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Peter Ness

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Born

Australia

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Science Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal

Influences

Stephen King, Enid Blyton, HG Wells, Roald Dahl, Earnest Hemmingway, J ...more

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These novels are written for people who struggle to "visualize" the stories written by most famous authors and eventually just give up. The writing focuses on making images come to life. It is like "reading a movie", which many Japanese & Asian readers of Manga will appreciate; however, traditional readers will struggle with this concept and will likely trash the novels because they have never read a "reading movie" before so to them it is an "alien" concept (pun intended). It takes time to develop those skills and most people who are not highly visual may struggle to start with.

The Heni Hani stories can be read in ANY ORDER; obviously, first to last is best but it is not essential as each story gives sufficient back-ground for the reader. These novels are written for people who struggle to "visualize" the stories written by most famous authors and eventually just give up. The writing focuses on making images come to life. It is like "reading a movie", which many Japanese & Asian readers of Manga will appreciate; however, traditional readers will struggle with this concept and will likely trash the novels because they have never read a "reading movie" before so to them it is an "alien" concept (pun intended). It takes time to develop those skills and most people who are not highly visual may struggle to start with.

The Heni Hani stories can be read in ANY ORDER; obviously, first to last is best but it is not essential as each story gives sufficient back-ground for the reader. Plus, the first story takes some time to ramp-up, while the others are already in Indiana-Jones mode early on.

My background:
Peter Ness grew up in on a farm in Southern Australia. He left school at age fifteen to help on the farm; but, the next year coincided with a severe drought. As a result, he ended up working in a manufacturing plant for the next five years, saved his money and paid his own way through Year 12 high school and then through university where he met his Japanese wife. After graduating, Peter worked at as a geologist for Rio Tinto and later at Hancock, where he completed a science Master’s degree and then an MBA while working 80 to 120 hour weeks – which was real tough.

In 1998, they decided to move to Japan but there being no mines in central Tokyo Peter decided that it might be wise to study a Master of Commerce degree (in Finance). After working in various finance and management roles in Tokyo, Peter completed a doctorate degree at The University of Tokyo; the topic was asteroid mining, but it covered mining the moon and Mars as well.

Peter began to write the “Heni Hani” stories while studying his PHD thesis but the four novels in the “Fears of the unknown” series took another five years to complete. These books are a probably most similar to X-Files and Millenium but with sections that are very Tom Sawyerish or fast moving like Indiana Jones. He also wrote “Dimensions”, which is a story about a geologist and a group of Navy SEALS who get lost traversing the wormhole maze of parallel universes. This story has similarities to Edge of Tomorrow and some of the HG Wells books.

Peter’s books are designed for kids between the age of 12 and 95; but if you are an older or younger kid than that, don’t let that worry you too much!

Don't be put off by the words "magical pendant" ... it is an artificial life form and magic only in the realms that any technology from a highly evolved race appears as magic to lesser life forms like us humans.

Also, these books are designed so it is like you are watching a movie or reading a manga; so, in that sense they are quite different from other books you are used to reading.

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What books are like Heni Hani?

The Heni Hani stories are most similar to William Corbet's novels "The Door in the Tree" ,
and also his other novels such as "The steps up the Chimney", "The tunnel under the waterfall" or "The bridge in the clouds".
So, if you like William Corbett's novels you will enjoy the Heni Hani series as well.

The Heni Hani series is written in a lot of detail and is extremely visual, so is a lot like Japanes Read more of this blog post »

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