Mark Laporta's Blog, page 16
November 15, 2020
Critical Response to "Entropy Refraction"
EARLY MEDIA REVIEWS FOR ENTROPY REFRACTION:
“This is a sense of wonder story and although the author has taken pains to give his characters some depth, most readers are going to be far more interested in the imaginative plot elements, the aliens, and the mystery involving the reticent race. This strikes me as a good book for a hot summer day, but you might enjoy it just as much during the winter.”
— Don D'Ammassa, editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, writing on the Critical Mass website
“Laporta’s solid second Against the Glare of Darkness novel sees an old threat reawakened…. [T]he ancient Quishik aliens, who threaten all sentient life by manipulating probabilities and stealing mental energy, have been imprisoned beyond the normal limits of space-time. But now they’re working to break free, evidenced by destructive signs such as gravity distortions and an obliterated planet. The “distinguished crustacean” diplomat Ungent Draaf and his streetwise ward, Shol — a member of a race of oppressed and genetically engineered humans — offer hope by searching for a mysterious lost race called the Ootray, who fought and defeated the Quishiks millennia before…. Ungent, Shol, and the other defenders against the Quishiks remain engaging, with Shol’s discovery of Ootray tech driving the story forward. Fans of the previous book will appreciate the series’s direction.”
— Publishers Weekly
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ORBITALS: Journeys to Future Worlds
by Mark Laporta
In this thought-provoking collection of short fiction, you will meet aliens from all sectors of space-time.
From insectoids to floraoids, to beings who live outside of Time, each alien group has a different perspective on that gaggle of ape-descended bipeds who hail from an incongruously named planet. You’ll discover fascinating beings who are repulsed by human arrogance, opposed to human bias and perplexed by human barbarity.
You’ll also meet aliens surprised to find a core of integrity embedded in the flawed human psyche. Here are tales of alien encounters — where the real aliens are us and the universe is watching for signs of intelligent life on Earth.
From "Respect," in which a species of sentient vine highlights the folly of a narrow worldview, to "Granular," in which a young genius discovers a moral universe no pat equations can describe, these tales of future worlds will take you on a mind-expanding exploration of what it means to be human.
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