Blowing One's Own Horn

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Blowing One's Own Horn

# 13258 byjovianjeff@... on April 7, 2014, 7 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

I'm not one to announce things about myself, but I thought the group might be interested in a book I've self-published on Amazon.com. A summary is below, however I thought it pertinent to the group because the protagonist come from a society who live in Jupiter's orbit on O'Neills and McKendree cylinders, as well as a few mobile Bernal spheres and Island 4s, a creation of Glenn Clovis he graciously let me include in the book's setting. I'll add a cautionary that the story does not take place on these structures, but they are mentioned here and there through the book as well as included in the glossary, timeline and sample worldlets that appear after the story at the back of the book. I don't want to mislead anyone in thinking the book is about space settlement, its more post-settlement or from such a society as they also look forward to populating the galaxy with a settlement around every star in the future. That's their goal at least, antagonist not withstanding of course.
I hope those interested will enjoy it and forgive my first outing mistakes. I am looking for an editor for a later addition.
Book Summary
In an alternate timeline, where the Apollo program didn't stop at 17, but 23. Where by its 21st century some of humanity lives up in space, and by its 22nd century humanity has spread across the solar system.
Near the turn of the 23rd century, a Faster-than-Light method of travel was discovered that also lead to travel to other universes, parallel universes, including those where the supernatural and magic are the rule.
The exploration of the multiverse in the solar system began.
Multiple Earths, multiple Mars, multiple Jupiters, and nearby stars are explored. Now in the year 2220 an ambitious civilian expedition is about to launch, their goal the very edge of the observable universe.
Professor of Astronomy Rayna Delesha Lashley was known for her guest spots on a children show about space for generations. However she liked the quiet life studying the stars and enjoy time with her family.
When she came to the launching of an expedition organized by some of her former students, she found herself drafted to head up that very mission. A mission equipped for more than exploration and discovery.
Mansa is the AI of the craft that is to ferry this expedition of forty thousand, a superintelligence, who in response to Fermi's paradox, has made possible advance technologies that are miraculous to humanity.
Technologies to make planets, snuff out stars, fight fleets in space or armies on the ground. Technologies he will use to serve and protect this expedition that is also history's first matriarchy.
Together they encounter aliens, alternate histories and adversaries in many parallel universes, where Rayna and Mansa find they have become a rallying point for a conflict across the multiverse.
They will become the hope for the destiny of the multiverse.
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There you have it group. I hope those it interested will enjoy it and do keep in mind with amazon they do offer a sample, this book's is the first seven chapters. Also if you don't have a kindle, there is a free app that can be downloaded to run on a PC.
Best to you all,
Jeff