Lee Willard

The Captive House (The Further Adventures of Desa, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first adventurous incident in Desa's life that she could relate in detail took place in March of 2023 on Earth. She was 161 Earth years old at the time, but had still never met a person who had experienced old age. She grew up in a land that was settled by people who never knew age. At this time in her life, she was still considered something of a youngster, and she might have still felt she had something to prove.

She is just returning from her first experience with distant travel and another culture. She had not known how being in a different culture could convert a person to that culture. She had been away for a decade and a half, all the way to the distant Kassikan, researching a text. She was very glad to be back in her own land again, most of all she was glad to return at last to her grand and beloved home.

This novella examines what one must do to overcome a theft when there is no government, no courts, no means to force the thief to give her house back. This is also the first time Desa really experienced a mob and what a mob could do. It was also her first experience with the type of person who would raise and wield a mob, a demagogue. This was written back in the late 90's - early 00's, and first published in 2011, all long before the events of Jan 6, 2021, but the dynamic is the same.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005200336
• Artikelnr.: 72788096

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.