AndrewBarber



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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    An alien ship is detected in orbit. Some are elated, expecting a sharing of ideas, while others are terrified, expecting war on a scale previously unseen by humanity. Both are wrong.

    First contact does not go the way anyone had ever expected.

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    04 Mar 2024

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    This was excellent, excellent, excellent. At the level I'd hope to find in a good old fashioned published science fiction book. Putting the suffering animal to sleep. The only down side is if aliens ever really appear this will not help me sleep better!

    If I might be so bold, following up on a question above, might Rannow have confirmation that Earth hears the conversation? Perhaps they tell her it will be transmitted if she accepts mercy now? In my own writing I'm learning not to overthink details when a small gain bogs down the big story - perhaps this is that for you, which is cool. But the wondering if Earth would know the truth was the one 'loose end' I felt at the end.

    Again, fantastic story.

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    Horatio Hornblower isn't just an ordinary midshipman aboard the Renown, he's the HRH Horatio James Frederick Hornblower, Prince of Wales and son of His Majesty King George the Third and Horatio is looking for a way to carve a career for himself in the navy...without his father knowing or recognizing his name, but that's going to be easier said than done as a member of the Firm.

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    06 Mar 2023