NEW SCIENCE
FICTION AND FANTASY REVIEWS
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Recently Published Science Fiction And Fantasy Books
Reviewer:
Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
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December 1, 2014
Adults Fall Asleep; Kids Take Over
Review of
A. Blue Cole Sleeping
Sickness (Indie Gypsy, 2014)
246 pp $13.95 ISBN: 978061583086
Reviewer: Forrest W.
Schultz
There have been many stories in which chaotic conditions ensue after the sudden
death or vanishing of large numbers of people. But I do not recall ever reading
(or hearing of) a story like Blue Cole's recently published novel in which
suddenly all adults go into a coma, and the children are left to fend for
themselves. Cole presents interesting, exciting, and realistic portrayals of
the children’s struggle to survive, and their struggle to discover the meaning
of the comas of their parents. The intensity of the latter struggle increases
dramatically when they learn that each one of them will also become a
"Sleeper" after becoming eighteen years old! I recommend putting this
book on your good-read/must-read list!
Blue Cole is the latest addition to the ever growing ranks of Coweta County's
writers who have had books published in the twenty-first century. And Cole pays
tribute to today's Coweta County by setting his story there. He is the second
Coweta author to do so, the first being Tamala Callaway with her Super
Natural series.
Cole has also written essays and short stories and he is planning more novels.
Information is available on his website www.bluecole.com
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