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Midwest Book Review: "Outbound: Islands in the Void" is Featured!
“Outbound: Islands in the Void” is featured in September 2024 issue of Midwest Book Review’s online book magazine “California Bookwatch”.
California Bookwatch: September 2024
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Diane Donovan, Editor
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575
https://www.midwestbookreview.com/calbw/sep_24.htm#fantasyscifi
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Outbound: Islands in the Void
Richard M Anderson
https://richardandersonauthor.com
Precocity Press
https://www.precocitypress.com
Outbound: Islands in the Void takes place in the year 2248, after climate disruptions have changed Earth. Humanity exists on both Earth and in space, including on Mars, and yet humans still grapple with basic issues and the same patterns of choice that led to the vast changes impacting Earth.
California Bookwatch: September 2024
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Diane Donovan, Editor
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575
https://www.midwestbookreview.com/calbw/sep_24.htm#fantasyscifi
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
Outbound: Islands in the Void
Richard M Anderson
https://richardandersonauthor.com
Precocity Press
https://www.precocitypress.com
Outbound: Islands in the Void takes place in the year 2248, after climate disruptions have changed Earth. Humanity exists on both Earth and in space, including on Mars, and yet humans still grapple with basic issues and the same patterns of choice that led to the vast changes impacting Earth.
Readers needn’t know rocket science in order to appreciate the hard sci-fi aspects of this journey. But they should cultivate the ability to view problems from disparate perspectives as engineers, visionaries, and reactionaries build sometimes-disparate pictures of the future, powered by adventure and options unprecedented in human history.
Readers also should cultivate an interest in interlocked characters whose individual lives, drives, and experiences influence outcomes, productivity, and personal initiative. The interconnected characters and stories neatly dovetail into a unified future in which the passion for development continues into space, impacting that environment in unpredictable ways.
From conundrums facing the newly constructed Ceres Island in space to issues of governing, building, and managing human endeavors under all kinds of environmental conditions, Richard M Anderson has put together an admirable series of scientific, political, and social interactions. Together, they form the nexus of a powerfully thought-provoking read.
Sci-fi readers who enjoy hard science juxtaposed with philosophical and social inspection, all powered by the action of individual and group choices, will find Outbound a compelling exploration. It also considers the process of accelerating growth and climate change impact. Set against scenarios of confrontation, contemplation, and action based on internal and external struggle, Outbound creates a milieu which will prompt readers to expand their personal definitions and perceptions of climate change and human impact.
Libraries that chose Outbound to enhance their sci-fi holdings will find these stories especially highly recommendable to book clubs of ‘cli-fi’ genre readers. The collection stands out from the crowd with its extraordinary settings and especially wide-ranging examination.
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September 26, 2023
Richard Anderson
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Earth, Space, SciFi, Book Review, Midwest Book Review