Who could take a virtual ebook signing tour without visiting Utopia. First described by Sir Thomas More, you can download the ebook here. People here love my book Princess of Amathar, though they are somewhat behind the times in the ebook adoption business.
Some may argue about what is the best part of Oz to visit, but I’m sitting in the Emerald City today drinking tea. My books don’t seem to have taken off here, but I did sign a copy for the Great Wizard. You can download The Magic of Oz and all the other books at Manybooks.net.
Alas, Laputa is not all it once was. For one thing, there are very few Laputans left. Originally detailed in Gulliver’s Travels, a free download from Manybooks.net. You can see a more modern view in the wonderful Japanese film Castle in the Sky. People here really seem to like Princess of Amathar. Probably because it has a flying city in it.
Opar. Beast-men. Beautiful women. Gold. Jewels. What’s not to love? First described in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tazan Returns, it plays prominently in several of his other adventures, not the least of which is Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. Both available free from Manybooks.net. My most popular book here is Princess of Amathar.
Blefuscu is lovely this time of year. Of course most travelers prefer nearby Lilliput, but I think Blefuscu has something for everyone, especially if you enjoy opening your eggs by their big ends. You can read all about Blefuscu in Gulliver’s Travels, a free download from Manybooks.net. People here really seem to like Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess.
As I mentioned in an earlier comment, His Robot Wife is selling about three times as well in the UK than it is in the US Kindle store. I’m sure this is in large part to the very nice review (previously mentioned also) by Mr. Horrigan. Thanks to all of you in the UK. I appreciate your support.
5.0 out of 5 stars A very apt title., 17 Mar 2011
By S. Horrigan (London) – See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dark and Forbidding Land (Senta and the Steel Dragon) (Kindle Edition)
I discovered Wesley Allison’s work only a short while ago when I read His Robot Wife. That story impressed me so much that I bought The Voyage of the Minotaur (Senta and the Steel Dragon) the first in the Senta and the Steel Dragon series.
The title of this second book is very appropriate. It is a much darker read than the first volume. The colony at Port Dechantagne has now been established for a couple of years and is expanding rapidly. More and more people are arriving looking for a new life, for adventure hunting dinosaurs or to trade with the colonists.
In places this book is a much less comfortable read than the first book. The native lizard men are servants almost in slavery to the humans. There is corporal and capital punishment, religious persecution and the parallels that are drawn to our own world and to some of the more abhorrent events in our history are very and sometimes brutally obvious. There is a lighter side though with the now 10 year old Senta, Bessemer the dragon and their gang of childhood friends running riot through the pages to keep the story in balance.
Once again presentation is perfect and again idiomatic English is used to great effect.
Overall 5 stars. This was a highly enjoyable read and I will definitely be downloading the next in the series but I am fully expecting the story to get much darker before the end.
Amanda Hocking is big in the news this week. Clever readers have noticed that she is one of two authors mentioned in His Robot Wife. It may be the first book to mention her by name. The other author? Sci-fi great James White.
After saying just the other day that this project was on the back burner, I have turned around and started working on this and the first draft is almost done. I should have it pounded out in about three weeks. Then comes revision, then editing, then…..
Just a reminder that all my books are DRM-free.
City of Amathar 