THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

Anyone else a fan of H. G. Wells and know this work? As a teenager, I teethed on H. G. Wells, writing my first novel, THE PARABOLIC CURVE, at age 16. Sent the manuscript to 75+ publishers including (in my innocence) New Yorker magazine. Much to my parent’s horror, I papered one wall of my bedroom with pink slips (yes, they were decidedly so in those days past) the most memorable being from, yes, you guessed it, the New Yorker. It was my most encouraging rejection and kindly worded, suggesting that the New Yorker might not be the best publication for a budding science fiction writer. I still smile even now, recalling how that particular rejection actually launched my authoring career. A rejection. Says something about the delicate balance between disparagement — so common today in light of human hubris — and kind truth. I miss that feeling of cooperative kindness and caring. I hope we can resurrect it again someday, knowing it begins with individuals, in my case the dreaded and typically overworked acquistions officer.

So, in my current mind, the shape of things to come is neither dystopic nor science fiction, but science-based futuring — SCIFU –right up to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) by Raymond Gaynor (browser search “The Edge of Madness Gaynor”).

Enjoy the Kindle version though 30 September 2020 at $2.99 (usual price $7.95)

The Edge of Madness