
830 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2021
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About the author
Lawrence M. Schoen
131 books233 followersLawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, is a past Astounding, Hugo, and Nebula, nominee, twice won the Cóyotl award for best novel, founded the Klingon Language Institute, and occasionally does work as a hypnotherapist specializing in authors’ issues. He is a chimeric cancer survivor.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
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October 17, 2021
This is an omnibus of sorts, an introduction to three different series set in the same universe. In addition to the first novel of each of those series, it includes the short story that started it all. If you're not familiar with my "lighter" work, it's a great place to get a taste. I hope you enjoy it.
February 7, 2022
Fun characters, cool aliens
In this sampler, the author take
s us and gives us a slice of introducing new characters and cool aliens all in the same universe. The Conroy verse. Conroy is one of the 3 characters that each have a series of their own.
This is a fun fun book to read and I look forward to reading more in the future.
In this sampler, the author take
s us and gives us a slice of introducing new characters and cool aliens all in the same universe. The Conroy verse. Conroy is one of the 3 characters that each have a series of their own.
This is a fun fun book to read and I look forward to reading more in the future.
April 4, 2022
Amazingly fun universe to visit
I always thought the book covers with the mini bison on the cover looked interesting and I now know that the contents are even better. These books are really fun, the characters get into all sorts of action, and this is a world you really want to visit and maybe live in. I definitely recommend this universe and the books set in it.
I always thought the book covers with the mini bison on the cover looked interesting and I now know that the contents are even better. These books are really fun, the characters get into all sorts of action, and this is a world you really want to visit and maybe live in. I definitely recommend this universe and the books set in it.
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