Susie11
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Wow well done Shiva. I have written a novel but I have not had it published -yet. Are you self publishing or were you lucky enough to get an agent? All the best of luck with it though.
Jacket cover for my sci-fi novel.
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Congrats!!!! The story sounds as a good storyline for a movie too (or even a game)!!! Well done!!! 
It's called subsidized publishing. I pay a fee for a first edition. If the sales warrant a second printing, then the publisher assumes all the cost.
very nice, good luck
maybe someone could write a real fantasy type book, where there's a world where people get along, nobody tries to steal cheat or lie, politicians follow the rules and accurately represent themselves, constituents and their interests... to make it a sci-fi story you could include phasers, alternate universes and weather-inducing and mind-reading electronics that are used by mature individuals, only for protecting the public and the common good
interestingly enough, I had this dream many years ago where the u.s. had been split up by corporate interests because of extreme debt, and the borders were extremely guarded. there was not a version of 'the hunger games' which i will never read or watch, which supposedly is also in a divided u.s., back then. i've never heard of another storyline that includes a divided u.s. . I was going to write a book about the unusual things that I saw while moving through that dream/altered america, but never got around to it. not sure that it would be very interesting, because there wasn't a 'point' to the whole thing
maybe someone could write a real fantasy type book, where there's a world where people get along, nobody tries to steal cheat or lie, politicians follow the rules and accurately represent themselves, constituents and their interests... to make it a sci-fi story you could include phasers, alternate universes and weather-inducing and mind-reading electronics that are used by mature individuals, only for protecting the public and the common good
interestingly enough, I had this dream many years ago where the u.s. had been split up by corporate interests because of extreme debt, and the borders were extremely guarded. there was not a version of 'the hunger games' which i will never read or watch, which supposedly is also in a divided u.s., back then. i've never heard of another storyline that includes a divided u.s. . I was going to write a book about the unusual things that I saw while moving through that dream/altered america, but never got around to it. not sure that it would be very interesting, because there wasn't a 'point' to the whole thing
very nice, good luck
maybe someone could write a real fantasy type book, where there's a world where people get along, nobody tries to steal cheat or lie, politicians follow the rules and accurately represent themselves, constituents and their interests... to make it a sci-fi story you could include phasers, alternate universes and weather-inducing and mind-reading electronics that are used by mature individuals, only for protecting the public and the common good.
One of your early presidents said it a long time ago that the United States would collapse from within. I can't remember which one it was, Looking at the greed and vile climate and self interest of politicians and businness sector, I'm afraid this has already begun. A large proportion of Americans seems to feel it too when they say they don't like where the country is going. It's hard however to get a clear picture about this since racism and intolerance may skew the polls.
Still, I have high hopes for the future. We have survived our savage instincts for thousands of years and I don't see why we couldn't continue to do so.
in the past, when someone got mad at another, they would swing a stick or club, and likely only hurt one or more people. today, there are bigger and more pervasive sticks, and online manuals for making such things, and other media to encourage others to follow these manuals, and to stir the minds of others so that they feel encouraged to not follow common sense. our sticks and stones have outgrown mankind's capacity to rein it all in when someone's temper has been lost, or some other form of extreme emotion causes them to seek to harm others. the odds are that eventually something will happen, though personally I hope that it won't
again, I do admire positive thinking, if ideas can be produced from it which can hold off devastation
again, I do admire positive thinking, if ideas can be produced from it which can hold off devastation
We've been there before and we'll get there again. Common good seems to restrain us when we are forced to contemplate the unthinkable. There are some who claim they want to destroy us, but they are a minority. Those in real power want to keep that power and don't want to be blasted off the face of the Earth, along with us. The vast majority of people on this planet want peace and a better future for their children, be they muslims, christians, agnostics or whatever.
I remember how so close we came to Armageddon during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Still, at the very last moment, when that American helicopter was about to drop depth charges on a Russian submarine armed with nuclear torpedoes, common sense prevailed and the US and USSR moved away from the precipice. I was much younger then, wondering if I would still be alive the morning after.
I remember how so close we came to Armageddon during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Still, at the very last moment, when that American helicopter was about to drop depth charges on a Russian submarine armed with nuclear torpedoes, common sense prevailed and the US and USSR moved away from the precipice. I was much younger then, wondering if I would still be alive the morning after.
Susie11
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Sounds good. Good luck!!
John M
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*sniff-sniff* I can't get the links to open. I guess they don't like my dial-up connection. Oh well. I still hope the book does fantastically well for you. I'd love to be able to say that I personally know a world famous author! Good luck!
The links are time dependant, like ''best before'' milk.
I'll send them to your email address.
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Thomas Jefferson famously stated:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property – until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
Does that sound like a situation you've heard of?
Wait, let me open the door and listen outside......Yep....that situation is right outside.....wait now it is inside too....never should have opened my door.
yes. I heard a radio program that stated that alot of the impetus for the south wanting to cecede from the union was not primarily because they didn't want to give up slaves (meaning it wasn't the primary reason for the war). actually they all feared the northern banking interests taking everything over. when general grant was asked after the war, which side he would have fought for if slavery was the issue, and he (the primary northern general) stated that he would have fought for the south (he had lots of slaves). when general lee (the primary head officer for the south) was asked the same question, he said that he would have fought for the north, and freedom for the slaves. it was an issue back then of course, but not the primary one why the south wanted nothing to do with the union/north
like the popular saying that goes around now, "it's all about the money"
ooh, this is a thread for book art-work, isn't it
nice cover! 
NYEric
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I could not open the photo links. Guess I'll have to buy a copy!
