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Homo Cosmicus
Homo Cosmicus: A Science Fiction Novel
Synopsis:
In 1989 the Brazilian student Paulo Roberto was abducted by a “flying saucer.” His captors are representatives of a super developed civilization inhabiting the star Cygni 61, which they call Omeron. This is civilization-parent of the terrestrial one. For an earth man such as Paulo this is a strange and completely unaccustomed world in every respect.
On this planet money and states do not exist. They have withered away; the same way as verbal speech has withered away, too, replaced by telepathy. In this civilization things are accomplished by the direct exchange of energy–without money, as well as the direct exchange of information–without speech; all are united in a common energy-info exchange.
These humans look somehow not so solid, not so heavy, pale, and faintly gauzy. They are an odd society of slightly lucent at times yogis. They have transparent blood and unknown metabolism. But even the bravest visionary’s dreams cannot vie with this reality–for these humans can fly! Yes! These nondescript supermen, almost imperishable and ethereal, soar through the air like biblical angels. In 2023 Paulo comes back to the Earth. What does he find here, and what happens with him then?
About the Author:
Todor Bombov livcs in Varna, Bulgaria, the town called the Pearl of the Black Sea.
In 1989 the Brazilian student Paulo Roberto was abducted by a “flying saucer.” His captors are representatives of a super developed civilization inhabiting the star Cygni 61, which they call Omeron. This is civilization-parent of the terrestrial one. For an earth man such as Paulo this is a strange and completely unaccustomed world in every respect.
On this planet money and states do not exist. They have withered away; the same way as verbal speech has withered away, too, replaced by telepathy. In this civilization things are accomplished by the direct exchange of energy–without money, as well as the direct exchange of information–without speech; all are united in a common energy-info exchange.
These humans look somehow not so solid, not so heavy, pale, and faintly gauzy. They are an odd society of slightly lucent at times yogis. They have transparent blood and unknown metabolism. But even the bravest visionary’s dreams cannot vie with this reality–for these humans can fly! Yes! These nondescript supermen, almost imperishable and ethereal, soar through the air like biblical angels. In 2023 Paulo comes back to the Earth. What does he find here, and what happens with him then?
About the Author:
Todor Bombov livcs in Varna, Bulgaria, the town called the Pearl of the Black Sea.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 16, 2019
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About the author
Todor Bombov
4 books1,514 followersTodor Bombov a native of Bulgaria has been writing for many years, so many he himself finds it hard to recall the exact number. From writing in his spare time to having two publications in United States, a sci-fi story "Of Rats and Men" as well as an economic and political analysis of ex -socialism in Eastern Europe and USSR "Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!" he now brings his forward thinking wayward words to the Western World. But Are they ready to accept?!
A 25 year Veteran Customs officer Mr Bombov also enjoys Astrology, the Black Sea and holds a degree in Economics and Computer Technology.
Of Rats and Men reserved for those with an Open Mind!
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! reserved for the Clever Thinking Men!
Fun Facts:
Of Rats and Men was inspired by a 1990's Magazine article depicting Moscow's Underground Rat Infestation.
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! was inspired inside the sham socialism searching the truth and a better, humane society.
Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/TodorBombov
A 25 year Veteran Customs officer Mr Bombov also enjoys Astrology, the Black Sea and holds a degree in Economics and Computer Technology.
Of Rats and Men reserved for those with an Open Mind!
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! reserved for the Clever Thinking Men!
Fun Facts:
Of Rats and Men was inspired by a 1990's Magazine article depicting Moscow's Underground Rat Infestation.
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! was inspired inside the sham socialism searching the truth and a better, humane society.
Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/TodorBombov
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December 16, 2019
The best sci-fi stories both entertain us and make us think about what is and about what can be. The classics do this really well. The Foundation Trilogy, The Martian Chronicles, Frank Herbert’s Dune to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy, Octavia Butler’s many books, Ursula K. LeGuin’s explorations of other worlds and realities…. These classics set the bar for science fiction.
