His Robot Girlfriend Tops 30,000 Downloads

As of now, His Robot Girlfriend has been downloaded 30,021 times from its five host sites. I expect to see some distribution numbers coming in from Barnes and Noble and Kobo soon. Remember, you can get your free ebook copy just in time for Read an Ebook Week going on right now. Follow the links to the right.

More Praise for His Robot Girlfriend

Here are some of the recent comments at Feedbooks.com:

From SRDavis,
I just wanted to say how much I love this story. It was the first thing I read from feedbooks, and I was in no way disappointed. I read it pretty much on one sitting. I did have to put it down to take care of something, but I was thinking about it the whole time I was reading it. In fact, you inspired me to finally post my first story. I’ve been sitting on it, unsure if I wanted to put it “out there”. So, thanks!
Again, I truly love the story, it makes me feel optimistic towards the future, and it makes me want to start saving up some money for a robot!

From liredhead,
I could not put this down. Very good story line that flowed nicely. I am really hoping that you continue on with the characters into another book in the near future.
And now I would really like to place an order for a robot that can do the household chores for me as well 🙂

From Robopete,
Just wanted to take the time to say how much I loved this book! I thought that it was extremely well written, easy to read and a thoroughly affirming, joyous experience overall. Devoured it in one sitting and have been re-reading some of my favourite bookmarked parts since – highly recommended.

and From JanG,
Wes, I thoroughly enjoyed His Robot Girlfriend. As an avid Star Trek fan I especially enjoyed the references when they were in Vegas. And I don’t like the Borg either!
I found the world you painted fascinating. A world almost the same as today’s, but with subtle differences.
I had an older download, so I noticed the errors 🙂 which I’m sure you’ve now caught. I downloaded the mobi version and there was a section in chapter 8 where all the quote marks and apostrophes were replaced with symbols and letters.

Thanks to all of you.

February/March Contest

The prize for the March contest is an autographed paper back edition of Princess of Amathar.
Congrats to E.B. who won an autographed His Robot Girlfriend for the February contest. Your prize is on its way.

His Robot Girlfriend tops 25,000 Downloads


His Robot Girlfriend has topped 25,000 downloads! Yay!

MobileRead Book Club Selection

I was blown away when I logged onto MobileRead forums and saw their choices for Bookclub selections:

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Sometimes only remembered for the epic motion picture and “Frankly … I don’t give a damn,” Gone with the Wind was initially a compelling and entertaining novel. It was the sweeping story of tangled passions and the rare courage of a group of people in Atlanta during the time of Civil War that brought those cinematic scenes to life. The reason the movie became so popular was the strength of its characters–Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler, and Ashley Wilkes–all created here by the deft hand of Margaret Mitchell, in this, her first novel.

The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler
Scarred by grief after their 12-year-old son’s senseless murder (he was shot by a holdup man in a Burger Bonanza), Macon and Sarah Leary are losing their marriage too. Macon is unable to cope when she leaves him, so he settles down “safe among the people he’d started out with,” moving back home with two divorced brothers and spinster sister Rose. Author of a series of guidebooks called “Accidental Tourist” for businessmen who hate to travel, Macon is Tyler’s focus here, as she gently chronicles his journey from lonely self-absorption to an “accidental” new life with brassy Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow Bow Animal Hospital, who renews and claims his heart.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Brontë’s only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.

Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
The classified experiment is the brainchild of renowned scientist Peter Whitney and his brilliant daughter, Lily. Created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, it can transform their natural mental powers into a unique military weapon. But something goes wrong. In the isolated underground labs, the men have been dying-victims of bizarre accidents. Captain Ryland Miller knows he is next. When Dr. Whitney himself is murdered, Ryland has only one person left to trust: the beautiful Lily. Possessed of an uncanny sixth sense herself, Lily shares Ryland’s every new fear, every betrayal, every growing suspicion, and every passionate beat of the heart. Together, they will be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of her father’s past…and closer to a secret that someone would kill to keep hidden.

It Happened In Egypt by Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933)
Lord Ernest Borrow and Captain Anthony Fenton think they know a secret – a secret that could make them both rich. En route, they are sidetracked by Sir Marcus Antonius Lark, a woman who thinks she’s Cleopatra reincarnate, a Gilded Rose of an American Heiress, and Mrs. Jones, a mysterious Irish woman with a past. Will they find the secret? Or will the trip up the Nile on the Enchantress Isis net them another discovery altogether? (summary by Sibella Denton)

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark is the first book in Charlaine Harris’s series The Southern Vampire Mysteries / Sookie Stackhouse novels. In this first installment, the author introduces the character of Sookie Stackhouse, a young telepathic waitress from the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, and her world, an alternate history where vampires, shapeshifters and other supernatual beings coexist with humans. In Dead Until Dark Sookie begins a romantic entanglement with her vampire neighbor and is faced with a series of murders in town.
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. It’s a romantic mystery / urban fantasy. It’s actually written by married couple. It has an e-book version.

