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The World of Juno
Explore the birth of a new world!
Journey through time and space to the intricate biology of Juno, where three species have been birthed by the gods.
First the Kuhifadi, inheritors of sun magic, able to do great deeds with magic stored in their bodies.
Second the fearsome Uchafumlaji, technological savants who live in the depths of the ground.
Third the weird Ngisikaa, a species uplifted from animals through communal memories.
Small decisions and single individuals will affect the tide of history. Learn of the first Ngisikaa to meet death, whether a Kuhifadi will make the sacrifice to become a mage, and if an Uchafumlaji can build a bridge to the past. These stories and more will create *The World of Juno*!
Journey through time and space to the intricate biology of Juno, where three species have been birthed by the gods.
First the Kuhifadi, inheritors of sun magic, able to do great deeds with magic stored in their bodies.
Second the fearsome Uchafumlaji, technological savants who live in the depths of the ground.
Third the weird Ngisikaa, a species uplifted from animals through communal memories.
Small decisions and single individuals will affect the tide of history. Learn of the first Ngisikaa to meet death, whether a Kuhifadi will make the sacrifice to become a mage, and if an Uchafumlaji can build a bridge to the past. These stories and more will create *The World of Juno*!
- GenresFantasy
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 8, 2022
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About the author
Daniel Eavenson
3 books11 followersA preacher's kid from the South who moved up North a long time ago. I live in the Chicago area with my wife and boo bear.
I'm an Engineer by day trying to enjoy my day job. I love fantasy and sci-fi and I'm always looking for new worlds to explore.
My first novel is "Dave Woke Up" a horror novel following an office worker named Dave as he tries to navigate the apocalypse and his own depression. It's been a long road to get here but I hope you'll come along with me as I write more and more.
My second book has witches fighting cyborg snakes on an alien planet ruled by technological gods. The third one is about people with amazing prosthetic arms. Wanna publish them? Please call me.
I'm an Engineer by day trying to enjoy my day job. I love fantasy and sci-fi and I'm always looking for new worlds to explore.
My first novel is "Dave Woke Up" a horror novel following an office worker named Dave as he tries to navigate the apocalypse and his own depression. It's been a long road to get here but I hope you'll come along with me as I write more and more.
My second book has witches fighting cyborg snakes on an alien planet ruled by technological gods. The third one is about people with amazing prosthetic arms. Wanna publish them? Please call me.
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November 15, 2022
**For Sci-Fi Lovers**
The World of Juno by ….. begins as I'd like to think a scientific Bible would, an intelligently written history on how life began on a planet called Juno, from the universe around it and onto life on the planet. The amount of learning, knowledge and research it must have taken to be able to create a book such as this seems insurmountable, at least to me, and makes it well worth the time, cost and energy you want to devote to any book you read. Also, a great heap of creativity needs to be present in an author, as it is here, in….., to create writing of this magnitude, developing the history of an entire new place.
The book is told as a researcher or explorer would speak about a new place and, as time moves along, notes new developments and what is learned about the past during this time of study as observers come to the planet on a ship to study it. Pictures are included and some of the book presents like data readings (with short lists of information) and while this might seem dry (and, at first, I thought it might) all the knowledge as it came together, as the story went on, was very exciting, interesting and left me wanting more (as I kept wanting to still turn the page).
As the creatures on the planet are explained by the writer, as a reader, I became more curious as to what was going to happen next because, the way in which (authors name) presents the information, even though written as a researcher doing a cultural/history study, there is a build up for something…as to what, with the introduction of a day and night species, as they are described, their needs, how they interact with the environment, the way their body has evolved because of the environment, etc, you know something on Juno is going to happen, that the creatures of day and night are going to have conflict, things will come to a head, whatever it is, it's exciting.
All the elements of Juno created- the "kuh", a membrane present on many of the creatures to help mask their bodies from the very hot sun, to the fact that some lack this protection, larger, predators that appear in the night, the species called Kuhifadi and all their qualities and characteristics, an immense undertaking by the inventive author, making me an immediate fan of his, for life. While many sci-fi/fantasy writers have a hard time painting a complete picture for me, always having felt (me) that they never paint the complete picture (with words) in their stories, none of that is felt here with The World of Juno.
All that is needed to get a complete understanding of the planet and its inhabitants in a very cognitively pleasing manner (and doesn't use a whole bunch of jumbled information that is hard to put together). The author affords such a complete picture as to speak about the Kuhifadi's mating and reproduction, the lack of gender roles, even the reason for the lack of these roles is presented in this planet study storybook.
