Book freaks discussion

This is the october-november 2013 monthly book read discussion thread for Cybersp@ce by Jeff W.Horton! Feel free to discuss any thoughts/ feelings about the book, as well as ask questions of the author!

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Here comes the October read..!! I was looking towards buying paperback but seems like have to settle on ebook..

Hi Soul.

Could you not find it in paperback?

Best!

Jeff

Hey Jeff!

I am from India (Mumbai) and to have cybersp@ce in paperback I would have to wait 15 days to have International delivery.. Rather I am looking out for ebook copy.. :) again it will have to wait as my credit card is under review for credit points something... *sigh*... But will join soon... :)

In any case Jeff, apart from the blurb available on goodreads what else can you tell us about your book ... (in 2/3 sentences.. :)

Hi Soul!

Cybersp@ce is the first of the Cybersp@ce Trilogy, which becomes more and more Science-Fiction as each book progresses. The first book, Cybersp@ce, is set in the near future, when a rising tide of cyber attacks take suddenly take a nasty turn when they begin targeting the infrastructure of the United States in an attempt to pit the United States against China in a nuclear war.

Frontiers, the next in the series,is based on discoveries made during Cybersp@ce, and centers around humanity's first interstellar flight to Alpha Centauri.

New Beginnings follows Nicole Reynolds, the woman tasked with establishing Earth's first human colony in another star system, while living with the results of agonizing decisions from her past.

Hope this helps!

Jeff

Hello Everyone!

I was thinking about posting some questions about Cybersp@ce to this discussion, and then giving something away to the winners.

Do you think it would draw more readers into this monthly read if I offered to give away free eBooks of my other novels (reader's choice)? I was thinking about giving one book to each to the first five winners. One caveat though, I only have The Great Collapse in PDF.

I suppose I could also offer a free eBook copy of the next book in the trilogy, Frontiers, once it comes out. Frontiers is finished, I just haven't submitted it to my publisher yet.

If we get enough folks participating in the read, I might offer to send a signed copy (reader's choice) to the one who answers the most questions correctly.

It's just a thought. Please let me know if you think others would be interested.

Thanks, and happy reading!

Jeff

Today we see massive cyber attacks happening all over the places, from government to large MNCs all face the constant fear of losing private and confidential data. Data which in the least it hampers one's private life and on extremes could threaten nation's security..

Cybersp@ce is built on this very solid and realistic foundation. Being a reader half of my life, I always look forward to reading something engaging and could-happen-tomorrow-kinda-true and after reading first few chapters I can feel the story opening up and pulling me in on an adventure.. :) (or so to speak..)

what's your take..?

I am most excited to see what kind of questions you put forth but let's wait for few more readers to join in :)

That's an awesome idea! I'm super excited to read this! I just need to find a copy! :)

Alexxa wrote: "That's an awesome idea! I'm super excited to read this! I just need to find a copy! :)"

Hi Alexxa...

Welcome aboard! Hope you get your copy soon.. If you need any help you to buy online.. Just PM me or Jeff and we'll get back to you as soon as we can, or comment here.. :)

Hi Alexxa!

Here's links to Cybersp@ce. I hope you enjoy it!

ISBN-13: 978-1938961571
ASIN: B00AVCHWH6

CYBERSP@CE:

Amazon:
(Paperback Edition)http://www.amazon.com/dp/1938961579
(Kindle Edition)http://tinyurl.com/b857d78

Createspace
Cybersp@ce (Paperback and eBook)
https://www.createspace.com/4064901

Barnes and Noble (Paperback and eBook)
http://tinyurl.com/af98ovq

Happy Reading!

JWH

have just got the book so will look forward to reading it

Hey Eileen!

Welcome.. Would love to hear your thoughts and comments as you progress through the story..

Also, you could ask Jeff any question while you are at it :)

kudos, later..

Hi Eileen!

Welcome to to the read and thanks for joining.

I'll be checking in from time to time during the month, and I'm following this discussion. Please let me know if you have any questions.

I plan to start asking a series of questions, probably starting next weekend, and will give away a free eBook copy of one of my other novels to the first reader to get the right answer, so be sure to keep an eye out for those!

Happy Reading!

JWH

Hey everybody,
Sorry I've been away a bit. Jeff, great to see you in here and I look forward to the discussion for this title. It's definitely going to have some interesting conversations going. I think a lot of what happens in this book and a few of your other titles, we all have a fear of. Especially the loss of all the technology we have all become comfortable and addicted to, and I am no different. I don't think there are many people that are prepared for these events if they happen.
Well, before I give too much of the book away, I am gonna wrap this up with, Happy reading and I'll talk to you all later :o)

Now that is a good teaser, Steven.. :)

Happy you likey :o) Imagine a world without Angry Birds...creepy huh :o)

Hi Everyone!

So I was thinking, if we can get fifteen people participating in the discussion for Cybersp@ce I'll send someone a free, signed, paper copy of one of my books. If we can get twenty-five, I'll offer two, reader's choice. I'm not really sure how active the group discussions normally are, but hopefully that works for everyone.

