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A Place to Stay Forever
Feeling bored?
Tired of a lifeless never-ending existence?
There is an answer to solve this perilous woe against all of transcended humanity. The Stasis Deep Sleep System will give you back that meaning to yearn and chase immortality a bit longer.
Just lie down and plug in – It’s that simple.
Once asleep inside, you get to live out a lifetime within a splendorous Eden of realism. Then when you awake, a new conscious life will be added to your collective conscious attributes table.
So why wait?
Why continue to toil?
Contact us today, and a LaPorte Service Representative will help you in your next stage of immortal transcendence.
Side Effects may include loss or partial loss of conscious mind, an abnormally high energy consumption bill, and a slight possibility of a fiery, most permanent death.
An agent is waiting to take your call!
Tired of a lifeless never-ending existence?
There is an answer to solve this perilous woe against all of transcended humanity. The Stasis Deep Sleep System will give you back that meaning to yearn and chase immortality a bit longer.
Just lie down and plug in – It’s that simple.
Once asleep inside, you get to live out a lifetime within a splendorous Eden of realism. Then when you awake, a new conscious life will be added to your collective conscious attributes table.
So why wait?
Why continue to toil?
Contact us today, and a LaPorte Service Representative will help you in your next stage of immortal transcendence.
Side Effects may include loss or partial loss of conscious mind, an abnormally high energy consumption bill, and a slight possibility of a fiery, most permanent death.
An agent is waiting to take your call!
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Published April 21, 2019
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June 27, 2019
I won a copy of this book in Kindle format and for that I'd like to thank the publisher and author.
This book is set in the future, with time travel to the past, and "body leaping," which reminded me of a mash-up between Star Trek and Quantum Leap. From the cover art of two people lounging on a beach, a science fiction book was not what I was expecting.
I am not the target audience for this book, but I found it a quick and enjoyable read. I'm glad I read it and it raised some interesting points about corporations, time travel, and human consciousness.
At the beginning I was sorting out characters but by the middle of the book, who was who was easy to determine. I did feel that some of the occurrences were a bit too convenient to make the plot work. Some of the minor characters weren't fleshed out enough, even after multiple meetings, but being minor characters maybe that was stylistic choice.
This book is set in the future, with time travel to the past, and "body leaping," which reminded me of a mash-up between Star Trek and Quantum Leap. From the cover art of two people lounging on a beach, a science fiction book was not what I was expecting.
I am not the target audience for this book, but I found it a quick and enjoyable read. I'm glad I read it and it raised some interesting points about corporations, time travel, and human consciousness.
At the beginning I was sorting out characters but by the middle of the book, who was who was easy to determine. I did feel that some of the occurrences were a bit too convenient to make the plot work. Some of the minor characters weren't fleshed out enough, even after multiple meetings, but being minor characters maybe that was stylistic choice.
January 29, 2019
Reviewed For Readers' Favorite by Grant Leishman
The year is 3289 and although man hasn’t quite achieved immortality, he’s a fair way down the road, with the use of the Stasis Deep Sleep System, invented and marketed by LaPorte Industries, which allows people to survive for aeons. With a new body and a new consciousness, participants in the scheme are able to travel to the perfectly rendered, fake town of Penticton, where they can live a new life until they again get bored, at which time, they can then just start all over again. In A Place to Stay Forever, author Mark L Lloyd takes us inside his vivid imagination, as he posits where mankind may be heading. La Porte Industries are notoriously secretive about their product and the experience is bound by an unbreakable set of rules, which participants breach at their peril. When Miranda Sage and the crew of the Misfit are woken from Stasis Deep Sleep (SDS) after something hits their spacecraft, they discover an anomaly in the SDS system, which Adayln a crew member is determined to explore and discover what secrets LaPorte Industries are hiding from them all. With Miranda and Emily, a reporter, they find themselves travelling back in time to the Penticton of 2005. It appears they have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box.