However, on this planet, as the sun is so hot, it plays a very important role in every aspect as the writer explains it. Oddly, I find security in the face that even though this is a fictional world, that this author has created a planet with viable, evolved (and evolving) life, the fact that it was able to sustain anything at all, with such an extremely hot sun, reassures me that life can and will find a way. Even facing insurmountable odds (a sun which would fry life and life still finding a way) life was able to survive, thrive, grow and even change. However, the observers who are researching Juno begin to refer to the sun and its properties (the rays,heat) as magical, what it does to the planet, its species, all those on it. It makes the reader ask, what will be the effects to the observers, if any? Did they even think of this? Maybe, worry? As of yet, the observers do not seem to think of the impact that can be made to them.
The Uchafumlaji, however, are the creatures who own the night as they cannot face the hot sun having instead chosen to hunt, live and own the dark time. Bigger than the Kuhifadi they are large, nocturnal predators, something I, in now way, would like to come across if I visit the planet. Just as the author has described the other aspects in the book, here too, he is through, the writing engaging readers even deeper in the study of the planet. The fact that there are four genders in this species, a very imaginative inclusion in the story, expands minds that there can and will be more out there in the world than what we readers live with and know.
As a human, I often forget the fact that, when it comes to species, most creatures have many, even on our planet. The sad fact is that only humans really stand alone on this planet now, a singular species that has no close relation to it alive among us, to learn from, know, befriend, gain from (hopefully, all the good, rather than war, competition, etc). For a long time it was never even known that, at one time, there had been five species of humans (possibly more as this is all we have found record to prove, to know) alive on our planet, sadly, now, all extinct, only bones remain. Reading a world in which other species share a planet, all with very different aspects, reminds readers of what was once and what can be (could be) elsewhere. But, how do these species intermingle? Will they be a support to one another, or the other's demise?
When the observers who recording and studying the history of the planet Juno meet and bring Kimmaski, similar to a third species, the Ngisikaa, to the ship, oddities are noticed, a mystery starts to unfold, beginning with the statement that conversations with the creature feel, to the speaker, that they have already happened, taken place, rather than have a active, present, conversation. And, when Kimmaski uses a tentacle to pierce an external communication port, much information is lost (downloaded) and the project starts to devolve.
The World of Junk was a thorough read,a compilation of everything you'd want to know about the place, from start to finish. Here an author has combined all the knowledge for readers of a world he has created. And, if you are a sci-fi reader who would like to delve into an unknown world, all of it, from beginning to end, you'll want to seek and find The World of Juno. The book is really an expansion of the mind and a work of art. I would really love to see a series come, from the writer, out of this world. Where he takes a time period, from within the study he has done here, and focus on that period in time. If you are a sci-fi lover this is a must read and one that you're going to enjoy, if not only for the depth and detailed presentation, the imagination and creativity of the writer creating this strange, new, and very intriguing world for viewers who come.
The World of Juno by ….. begins as I'd like to think a scientific Bible would, an intelligently written history on how life began on a planet called Juno, from the universe around it and onto life on the planet. The amount of learning, knowledge and research it must have taken to be able to create a book such as this seems insurmountable, at least to me, and makes it well worth the time, cost and energy you want to devote to any book you read. Also, a great heap of creativity needs to be present in an author, as it is here, in….., to create writing of this magnitude, developing the history of an entire new place.
The book is told as a researcher or explorer would speak about a new place and, as time moves along, notes new developments and what is learned about the past during this time of study as observers come to the planet on a ship to study it. Pictures are included and some of the book presents like data readings (with short lists of information) and while this might seem dry (and, at first, I thought it might) all the knowledge as it came together, as the story went on, was very exciting, interesting and left me wanting more (as I kept wanting to still turn the page).
As the creatures on the planet are explained by the writer, as a reader, I became more curious as to what was going to happen next because, the way in which (authors name) presents the information, even though written as a researcher doing a cultural/history study, there is a build up for something…as to what, with the introduction of a day and night species, as they are described, their needs, how they interact with the environment, the way their body has evolved because of the environment, etc, you know something on Juno is going to happen, that the creatures of day and night are going to have conflict, things will come to a head, whatever it is, it's exciting.
All the elements of Juno created- the "kuh", a membrane present on many of the creatures to help mask their bodies from the very hot sun, to the fact that some lack this protection, larger, predators that appear in the night, the species called Kuhifadi and all their qualities and characteristics, an immense undertaking by the inventive author, making me an immediate fan of his, for life. While many sci-fi/fantasy writers have a hard time painting a complete picture for me, always having felt (me) that they never paint the complete picture (with words) in their stories, none of that is felt here with The World of Juno.