Regardless, I'll be offering eBooks soon to folks who answer the questions correctly. I believe Steven will be sending out the questions soon.

In the meantime, if anyone has anything they'd like to discuss, just speak up!

Best,

JWH

Ok so this is the discussion section :o) ha I've been in here and didn't even look to see how this thread was titled :O) so goofy I am yes...wait that's a Yoda comment ... So how's everyone enjoying the book and how many have finished it so far? I really like all the alien technology being used and wonder how much of our technology could be from aliens...we should have stormed area 51 while the government was shutdown :O) Actually I think there's a whole other government within our government that controls that stuff. I think if the president walked onto the property he might even get kicked off.

The book is for religious readers who are offended by adult themes.

@Steven, I am enjoying my read.. :D

Although I am not getting much time out of my < currently busy :p > schedule... I think book is a good read, specially at core idea of things and the way they are moving...

But I am also not much fan of Jeff, for putting up country biased writing.. It might be true at some level but in my opinion it's not the way to write about an actual entity...

and also at times I could make out the lapses into the writing.. like two paras on single page have so much contextual differences it's hard to deny the changed perspective of author because of so I guess some editorial work would have done much better in this regards...

and @april, I think it's good to have some higher perspective sometimes in reading because we are so much dominated with raw human nature based writings that we forget that tinge of divine < / fate?>

I'm an atheist and an adult reader. I was shocked by the sneaking in of Christianity in the last two chapters. The cover and the story summaries gave no clue to the Christian aspect of the book. This should have been noted as Christian literature. But what completely offended me was (view spoiler)[ the aliens witnessing for God much like visiting Mormons or Jehovah Witnesses (hide spoiler)] and the story's premise only the USA exists with any real authority or interest in tech or space. The story itself is flat and dull without much tech except a surface skim and mostly a 1950's style romance. It's perfect for Christians who want limited exposure to things of the world, sex, with a very blinkered view of science. I'd have recommended this for really little kids except for the ending, which puts it in Texas textbook territory which are eliminating Darwin or evolution.

I feel I can state my opinion more frankly in a discussion thread than I normally do (I usually save utter frankness for my book review) since we were tricked into trying this book with all of the "cyber tech" exaggerations used to draw readers into reading the book. I'm very happy Amazon let me borrow the book for my Kindle as I would not be simply annoyed if I had actually bought this. However, I did wait for some days to express myself more fully on this discussion thread. I do not want to convince anyone of anything. This is strictly my opinion and I recognize everyone has a right to their beliefs. My annoyance is because I had no idea this was Christian literature, and I can find nowhere in this discussion that this was labeled such. It wasn't until I googled the author I saw he is a Christian writer of Christian books. I do feel I was tricked.

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a reviewer at heart is always truthful to his writing.. and so are you with yours aPril.. :) well, that being said I am somewhere in the middle of the book and so far the religion hasn't snicked up on me yet..

If it's any consolation, I am not christian < even by longest shot.. > but I keep my bookie life to be weirder which includes but not limited to religion, espionage, sci-fi, fiction, some romance, poetry etc... :)

I am not an atheist, but I don't call myself believer either.. I just seek answers.. :)

And I do agree with you on the part that depth is sorely missing in the context may be little more homework on part of jeff would have paid off for the story...

First, I grew up with a some what religious up bringing but was allowed to have my own ideas about things in this area. I don't really claim to be a religious person but like to read things from everyone's perspective and have an open mind. I guess you could say, it interests me how people of different religions view these subjects and being that this was a reading group that doesn't specialize in one type of genre of books and is open to everything, I picked this title without the intention or feeling that I was tricking anyone into anything, so if this is how you feel then I am sorry for that. I did enjoy this title myself but reading through with the Christian side of things on the side it made me think of things a bit and I do agree that other countries and beliefs have their rights to better technology and well reading James Rollins Ice Hunt you will find all governments, even the US is guilty of doing the wrong thing with it. This title is just a different perspective of this genre and understanding Jeff's background, I can understand his view of things like this which gives another reason for picking this title cause geez look at this discussion :O) It's actually a discussion on what you all did and "didn't" like about this title and that's what we are all about. I am hoping this critiquing gives Jeff, as a new author, something to strengthen his next titles with. This title was entertaining for me and I look forward to reading more in the future.

Well we all are here to learn something new and share it with everyone... And like Steven and aPril I also believe that everyone has his own side of story to tell... And we as readers get chance to witness this..


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While I am a Christian and I have written Christian based books, Cyberspace is first and foremost science fiction, with no country-bias intended. Many books make Christian references but are not labeled as Christian literature. Most books, in fact, include material with a specific leaning that is not labeled as such. Robinson Crusoe included many references to God, yet it's not labeled as Christian literature. It would be a different story if the book was flooded with Christian references, but it’s not.
I leave the determination of the merits and the quality of the storytelling for the readers to decide.

Hi Everyone.

Any more answers for the questions to the questions Steven sent out? I've still got some free eBooks to give away.

JWH