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Sime/Gen #14
A Change of Tactics: A Sime~Gen Novel: Clear Spring Chronicles #1
Den Milnan, a Tecton Donor, accompanies his cousin, channel Rital Madz, to an experimental Sime Center in the town of Clear Springs, deep in hostile Gen Territory. Rital plans to offer selyn technology to the Gens in trade for selyn, the energy that only Gens can produce. Selyn is the fuel that could power a new revival of civilization, as fossil fuels did for humanity of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Den Milnan dreams of turning his horse-and-buggy existence into a world of rapid transportation with his design for heavier than air flight.
In Clear Springs, an implacable enemy awaits them, determined to stop selyn collection by fanning old fears of killer Simes. Unless Den can find a way to calm those fears, his dream of powered flight will never be realized.
Den Milnan dreams of turning his horse-and-buggy existence into a world of rapid transportation with his design for heavier than air flight.
In Clear Springs, an implacable enemy awaits them, determined to stop selyn collection by fanning old fears of killer Simes. Unless Den can find a way to calm those fears, his dream of powered flight will never be realized.
259 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 26, 2017
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About the author
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
68 books93 followersJacqueline Lichtenberg is creator of the Sime~Gen Universe, primary author of Star Trek Lives!, founder of the Star Trek Welcommittee, creator of the term Intimate Adventure, winner of the Galaxy Award for Spirituality in Science Fiction and one of the first Romantic Times Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel. Her work is now in e-book form, audio-dramatization and on XM Satellite Radio. She has been sf/f reviewer for The Monthly Aspectarian since 1993.
Reprints and new titles coming from Wildside Press, 2011.
Co-blogs at: http://www.aliendjinnromances.blogspo...
Find currently available titles and free chapters at
http://www.jacquelinelichtenberg.com
With Professor Jean Lorrah, she teaches sf/f writing online via Tarot and Astrology.
Reprints and new titles coming from Wildside Press, 2011.
Co-blogs at: http://www.aliendjinnromances.blogspo...
Find currently available titles and free chapters at
http://www.jacquelinelichtenberg.com
With Professor Jean Lorrah, she teaches sf/f writing online via Tarot and Astrology.
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January 14, 2019
Another new Sime/Gen saga
New, well I bought this novel when it was released. I kept it in my to be read file because I hoped the next two books in this trilogy would have been released by now. They haven't....yet.
This novel continues the Sime/Gen universe and the basic premise is opening a Sime Center in Gen territory. It's a universal story about how religion can be distorted by fanatics. In this case a specific church is so anti-Sime they think Simes are devil incarnate.
A side story is about the search for manned flight, its rediscovery after the fall. In the Sime/Gen universe, fossil fuels and metals have been exhausted. Now they use Windmills to produce electricity and the Simes are now using Selyn batteries for power.
It's an interesting story, one with parallels to today's fight for reproductive freedom and equality for the LGBTQ Community. As a Gay Senior, during my life I've been demonized by religious fanatics, I've been cursed at, called names, and have been discriminated against multiple times. I've also seen pickets at Women's clinics, run by religious fanatics like in this novel.
It's a great addition to the Lorrah/Lichtenburg Sime/Gen universe. If you're new to this series, try to read them either by publishing date or in order of time. Either way you'll be introduced to this wonderful fantasy/SF novels.
I highly recommend, just know I've been reading books in this series since they were first introduced decades ago. I'm a big fan.
Now where are the other two books in this trilogy? Jackie?
New, well I bought this novel when it was released. I kept it in my to be read file because I hoped the next two books in this trilogy would have been released by now. They haven't....yet.
This novel continues the Sime/Gen universe and the basic premise is opening a Sime Center in Gen territory. It's a universal story about how religion can be distorted by fanatics. In this case a specific church is so anti-Sime they think Simes are devil incarnate.
A side story is about the search for manned flight, its rediscovery after the fall. In the Sime/Gen universe, fossil fuels and metals have been exhausted. Now they use Windmills to produce electricity and the Simes are now using Selyn batteries for power.
It's an interesting story, one with parallels to today's fight for reproductive freedom and equality for the LGBTQ Community. As a Gay Senior, during my life I've been demonized by religious fanatics, I've been cursed at, called names, and have been discriminated against multiple times. I've also seen pickets at Women's clinics, run by religious fanatics like in this novel.
It's a great addition to the Lorrah/Lichtenburg Sime/Gen universe. If you're new to this series, try to read them either by publishing date or in order of time. Either way you'll be introduced to this wonderful fantasy/SF novels.
I highly recommend, just know I've been reading books in this series since they were first introduced decades ago. I'm a big fan.
Now where are the other two books in this trilogy? Jackie?
December 16, 2024
Thank you to Mary Lou for this book.
It is wonderful to see Mary Lou’s fan stories gathered into a novel. This is a wonderful addition to the world created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorraine. The main character’s Den and Rital are so much fun; I can really relate to them.
It is wonderful to see Mary Lou’s fan stories gathered into a novel. This is a wonderful addition to the world created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorraine. The main character’s Den and Rital are so much fun; I can really relate to them.
March 31, 2020
Wow!!!
As good as t
he rest of the series and with flight and politics thrown in! It is a winner for sure!
As good as t
he rest of the series and with flight and politics thrown in! It is a winner for sure!
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