All that is needed to get a complete understanding of the planet and its inhabitants in a very cognitively pleasing manner (and doesn't use a whole bunch of jumbled information that is hard to put together). The author affords such a complete picture as to speak about the Kuhifadi's mating and reproduction, the lack of gender roles, even the reason for the lack of these roles is presented in this planet study storybook.
However, on this planet, as the sun is so hot, it plays a very important role in every aspect as the writer explains it. Oddly, I find security in the face that even though this is a fictional world, that this author has created a planet with viable, evolved (and evolving) life, the fact that it was able to sustain anything at all, with such an extremely hot sun, reassures me that life can and will find a way. Even facing insurmountable odds (a sun which would fry life and life still finding a way) life was able to survive, thrive, grow and even change. However, the observers who are researching Juno begin to refer to the sun and its properties (the rays,heat) as magical, what it does to the planet, its species, all those on it. It makes the reader ask, what will be the effects to the observers, if any? Did they even think of this? Maybe, worry? As of yet, the observers do not seem to think of the impact that can be made to them.
The Uchafumlaji, however, are the creatures who own the night as they cannot face the hot sun having instead chosen to hunt, live and own the dark time. Bigger than the Kuhifadi they are large, nocturnal predators, something I, in now way, would like to come across if I visit the planet. Just as the author has described the other aspects in the book, here too, he is through, the writing engaging readers even deeper in the study of the planet. The fact that there are four genders in this species, a very imaginative inclusion in the story, expands minds that there can and will be more out there in the world than what we readers live with and know.
As a human, I often forget the fact that, when it comes to species, most creatures have many, even on our planet. The sad fact is that only humans really stand alone on this planet now, a singular species that has no close relation to it alive among us, to learn from, know, befriend, gain from (hopefully, all the good, rather than war, competition, etc). For a long time it was never even known that, at one time, there had been five species of humans (possibly more as this is all we have found record to prove, to know) alive on our planet, sadly, now, all extinct, only bones remain. Reading a world in which other species share a planet, all with very different aspects, reminds readers of what was once and what can be (could be) elsewhere. But, how do these species intermingle? Will they be a support to one another, or the other's demise?
When the observers who recording and studying the history of the planet Juno meet and bring Kimmaski, similar to a third species, the Ngisikaa, to the ship, oddities are noticed, a mystery starts to unfold, beginning with the statement that conversations with the creature feel, to the speaker, that they have already happened, taken place, rather than have a active, present, conversation. And, when Kimmaski uses a tentacle to pierce an external communication port, much information is lost (downloaded) and the project starts to devolve.
The World of Junk was a thorough read,a compilation of everything you'd want to know about the place, from start to finish. Here an author has combined all the knowledge for readers of a world he has created. And, if you are a sci-fi reader who would like to delve into an unknown world, all of it, from beginning to end, you'll want to seek and find The World of Juno. The book is really an expansion of the mind and a work of art. I would really love to see a series come, from the writer, out of this world. Where he takes a time period, from within the study he has done here, and focus on that period in time. If you are a sci-fi lover this is a must read and one that you're going to enjoy, if not only for the depth and detailed presentation, the imagination and creativity of the writer creating this strange, new, and very intriguing world for viewers who come.
November 8, 2022
I’m conflicted as I write this review.
I only give it 2 stars, and would attribute these to the idea behind the compilation of stories: to develop a truly alien world, without humans, and then let writers write to the basics of the planet and its beings.
I find the premise to be a great one. There are countless ways the stories could play out, with minimal ground rules. Maybe not a unique premise, but certainly novel.
Unfortunately, the stories did not support the concept. A number of authors are engaged in sections (even vignettes) where they are describing the world and its beings, with character tales in between.
It was choppy, and had no clear flow. As the authors took different approaches, there was a distance in the characters – no one ever really developed (even for short stories). I finished it to write this review, but working through it was a grind. The disorder reading it (arguably part of the plan – given the participating authors’ freedom to explore) was too much.
Seems the premise could use further refinement before this before I could classify this as a “must read”.
I only give it 2 stars, and would attribute these to the idea behind the compilation of stories: to develop a truly alien world, without humans, and then let writers write to the basics of the planet and its beings.
I find the premise to be a great one. There are countless ways the stories could play out, with minimal ground rules. Maybe not a unique premise, but certainly novel.
Unfortunately, the stories did not support the concept. A number of authors are engaged in sections (even vignettes) where they are describing the world and its beings, with character tales in between.
It was choppy, and had no clear flow. As the authors took different approaches, there was a distance in the characters – no one ever really developed (even for short stories). I finished it to write this review, but working through it was a grind. The disorder reading it (arguably part of the plan – given the participating authors’ freedom to explore) was too much.
