Saturday, July 9, 2016

Teens Become Ancient Warriors As They Attack Invading Space Aliens -- Review of James Cambas's "Traitors"

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Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
 
July 9, 2016

 
Teens  Become  Ancient  Warriors  As  They  Attack  Invading  Space  Aliens
A Review of
James Cambas Traitors:  Book 2 of Ancient Warriors Series (2014)
                            271 pp   $10.99   ISBN: 978-1494875374
Reviewer:  Forrest Schultz
     In the science fiction series which Coweta County author James Cambas is writing, space aliens from Xynoffus are attempting to conquer the Earth.  They begin by surreptitiously arriving and taking control of the bodies of humans so that we are unaware that these aliens are Among Us, (the title of the first book in the series).  In the second book, Traitors, they are now also in the process of openly appearing to several selected humans whom they convince to join the conquest by promising them rulership over various cities under the direct command of the invasion leader GroThar.  The only opposition the Xynoffans meet is a small group of teenagers, revealed in this book as “Ancient Warriors”, who are able to draw upon the arcane powers of several unearthly “Cubes”.
     The use of this term “Ancient Warriors” along with the special Cube powers and some of the atmosphere in these books is similar to that found in comic books of super heroes.  Therefore I was not surprised to learn that Cambas is planning to publish a comic book version of these ancient warrior tales, and is already in the process of designing super hero garb, which is already appearing in a bookmark.  You can learn of these and other new developments by checking the website www.amongus2012.com.      

The Best Alien Contact Story I Have Ever Read -- Review of Robert Silverberg's "The Iron Star" in the Humanity 2.0 anthology


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Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258


 

July 9, 2016

 

The  Best  Alien  Contact  Story  I  Have  Ever  Read

A Review of Robert Silverberg’s “The Iron Star” on pp. 173-195 of

The Short Stories Anthology Humanity 2.0 ed. By Alex Shvartzman (Arc Manor, 2016)

[Advance Reading Copy] Scheduled for Publication Oct. 30   271pp   ISBN: 9781612423098 

Reviewer:  Forrest W. Schultz

     Although most of the short stories in this anthology contain some thought-provoking ideas concerning the possible impact of space travel upon the human race, Robert Silverberg’s story stands out as unforgettable and of great importance in showing the potential danger of meeting extraterrestrial intelligent beings.  In his story one of our spaceships, while investigating the effects of a supernova comes into contact with a space ship of ETs who had lived on a planet orbiting this star before it went nova.  When the captain contacts the leader of this ET ship he learns from the ensuing conversations two important facts about these ETs:   that they are “ethically challenged” (i.e. all they care about is themselves), and that they are unaware of the existence of black holes.  Using these data he devises and then implements a plan which solves the problem. (See if you can guess what it is!)