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Escape Pod => Science Fiction Discussion => Topic started by: Devoted135 on July 29, 2013, 06:51:21 PM
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Hey everyone! A friend of mine wrote a book and it's being released tomorrow. :) Of course I haven't read it yet so I can't say that I think it's the best book I've ever read (yet), but obviously I'm super excited for him and wanted to give him a plug here. ;D
Three by Jay Posey (http://www.amazon.com/Three-ebook/dp/B00BABSZGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375123616&sr=8-1&keywords=three+jay+posey) (amazon)
It's a post-apocalyptic sci-fi and the reviews have been quite good so far, with the biggest criticism being that there are no infodumps and the reader therefore has to do a lot of the work to imagine how the world came to be the way it is. This is very much ymmv territory. Tor has a nicely thorough review here (http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/book-review-three-jay-posey) that I think gives a fair idea of the book.
By the way, he's contracted for a trilogy and I have the inside scoop that he'll be turning in a first draft of the second book next week so there shouldn't be copious wait times in between books. :)
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Coming back here for two reasons: One, the first book, Three, was great! I highly recommend it for anyone who likes post-apocalyptic SF, especially when it has a tech-heavy bent. :) And exciting news, the second book was released today!
Morningside Fall by Jay Posey (http://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Fall-Legends-Dustwalker-Posey-ebook/dp/B00GEYKVUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398740007&sr=1-1&keywords=jay+posey)
One note, for some ridiculous reason whoever wrote the blurb decided to put a GIANT spoiler in the first sentence. Like, a "He's Luke's father" or "He was dead the whole time" or "Soylent Green is people" -level spoiler. :-\ So, try not to read the description for the second book unless you've already read the first book.
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Congrats to your friend mate, I will give a look into those books :)
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Yay, thanks!
By the way, I flew through Morningside Fall, Jay does a great job of writing protagonists that I love and antagonists that I love to hate. :)