Lee Willard

The Girl on the Crystal Tower (The Adventgures of Dorrick and TongSu, #8) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Dorrick, and all of Centorin, had never heard of the city of Bordzvek until they drew near it. TongSu had hardly heard of it in her centuries on Kassidor. When they reached it, they saw immediately that it was one of the greatest cities in all of human space, and they wonder why so little is known about it. But as they are tying up up at one of the millions of towers that make up the crystal city, someone attempts to jump from a balcony a few floors below. Dorrick soon finds that the girl, as well as the city, reminds him of home, and he gets deeply involved trying to rescue the girl from her demons.

At first they think she is in the grip of mental problems, until her home is put up for sale and her things are moved out. Though he can't prove she didn't do it herself, Dorrick tries to help. In doing so, they stumble across the secret behind the crystal city.

Mental illness can be a dangerous thing, it can endanger the one who suffers from it, and endanger those around them. Irrational thoughts of the sufferer can cause irrational behavior in others.

In episode 8 of the Dorrick and TongSu series, Dorrick jeopardizes his relationship with TongSu to try and help a troubled girl who exhibits all the symptoms of a stressed out girl from back home, insisting that maintaining a career she can no longer carry out is the only way she can keep the luxurious home she loves.

TongSu's patience is tested not only by Dorrick's dalliance, but by the isolation of a basin that hardly believes in the outside world. An isolation that seems silly until they find themselves in trouble because of it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005777012
• Artikelnr.: 72788192

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.