A Place to Stay Forever is unlike any science fiction book I have read before. The premise is intriguing and author Mark L Lloyd keeps the reader continually thinking and wondering about the science and the adventure these characters are on. The whole time-travel and time-travel paradox problem becomes an issue for the adventurers, but is well handled by the author. The characters are well drawn and although initially I found myself confused over who was who in this storyline, it soon became apparent, as the story unravelled. I appreciate the author didn’t allow gender to be an issue for the characters with all of them seemingly having been both male and female in one of their iterations of Stasis Deep Sleep. I felt the plot and the science mechanisms employed in the story made it difficult to keep the story at the level of the layman, but Lloyd was able to do so, which I was grateful for. This story was possibly a bit deep in imagination and science fiction for my usual tastes, but the emotional depth of the characters and their relationships made it very readable and enjoyable for me. I can definitely recommend this as a read for anyone who wonders what the future may potentially hold.
The year is 3289 and although man hasn’t quite achieved immortality, he’s a fair way down the road, with the use of the Stasis Deep Sleep System, invented and marketed by LaPorte Industries, which allows people to survive for aeons. With a new body and a new consciousness, participants in the scheme are able to travel to the perfectly rendered, fake town of Penticton, where they can live a new life until they again get bored, at which time, they can then just start all over again. In A Place to Stay Forever, author Mark L Lloyd takes us inside his vivid imagination, as he posits where mankind may be heading. La Porte Industries are notoriously secretive about their product and the experience is bound by an unbreakable set of rules, which participants breach at their peril. When Miranda Sage and the crew of the Misfit are woken from Stasis Deep Sleep (SDS) after something hits their spacecraft, they discover an anomaly in the SDS system, which Adayln a crew member is determined to explore and discover what secrets LaPorte Industries are hiding from them all. With Miranda and Emily, a reporter, they find themselves travelling back in time to the Penticton of 2005. It appears they have opened a veritable Pandora’s Box.
A Place to Stay Forever is unlike any science fiction book I have read before. The premise is intriguing and author Mark L Lloyd keeps the reader continually thinking and wondering about the science and the adventure these characters are on. The whole time-travel and time-travel paradox problem becomes an issue for the adventurers, but is well handled by the author. The characters are well drawn and although initially I found myself confused over who was who in this storyline, it soon became apparent, as the story unravelled. I appreciate the author didn’t allow gender to be an issue for the characters with all of them seemingly having been both male and female in one of their iterations of Stasis Deep Sleep. I felt the plot and the science mechanisms employed in the story made it difficult to keep the story at the level of the layman, but Lloyd was able to do so, which I was grateful for. This story was possibly a bit deep in imagination and science fiction for my usual tastes, but the emotional depth of the characters and their relationships made it very readable and enjoyable for me. I can definitely recommend this as a read for anyone who wonders what the future may potentially hold.
June 3, 2021
From the cover art of two people lounging on a beach, a science fiction book was not what I was expecting at all, and is deceiving. I think a different choice for the cover art would be a worthwhile edit. Additionally the story description was also misleading. Based on both of those I was expecting something different than what I got.
While I do enjoy science fiction, I was expecting a rom com book. The story took a few chapters to get into, and has elements that remind me of the movie "Passengers", and the TV show "Altered Carbon". It took a few chapters before I started getting into it. The prologue was boring and made me think it was going to be a different book, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Once in chapter two I found the story more interesting.
It was odd to me that the character Josie's younger sister was always referred to as "little sister", and was never given an actual name. I get she is a minor character, but it just rubbed me the wrong way and came of as strange when they would converse either with one another or to other characters about each other and Josie would always refer to her as "little sister". I mean really you couldn't ever figure out her name? Even sneakily by snooping around the house? Or someone else mentioning it?
Once you get past a those above mentioned issues, it's overall good read. This had a very interesting science fiction story line. It's set in a futuristic world where human consciousness is transferred to an AI body. Although it's set many years into the future most of the story is based around 2005. I enjoyed the book once it picked up after a few chapters, at that point the story line was paced well and well written.
The ending was not what I expected at all, it's nice to be surprised sometimes like that and not have everything in life be predictable. This is definitely worth a read and I recommend it.
**Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest unbiased review**Free media does not affect my review.**
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While I do enjoy science fiction, I was expecting a rom com book. The story took a few chapters to get into, and has elements that remind me of the movie "Passengers", and the TV show "Altered Carbon". It took a few chapters before I started getting into it. The prologue was boring and made me think it was going to be a different book, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Once in chapter two I found the story more interesting.
It was odd to me that the character Josie's younger sister was always referred to as "little sister", and was never given an actual name. I get she is a minor character, but it just rubbed me the wrong way and came of as strange when they would converse either with one another or to other characters about each other and Josie would always refer to her as "little sister". I mean really you couldn't ever figure out her name? Even sneakily by snooping around the house? Or someone else mentioning it?