Seems the premise could use further refinement before this before I could classify this as a “must read”.
November 9, 2022
The literal creation of The World of Juno, and the emergence of the different species and their gods is being documented by “The Observers”. Where they came from or how it is that they spend millennium observing the progress, or lack of, of its inhabitants, is revealing too much of the ending, but by the end we learn WHAT they are and why they are observing Juno.
It brings to mind an episode of Star Trek, Next Generation, “Who Watches the Watchers”. It is about some Federation anthropologists observing a pre-warp capable society using an observation station built into a mountain-top. With Juno it’s about watching the planet and its inhabitants evolve from day one. Where the Observers are isn’t clear. It could be in the ether, a space ship or perhaps a mountain top shielded by a hologram. You won't discover where until the very end of the book.
Now my problem with Juno is that there is too much attention put on creating and naming things, especially gods. I was cross-eyed with trying to follow and keep track of the characters with names like Akkakuh, Ngisikaa, Unzulaja, Kimmasi, Hirolajak, Ergalfadi, Obakka, Nalilililon, Tchalanziqi, Riaaaaaaarl … and so on and so forth. And up to the middle of the book I saw very little in the way of actual storytelling, and what there was of it was painfully short.
Yes, I realize that a new world created in a sci-fi atmosphere can’t all have characters with sensible Tom, Dick and Mary nomenclature. But take pity on us readers who haven’t had the months, or maybe even years, to assimilate the author’s naming outline, (and who, probably by now, is dreaming in it.) Yes, the author does offer up his naming strategy, but it’s akin to learning another language. Literally. I confess that I find myself grinding my teeth when encountering a story overly ripe with names that have a profusion of double letters and more than 3 syllables.
Overall, I feel that the World of Juno creator needed to establish a tighter guideline for the contributing authors, with perhaps some of the creation/characters already in place, to make the stories more cohesive. The book didn’t flow and felt very disjointed, for lack of a better term. It does take getting to the end to put it all together... if you last that long.
This was a free ARC and I am posting this honest review voluntarily.
It brings to mind an episode of Star Trek, Next Generation, “Who Watches the Watchers”. It is about some Federation anthropologists observing a pre-warp capable society using an observation station built into a mountain-top. With Juno it’s about watching the planet and its inhabitants evolve from day one. Where the Observers are isn’t clear. It could be in the ether, a space ship or perhaps a mountain top shielded by a hologram. You won't discover where until the very end of the book.
Now my problem with Juno is that there is too much attention put on creating and naming things, especially gods. I was cross-eyed with trying to follow and keep track of the characters with names like Akkakuh, Ngisikaa, Unzulaja, Kimmasi, Hirolajak, Ergalfadi, Obakka, Nalilililon, Tchalanziqi, Riaaaaaaarl … and so on and so forth. And up to the middle of the book I saw very little in the way of actual storytelling, and what there was of it was painfully short.
Yes, I realize that a new world created in a sci-fi atmosphere can’t all have characters with sensible Tom, Dick and Mary nomenclature. But take pity on us readers who haven’t had the months, or maybe even years, to assimilate the author’s naming outline, (and who, probably by now, is dreaming in it.) Yes, the author does offer up his naming strategy, but it’s akin to learning another language. Literally. I confess that I find myself grinding my teeth when encountering a story overly ripe with names that have a profusion of double letters and more than 3 syllables.
Overall, I feel that the World of Juno creator needed to establish a tighter guideline for the contributing authors, with perhaps some of the creation/characters already in place, to make the stories more cohesive. The book didn’t flow and felt very disjointed, for lack of a better term. It does take getting to the end to put it all together... if you last that long.
This was a free ARC and I am posting this honest review voluntarily.
December 1, 2022
I wrote one of the stories in the book :)
January 30, 2023
The World of Juno is written by a collection of authors who decided to write about one sci-fi topic. This collaboration of talent is in memory of another author who passed away and the spouse of the introductory writer. This story reads like a spaceship captains log (imagine Star Trek) that identifies and catalogs all life on this budding planet and its existence. Abbreviations and terms are described to prevent confusion and to paint an image for the reader. The main interest lies in the story samples from each timeline. I received an advanced readers copy to leave an honest review.
November 23, 2022
this was a wonderfully done scifi anthology, I was drawn from the cover and I'm glad I took a chance in reading this. The stories worked so well and I was glad I was able to enjoy each story. The characters worked so well in each story. I look forward to read more from this collection.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
August 26, 2023
Lovely xenoanthrolpogly tale
I am sucker for these types of tales since the far side of evil.these aliens did have the feeling of non humans
I am sucker for these types of tales since the far side of evil.these aliens did have the feeling of non humans
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