Lee Willard

The Aluminum Quest (The Vogages of Gordon's Lamp, #7) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

On the planet of Kassidor, metals are extremely rare and precious. Those that can only be extracted with even rarer energy are even more precious, and people will do almost anything to possess them in spite of incredible danger.

Jorma was lucky to return from the Yakhan with Venna, who was everything Tdeshi was and more. He was lucky to live in the beachfront home left by Ava, the Yingolian sorceress from the Kassikan. He was luckier still to find a fortune in aluminum stuck in the sole of the sandals Ava had bought him. But a visit from a couple from the war world at YingolNeerie showed him that nothing was as it seems.

In this sequel to The Tdeshi Quest, the exiles from Earth face the wrath of the war spawned by contact with the Kassikan. A couple old maps, a receipt for some dusty cargo and a derelict Brazilian starship may be all that stand between Kassidor and extermination by a killer asteroid. Many secretly struggle for control of that ship, others struggle for control of that asteroid while the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.

This is a sprawling epic taking us from a quiet peasant farm, thru the bustle of Kassidor Yakhan, thru the remote wilds of the Highlands and into the magical realms of the Angels. Eight souls experience much of the same time line, with each one knowing a little more about the events. This novel is big enough that it can almost be considered a series in a volume with a separate book for each of the eight. Each one of them has a little more to say about the central theme of this saga, just what it is that unites individuals into a functioning society and what type of society is the next step forward in human evolution. A few are conscious of it, but most of them are just trying to live their lives independent of the larger question. Most of them learn truths about themselves in the process, with a character who is not one of the eight perhaps learning the most of all.

This can be read without reading The Tdeshi Quest, but some scenes never closed in The Tdeshi Quest are made clear in here. Some actors in here are never directly explained, it is up to you to figure out the truth of their roles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005635398
• Artikelnr.: 72788174

Autorenporträt

I am a retired embedded systems engineer and sci-fi hobbyist from Hartford. Most of my stories concern Kassidor, 'The planet the hippies came from' which I have used to examine subjects like: What would it take to make the hippy lifestyle real? How would extended lifespans affect society? What could happen if we outlive our memories? How can murder be committed when violence is impossible?

I have recently discovered that someone new to science fiction should start their exploration of Kassidor with the Second Expedition trilogy. To the mainstream fiction reader the alien names of people, places and things can be confusing. This series has a little more explanation of the differences between Kassidor and Earth. In all of the Kassidor stories you will notice the people do not act like ordinary humans but like flower children from the 60's. It is not until Zhlindu that the actual modifications made to human nature to make them act that way are spelled out. To aide that understanding I've made The Second Expedition free.

I am not a fan of violence and dystopia. I believe that sci-fi does not just predict the future, but helps create the future because we sci-fi writers show our readers what the future will be and the readers go out and create it. I believe that the current fad of constant dystopia and mega-violence in sci-fi today is helping to create that world, and I mention that often in reviews and comments on the books I read. I also believe that the characters in those stories who are completely free of any affection are at least as unnatural as the modified humans of Kassidor.

In my reviews, * = couldn't finish it. ** = Don't bother with it. *** = good story worth reading. **** = great and memorable story. ***** = Worth a Hugo.