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Wormfest 2014! – Frankenstein Quote

2014 National Wormhole Week and Blog Hop! 3/10-16/2014

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This blog hop and blog tour are brought to you by: Alex Cavanaugh, L. Diane Wolfe, and Stephen Tremp– the author of Escalation.

For 2014, the theme is to name one thing where science advances mankind, and one where technology with unforeseen consequences will go too far and set mankind back. Example: De-Extinction, or bringing back extinction species through back breeding, genetic engineering, and cloning. With all the breakthrough discoveries mankind is on the cusp of, are we playing God?

Feel free to reference movies and books too. These provide no shortage if inspiration. Speaking of de-extinction, the book and movie Jurassic Park comes to mind where science takes a huge leap forward, but also backfires. I’m looking forward to all the amazing responses everyone will have.

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Each day this week I’ll be sharing quotes from sci-fi movies or books along with my thoughts on how far technologies still needs to go and where I think it will go too far.

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Today I’m focusing on what happens when people play god.

The book I’ve picked for today is a true sci-fi classic. Frankenstein: The modern Prometheus was the beginning- the book that officially gave this genre its name.

From the book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley I give you…

“I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.” ~ Frankenstein’s monster (from Goodreads)

So the questions at hand here are, if you could raise the dead should you; if you could create life would it be pure and natural; if you could harness the power of creation would you willingly take on the full responsibility of what you’ve created.

There is so much to consider here that I don’t feel I can begin to break it all down. If you have never read the original story, please do. It’s probably not what you think it is.

One last question; would it be right or good to actually cheat death and live forever?

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If you haven’t already, be sure to check out all the other ideas and theories about where technology is heading and going wrong.

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Review: Divergent

Divergent (Divergent, book 1) by Veronica Roth

I give this book a 5.

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Here is a story that is simple and yet compelling all at once. It’s YA and I like it, no question, which is really saying something for me.

As with all dystopian novels, there is a ridiculous amount of struggle in this book, but if there wasn’t it wouldn’t be dystopian. I don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but this story screams irony to me. Factions are somehow established to keep order and bring peace to this world seemingly built of wreckage, but the characters in the book don’t seem to realize how their factions are flawed and will be their ultimate demise (just a prediction).

Beatrice starts out as a small and meek member of the selfless faction and through a series of hard to imagine, understand, and believe events ends up being, Tris, a semi femme fatale member of the brave faction. There is a great deal of violence to this story that may be all shock value, but I like action in my movies, so why not in my books. There are several unanswered questions remaining when this book comes to an end, but I didn’t feel like I was lost in my understanding. I know what I know about the story and assume the rest will be explained later. Even if my questions are never answered, I’ve enjoyed the intrigue.

While this is a great novel for teens, I wonder if younger teens will be able to grasp the meaning of it all. I enjoyed the story immensely, but could understand why someone who is either a true fan of dystopian works or who isn’t a true fan of YA works might have problems with it. In any case, I think it’s worth a read just to find out whether you like it or not.

*I can’t imagine what Hollywood will do to this story on the big screen. I’m a little scared.

This review has been posted to GoodReads.

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EC: Giovanni's Angel Promotion

Happy Eternal Curse Release Day! 2014

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I’m so happy this day is finally here; now I can breathe. I’d like to sit here and proclaim to the world that this book is on its way to being a bestseller, but who really knows. I’m sure there is so much more I should be doing to promote it, but for now, I just want to enjoy it. Afterall, I didn’t write this book to spend the rest of my life trying to sell it; I wrote it because I felt I needed to, because it made me happy to do so, and because at my very core I am a writer.

I hope many of you will read my book and hope many of you will also like it and perhaps share it with others. Today this book is available at the following e-retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tate) and can be ordered from any local bookstore. I am currently working on efforts to have it stocked in a few local stores (in the Hampton Roads area of VA) and will promote them when available…. A new edition of this book is now available.

Oh, and there’s still time to enter my Release Day Giveaway!

Please click here to visit Goodreads.com to read some of the current reviews of this book and add it to your bookshelf. Thank  you all for sticking with me this far and hopefully you’ll stick around for what’s to come.

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 Last day of my Kindle Countdown Deals on Legend of the Boy and Unexplained, featuring two romantic tales, Encounter and Our Place.  Deals end at 11:59 pm EST today!

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