Once you get past a those above mentioned issues, it's overall good read. This had a very interesting science fiction story line. It's set in a futuristic world where human consciousness is transferred to an AI body. Although it's set many years into the future most of the story is based around 2005. I enjoyed the book once it picked up after a few chapters, at that point the story line was paced well and well written.
The ending was not what I expected at all, it's nice to be surprised sometimes like that and not have everything in life be predictable. This is definitely worth a read and I recommend it.
**Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest unbiased review**Free media does not affect my review.**
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May 29, 2019
The themes and philosophy of the book are what carries it. Morality and mortality and a deep investigation into this moves the plot along, albeit at times, when the reflection on these themes causes the pacing to falter.
I felt like the prologue, while relevant, interesting, and apt did set up the wider themes and weight of the novel wrong. It felt like Lloyd passing off his own authority to someone else where he should have focused more on his own ideas and imagination.
As well as this, the dialogue was inconsistent. Sometimes it lacked subtext, but when characters spoke with true voice and subtext, it worked incredibly.
So, in a sense, this book has divided me. Every benefit creates a drawback. For example, the benefits of having such a weighty theme of mortality and human nature, and how that affects us as a race, draw back the pacing of the book. The reflection, while interesting and showing Lloyd's philosophical insights, do slow the book down considerably.
Good as a manual for philosophical ideas and explorations, therefore, not always great as a fictional novel.
I felt like the prologue, while relevant, interesting, and apt did set up the wider themes and weight of the novel wrong. It felt like Lloyd passing off his own authority to someone else where he should have focused more on his own ideas and imagination.
As well as this, the dialogue was inconsistent. Sometimes it lacked subtext, but when characters spoke with true voice and subtext, it worked incredibly.
So, in a sense, this book has divided me. Every benefit creates a drawback. For example, the benefits of having such a weighty theme of mortality and human nature, and how that affects us as a race, draw back the pacing of the book. The reflection, while interesting and showing Lloyd's philosophical insights, do slow the book down considerably.
Good as a manual for philosophical ideas and explorations, therefore, not always great as a fictional novel.
June 11, 2019
I have been watching a lot of "Black Mirror" on Netflix and "A Place to Stay Forever" reminded me especially of "San Junipero," but also of several other episodes in the series. The concept of a future where the limits of human consciousness are less and less defined is a common science fiction theme. Author Mark L. Lloyd certainly has a knack for that genre of fiction on the whole. There are some things that must be written well to make a science fiction novel believable in at least an abstract way. In my experience, those 'things' aren't universal; for instance, if everything else is right, the characters can be completely absurd and still, it can all work. Here, I found the time-travel aspect a little confusing and hard to follow. The characters were straight-forward and maybe not one-dimensional, but only moderately fleshed out, in my opinion. Still, I can't say that overall, it didn't work because it did. It defies logic, as science fiction tends to do, I suppose.
July 7, 2019
**I won a Kindle version of this book on a Goodreads giveaway.**
4 stars for keeping me entertained, 3 stars for typos and obvious plot holes. 5 stars for a really good ending!
If you could live forever, would you? What if most of your last few was experienced in your mind only, while your physical body was unconscious? Would that make the life any less real? Those are just a few of the philosophical questions posed by this novel.
If you're looking for a book off the beaten path, I strongly recommend giving this a whirl. Your mind may have to transcend a few errors and the author could have done a better job of making conversations flow. Characters had the annoying habit of repeating themselves multiple times to ensure that the reader understood the futuristic society's lingo. However, the entire plot is intriguing and the ending is worth ever face palm moment.
4 stars for keeping me entertained, 3 stars for typos and obvious plot holes. 5 stars for a really good ending!
If you could live forever, would you? What if most of your last few was experienced in your mind only, while your physical body was unconscious? Would that make the life any less real? Those are just a few of the philosophical questions posed by this novel.
If you're looking for a book off the beaten path, I strongly recommend giving this a whirl. Your mind may have to transcend a few errors and the author could have done a better job of making conversations flow. Characters had the annoying habit of repeating themselves multiple times to ensure that the reader understood the futuristic society's lingo. However, the entire plot is intriguing and the ending is worth ever face palm moment.
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June 18, 2019Thank you to the author and publisher for the advanced copy of this book!
