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Post by Ela on Oct 17, 2021 15:52:47 GMT
Can’t believe no ever started a thread on this release. Edited to add the stories in this release, since most release threads start off that way. 3.1 Changing of the Guard by Matt Fitton Sir Toby fights for his career, while Counter-Measures leads a very different fight... 3.2 The Concrete Cage by Justin Richards Counter-Measures investigates strange events at a tower block under construction. 3.3 The Forgotten Village by Ken Bentley A personal crisis for Allison turns into one of Counter-Measures' most dangerous assignments. 3.4 Unto the Breach by John Dorney When footage emerges of an alien creature held in the Eastern Bloc, the team goes undercover to find it. Please note I’m starting right off with a spoiler. * * * * * * Just finished the story “The Concrete Cage”. It’s a good story, but the “science” backing up their theory of what’s going on sounds spurious to me. A layer of concave rock “rich in heavy metals” reflecting the full moon? And recording events when a bomb hit the area? The full moon affecting the balance of fluids in the brain? Is there any evidence of that? The moon affects the oceans because they’re large bodies of water. It doesn’t affect small bodies of water and I wouldn’t think it would affect the brain (much as healthcare providers joke about people acting oddly during a full moon). As I said, I’m suspicious of the science but it is a good story.
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Post by Ela on Oct 17, 2021 16:11:00 GMT
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Post by coffeeaddict on Oct 17, 2021 16:39:19 GMT
Every science fiction author or aspiring author should get a copy of Borderlands of Science by author and scientist Charles Sheffield. The books sets out to get people thinking like a scientist and writing science fiction. Also, the fiction written by Sheffield is some of the best you'll ever read.
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Post by Ela on Oct 17, 2021 18:14:06 GMT
Every science fiction author or aspiring author should get a copy of Borderlands of Science by author and scientist Charles Sheffield. The books sets out to get people thinking like a scientist and writing science fiction. Also, the fiction written by Sheffield is some of the best you'll ever read. Hmm, haven't read Sheffield. I'll have to look him up.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Oct 17, 2021 19:36:53 GMT
Every science fiction author or aspiring author should get a copy of Borderlands of Science by author and scientist Charles Sheffield. The books sets out to get people thinking like a scientist and writing science fiction. Also, the fiction written by Sheffield is some of the best you'll ever read. Hmm, haven't read Sheffield. I'll have to look him up. I highly recommend The Web Between the Worlds. Summertime and the follow up books were also great reads.
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Post by Ela on Oct 21, 2021 0:44:10 GMT
I just want to say that I thought all the stories of this release were very well-done, and the way the series of stories ended made me really eager to find out what happens next in series 4.
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Nov 24, 2021 12:13:55 GMT
On a train journey so will listen to CM 3.1 The Changing of the Guard and 3.2 The Concrete Cage
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