Dec 2
A good adventure story!
The Gray Monk has revealed that he has published a work of fiction recently, and Guido, being a good anarchist, went out and searched for it. It took a bit of finding, but it is available if you order it from W H Smith or from Waterstones! It is also available from Amazon and from the publisher Author House online.
Set in a Sci-Fi background it is essentially an adventure story, one the author has used to explore a number of concepts rather well. He has come up with the unusual premise of three young people being dragged from the past into the future and explored how they coped with everyday things we now take for granted – but more importantly, the things we have forgotten and which they bring with them. Simple things like writing letters and making sketches to illustrate them. Like using logarithm tables instead of calculators, or pencil and paper instead of a keyboard. Or how they instinctively respond to a threat with the weapons they are most familiar with – to the surpise and discomfort of their attackers.
There are some surprises in the book which draw heavily on some aspects of history many would rather forget, and on the human ability to survive. The final pages of the book are rather poignant as the young men return to their roots, but not their time period.
The book is entitled “Out of Time” by Patrick G Cox and can be found on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Author House’s sites in the UK and the US.
Enjoy the read, it’s worth it and it is a fun adventure story with a number of smiley moments among the more serious thoughts buried in its pages!