His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison (HistoryWes)
Mike Smith’s life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike’s life is about to change.

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brooding mansion is haunted by a centuries-old curse that casts the shadow of ancestral sin upon the last four members of the distinctive Pyncheon family. Mysterious deaths threaten the living. Musty documents nestle behind hidden panels carrying the secret of the family’s salvation—or its downfall.

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Tough minded Jessica Trent’s sole intention is to free her nitwit brother from the destructive influence of Sebastian ballister, the notorious Marquess of Diain. She never expects to desire the arrogant, amoral cad. And When Daines reciprical passion places them in a scandously compromising, and public, position, Jessica is left with no choice but to seek satisfaction…
Damn the minx for tempting him, kissing him…and then for forcing him to salvage reputation! Lord Dain can’t wait to put the infuriating bluestocking in her place — and in some amorous position. And if this means marriage, so be it — though sebastian is less than certain he can continue to remian aloof…and stell his heart to the sensuous, head strong lady’s considerable charms.

Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Penelope Featherington fell madly, hopelessly in love with Colin Bridgerton two days before her 16th birthday. Unfortunately, Colin has always seen Penelope as the plump, shy best friend of his younger sister. By the time Penelope is 28 and a seasoned member of the English ton, she’s accepted that her love for Colin is destined to remain unrequited and she shall be a spinster forever. Fate, however, has other plans. When Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers announce that Colin has returned from his nearly nonstop travels, Penelope is blissfully unaware that her life is about to change dramatically. Colin is equally unaware of the turn his life is about to take. He’s not surprised that his beloved mother is determined to marry him off, but he’s rather astonished to find himself inexplicably drawn to Penelope. Her dry wit and intelligent mind are delightful, and Colin soon finds himself joining forces with her to deflect his matchmaking mama’s good intentions. Together, the two will thwart their mothers’ iron wills, face the formidable Lady Danbury, confront the gossips of London society, and resolve the lovely dilemma of falling in love. And, oh yes, there is that matter of the true identity of Lady Whistledown. Will the twosome unmask the elusive journalist? Or will their efforts be doomed to failure like so many others’ before?

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His Robot Girlfriend – Over 5000 Downloads in One Month

Between December 15th and January 15th, His Robot Girlfriend was downloaded 5343 times from the three host websites: Feedbooks.com, Manybooks.net, and Smashwords.com. If you haven’t got your copy, visit one of these links today. And thanks to all those who took the time to read the book.

His Robot Girlfriend Setting: California

Although there are a couple of trips in the story, to Vegas and across the country, the main setting for His Robot Girlfriend is southern California. Mike lives at 11 North Willow street Springdale, California 82803. Springdale is a fictional town. I thought it sounded as though it could be in California. I looked in the Zip code book to find an unused zip code number which would fall in California and used it.
Mike’s daugher Harriet live in Greendale, a nearby town. It too is fictional. I was imagining the drive to my mother’s house. She lives in the area of our city known as Green Valley. Or at least she lives near it.
In the story, Mike and Patience go shopping at the mall in Pico Mundo, another nearby town. This was an homage to Dean Koontz and his very excellent book Odd Thomas. Odd Thomas lives in the California town of Pico Mundo, and the mall there plays an important part in that story. If you haven’t read the book, you should.

His Robot Girlfriend Setting: Prices


Several people have commented on the economics of His Robot Girlfriend. What I did was to take the current prices of items and multiply increase them by 4 percent per year to get a price in 2032. Of course I was a bit surprised at what some women pay for shoes and clothes, but that’s how I got the prices. The exception was the price of robots, which I figured would have dropped.

I got this idea from a price list from 1959 that listed a loaf of bread at 20 cents, a new Cadillac at $5,000, a new house at $13,000, but a black and white 19″ TV at $500.

His Robot Girlfriend Setting: Global Warming

One element of the setting for His Robot Girlfriend was the effect of global warming. It’s hot in 2032– really hot. I think it will be too. Even if we can get our stuff together and stop emitting green house gasses, and let’s face it, that’s not going to happen; it’s already been heating up for several hundred years. It’s not going to suddenly stop.
The earth has been on a cycle of a hundred thousand years of cold and ten thousand years of warm and then then a hundred thousand years of cold again for several million years. Ten thousand years ago the Ice Age ended. It got warmer and warmer and warmer, until about a thousand years ago, then it started getting colder again. Then all of a sudden it got warm. It’s no surprise that sudden uncharacteristic warming began just at the same time as the industrial revolution.
I’m not saying the world is going to end and I’m not saying that the industrial revolution shouldn’t have happened. I am saying that you should buy sunscreen.

His Robot Girlfriend – 20,000 Downloads

His Robot Girlfriend has topped 20,000 downloads! Yay!