I’d like to place Todor Bombov’s Homo Cosmicus in that category for the way it makes the reader both wonder if and believe that there is hope for the human race and the planet we currently inhabit. Todor Bombov has written an engaging and thought-provoking story wherein a young man from modern Earth is taken away by aliens, who show him wonders beyond his imagination and tell him that this too can be the future of humans – if we wake up and realize our possibilities.
If it can be imagined, it can be created. Todor Bombov has imagined an amazingly high-tech, high-ideals, highly efficient and cosmic culture that has been seeding the universe for aeons. A young earth man has the rare opportunity to travel with them to their own realm and see first-hand how focused vision and intellect can create worlds where social justice, equality, and quality of life flourish. Upon his eventual return to Earth, Paulo sees things with new eyes. And, he shows others how so many aspects of our lives can be so much better, even here and now. It’s time for earthlings to evolve to our next step, and Homo Cosmicus shows us in an entertaining way how it might well happen.
Author Todor Bombov is a visionary thinker with a practical approach to how individuals and societies can evolve into those visions and truly become Homo Cosmicus.
It’s a story that is entertaining, smart, accessible, humourous, and inspiring. Like many of the classics of sci-fi, Homo Cosmicus interweaves cosmology, mythology, sociology, geology, astronomy, biology, psychology, philosophy romance, friendship, science and technology, along with many other aspects illustrating how conscious beings can collaborate with their hearts and minds to co-create a better world, solar system, galaxy, and cosmos.
I’d like to place Todor Bombov’s Homo Cosmicus in that category for the way it makes the reader both wonder if and believe that there is hope for the human race and the planet we currently inhabit. Todor Bombov has written an engaging and thought-provoking story wherein a young man from modern Earth is taken away by aliens, who show him wonders beyond his imagination and tell him that this too can be the future of humans – if we wake up and realize our possibilities.
If it can be imagined, it can be created. Todor Bombov has imagined an amazingly high-tech, high-ideals, highly efficient and cosmic culture that has been seeding the universe for aeons. A young earth man has the rare opportunity to travel with them to their own realm and see first-hand how focused vision and intellect can create worlds where social justice, equality, and quality of life flourish. Upon his eventual return to Earth, Paulo sees things with new eyes. And, he shows others how so many aspects of our lives can be so much better, even here and now. It’s time for earthlings to evolve to our next step, and Homo Cosmicus shows us in an entertaining way how it might well happen.
Author Todor Bombov is a visionary thinker with a practical approach to how individuals and societies can evolve into those visions and truly become Homo Cosmicus.
It’s a story that is entertaining, smart, accessible, humourous, and inspiring. Like many of the classics of sci-fi, Homo Cosmicus interweaves cosmology, mythology, sociology, geology, astronomy, biology, psychology, philosophy romance, friendship, science and technology, along with many other aspects illustrating how conscious beings can collaborate with their hearts and minds to co-create a better world, solar system, galaxy, and cosmos.
August 31, 2019
Homo Cosmicus, by Todor Bombov, is a speculative and existential science fiction novel that takes a deeper look into the society and culture of our times. When a man is taken by an alien race visiting Earth, he soon discovers that his "captors" have no intent of harming him, but in fact, of revealing to him a higher order of society and existence, one that Earth can eventually become, where people are not shackled by conventional paradigms and are free to exercise their full, as yet, untapped potentiality. This is not a story with a lot of action. Rather, it paces quite moderately, with occasional thrills, but is largely focused on the experiences of one man who starts to see existence through new eyes, and who is then returned to Earth where he experiences the cultural shock of the two worlds. He must learn to adapt his sensibilities to things which have been revealed to him by the alien visitors. There are some excellent insights, dialogues and passages which take a look behind the curtain of our current culture, asking the important questions of "what if" and "why" and more. Homo Cosmicus is a philosophical and existential treatise, on a sci-fi platform, but in the end, one begins to wonder, how much is science fiction and how much is inevitability.
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