I hope no one minds that I decided not to rate this. Early on, I realized that this book wasn't for me. But I wanted to finish it (and I did). I didn't want a low rating to bring the book down when I know other people will enjoy it.
This book is sci-fi through and through. And I have a hard time with the fantastical so I struggled to get sucked in. Anyone who likes a bit of fantasy and make believe would definitely enjoy this.
The writing was strong and there was humor sprinkled in. Even though it wasn't my type of book, I still read it in a matter of a few days, which is a big kudos to Lloyd for making me want to finish it.
I hope no one minds that I decided not to rate this. Early on, I realized that this book wasn't for me. But I wanted to finish it (and I did). I didn't want a low rating to bring the book down when I know other people will enjoy it.
This book is sci-fi through and through. And I have a hard time with the fantastical so I struggled to get sucked in. Anyone who likes a bit of fantasy and make believe would definitely enjoy this.
The writing was strong and there was humor sprinkled in. Even though it wasn't my type of book, I still read it in a matter of a few days, which is a big kudos to Lloyd for making me want to finish it.
June 14, 2019
The immortal death of all.
A Place to Stay Forever is a story about immortality as well as death and the philosophical pros and cons of this unavoidable end. This story takes a close look at the topic of immortality and death. Two words that are stark opposites and yet are entwined in life. I found the story to be interesting and intriguing with some deep thought provoking. Compared to our current society, you can see the lust for immortality at least as close as we can get with medications and surgery along with oxygen chambers. I enjoyed the story and find it to be well worth my time to read. Check it out folks. It is a good read.
A Place to Stay Forever is a story about immortality as well as death and the philosophical pros and cons of this unavoidable end. This story takes a close look at the topic of immortality and death. Two words that are stark opposites and yet are entwined in life. I found the story to be interesting and intriguing with some deep thought provoking. Compared to our current society, you can see the lust for immortality at least as close as we can get with medications and surgery along with oxygen chambers. I enjoyed the story and find it to be well worth my time to read. Check it out folks. It is a good read.
August 1, 2019
Despite the two stars I really did like the book. It has a very interesting take on the future and longevity/immortality. However, the low rating is because of the misleading cover and the misleading description. Based on both of those I was expecting something different than what I got. I know that most of you will look at me and say, "Dude, don't judge a book by it's cover". Well that is what I did and I have disappointed myself. If you are looking for a quick science fiction read then this book isn't bad. Took me a few days to read.
May 17, 2019
Creative!
This book was soooo good! I was super interested by the first chapter, I couldn’t stop thinking about it during the time I wasn’t reading. It has a really good idea and lives up to the expectations I had for the rest of the story. Please do yourself the favor of getting this book, it’s such a gem. Really really worth it!
This book was soooo good! I was super interested by the first chapter, I couldn’t stop thinking about it during the time I wasn’t reading. It has a really good idea and lives up to the expectations I had for the rest of the story. Please do yourself the favor of getting this book, it’s such a gem. Really really worth it!
May 3, 2020
Not my type of book!
I received this in a contest. I took a long time reading and several times I almost stopped reading.
It is a very unusual book. It will appeal to a lot of people. I have to say that the writing was good just a very specific type of person will enjoy.
I received this in a contest. I took a long time reading and several times I almost stopped reading.
It is a very unusual book. It will appeal to a lot of people. I have to say that the writing was good just a very specific type of person will enjoy.
July 20, 2019
Total Recall for a new generation! Easy read that makes you think!
August 8, 2019
The cover is deceiving for a Sci Fi story. Overall good read.
September 4, 2019
I loved it
I could not put this book down. I couldn't wait to see if they made it back. I don't want to leave any spoilers but it is a must read
I could not put this book down. I couldn't wait to see if they made it back. I don't want to leave any spoilers but it is a must read
February 19, 2020
This might be a time travel book, but it's out there with 2001 A Space Odyssey. I feel like I wasted my time reading it.
March 4, 2020
Not my usual reading genre but enjoyed the storyline
July 5, 2020
This had a very interesting science fiction story line. It's set in a futuristic world where human consciousness is transferred to an AI body. Although it's set many years into the future most of the story is based around 2005. I enjoyed the book very much, the story line was paced very well and well written. The ending was good and not what I was expecting. Definitely a read and would recommend it.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
June 14, 2020
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