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Well, hello to you and welcome. I’m J. Richard Jacobs, but you can call me "J". I’ve
been an avid and active amateur astronomer since my "first light" through a telescope in
1947 (is he that old?) and began writing professional level in 1956. Technical writing,
copy writing and technical illustration were the income generators until 1965, when
I turned my attention to naval architecture. There was a brief (28+ year) hiatus in my
writing while I spent my time doing the science and engineering involved in the largest
moving structures on Earth, although I continued to write papers and articles on applied
math, science, engineering, design, and astronomy.
These days, now that I’m
"retired," I write Science Fiction in both the hard and soft varieties. I tend to cross
genre a lot because of the way I feel about populating a story with reachable, touchable
characters with all their strengths, weaknesses, successes, failures and foibles. I write
Fantasy, too, but I’ve never managed to do it successfully in novel lengths--just can’t
seem to hurdle that short story wall, but I have a lot of fun with the short stories I
write. Usually in an urban setting. I’ve tried my hand at Horror, but, for some reason,
I’ve had trouble with that, too. Someday, when I’m in a particularly nasty mood, I may be
able to do it. In the meantime, my horror pieces tend to be very short...and funny. Oh,
well...I guess I’m stuck with Humorous Horror, again usually in an urban setting.
The first review of this
book is on its way. When it arrives it will be included here (good or bad)...
First review of
XENOGENESIS is now in and I am delighted...
"Xenogenesis is one of those rare books that manages to catch even
the most jaded of sci-fi readers off-guard. Somewhere between the description of cities in
stratified levels of wealth and the injection of nano-machines, we realize we are
somewhere between the world we inhabit and the world we only dream about, which makes the
entire book something beyond a simple novel of escape. This combination of biotechnology
and space travel with a hefty dose of hard-boiled detective fiction in the character of
Patrick Dalworthy allows Jacobs to create a work that is both fantastic and close to home,
one that tackles the subject of what it truly means to be human in a rapidly advancing
world and answer it with aplomb.
Jamie A.
Hughes"
What makes this review
doubly important to me is that it comes from the very person who did the editing. That
means she had looked at the book with a hypercritical eye before she did the review.
Ebook Price
$5.99 
| Ancient Whispers from Tomorrow
(J. Richard Jacobs) | STORY DESCRIPTION First alien contact. We’ve dreamed of what that may be like over a long time and several answers have been proffered. None of them have been as bizarre as this. None of them taxed the imagination as much as "Ancient Whispers from Tomorrow" does. It is difficult enough to take in the idea of coming face to face with something truly alien, but this book gives us a ringside seat to just such an event. Walk the regolith of Mars and see the "thing at North Head City." If you dare.
Tina Tamran, Chief Areologist for the Martian Colonial Council at Ascreus Station, is heading up a group of scientists who have been sent
out to a small crater north and west of North Head City. They are
charged with investigating the sudden presence of an alien structure
that sprang up there almost overnight. Where it came from and what its purpose is remains unanswered. It is known simply as "the thing at North Head City."
Unwillingly tossed into the mix is Dr. Michael Baird of the Earth Allied Council’s Central Command and World Astronomical League. He is known as Earth’s foremost authority on Alien Contact Protocol and is largely responsible for writing the book on the protocols and providing the foundation for the WAL Accord on Alien Contact. He does not want to be on Mars...but he was given no choice. That the Martians do not want him there, either, is made abundantly clear from his arrival at Ascreus Station and onward. It does not take long for him to realize that the less he tells his colleagues and enemies alike on Earth about the thing at North Head City, the better.
The alien structure remains curiously silent and inactive, raising suspicions that its purpose for being there may not be so friendly. When it begins making noises and producing vibrations, fears and concerns mount. It fires a small sphere at Earth, then goes dormant again.
A week later, another structure similar to the thing at North Head City goes up in a small crater named Bruce on Earth?s moon. Tensions grow on Earth and the government controlling the Western Bloc of Earth decides, unilaterally, to do something about it. That proves to be a disastrous mistake. | No. words: 55460 Style: Science Fiction, Fantasy Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF 
Product type: EBook Published: 12 / 2020 Keywords - click on word to search for more titles Science Fiction |
