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My name is Brendan Willis. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm an administrator on the Shelfari Writing Readers & Science Fiction groups.

I've written a novel that can be read online at:

http://harvey0.02.googlepages.com

or ordered at:

http://www.lulu.com/content/777517

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  • Toronto, On, Canada
  • member since Wednesday, October 11 2006

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  • Paul M

    paul m says

    Hi Brendan,

    Would love to send you a copy of my two novels for you to review for the group - if you would like to read them send me you address and I can post them to you. I thought this better than going in for self promotion on the discussion page - it's not my style.

    Below is a review of my first novel by an author I met through myspace - hope this gives you some encouragement to read my work.

    Regards Paul

    Garry Charles is - THE NEW CROWN PRINCE OF FANTASY/HORROR,

    Author of the following novels published by Hadesgate:

    'Heaven's Falling - Ascension' & 'Heaven's Falling - Redemption'



    Garry has some outstanding reviews and has been touted as the next Stephen King no less!



    Review:

    Before I go on to review EXTINCTION I must make it perfectly clear that I am not a fan of sci-fi as a genre. Over the years only a few novels have stood out for me.

    Taking this into consideration you may well wonder why I would offer to review something I probably wouldn't enjoy.

    My only reason is 'MYSPACE.' Through this wondrous form of networking I came across EXTINCTION and the blurb stood out as something slightly different.

    Well I have to complain right now that the blurb is misleading. It just doesn't do justice to the story that PAUL MCKENZIE has created. Whatever I thought I was expecting was totally out surpassed by what MCKENZIE delivered.

    This debut author has crafted a future Europe where children are bred in medical centres and women are on the endangered list. Men control the power and sex is nothing but a long forgotten myth.

    The future is not bright. The future is grey.

    Only a small handful of women still fight back and the trouble starts when something very important to both sides is unwittingly stolen.

    To try and tell you more could get confusing because there is so much more to EXTINCTION than meets the eye.

    It cleverly blends sci-fi/thriller and high-octane action in such a way that I could picture it as a SPEILBERG movie along the lines of MINORITY REPORT.

    The story twists through the intrigue and gunfights with a fluid ease and try as I might I could not dislike this tale of superiority gone mad.

    The action scenes - and believe me there are a lot of them - really shine for me as a lover of fast paced narrative. You can almost hear each gunshot and feel each blow of a clenched fist.

    There is however - a little let down during these scenes of violent mayhem. It's nothing too bad, but during the action the POV changes with the speed of an MTV video (nothing wrong with that I say) and these quick cuts would have benefited from clear paragraph breaks to make things a little easier for the reader.

    That aside this is a very good piece of action-orientated sci-fi that deserves a readership.

    My list of sci-fi favourites may be short but EXTINCTION has easily earned its place near the top.

    If PAUL MCKENZIE can keep doing this he won't go far wrong.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sara i (Don’t forget 6 days from Shawal )

    sara i (don’t forget 6 days from shawal ) says

    ok,
    and sorry,
    but I think my subject have some thing to do with science without fiction
    :)

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • AlmondEyedTrini

    almondeyedtrini says

    Try Everville by Clive Barker. It's my favorite from him, but that's probably b/c I'm 'just a girl.'

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • amira f

    amira f says

    hello_ iam amira _ilive in egypt iask for u friendship

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    thanks for the note to zari! and she doesnt even get it:)

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • zari a

    zari a says

    spam messages???

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • belljargirl

    belljargirl says

    Thank you so much for reporting newimagegirl. All of us on the group Shout It Out were pretty anger to be pounded with Spam. That is so dumb that she sent the same thing to several groups.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • acameron

    acameron says

    Echoing uplandpoet's thanks. Never pleasant to have to deal with trolls. Thanks for asserting sanity.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    thanks!!!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • LaloFox

    lalofox says

    Hate to do this, but there's a spurious post in the Science Fiction forum that needs moderator attention, in the "War" thread.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Gashlycrumb

    gashlycrumb says

    Hi Brendan,

    The problem with reading a writer like Mieville is that very few writers match his brilliance.

    I always recommend Jeff VanderMeer's 'Veniss Underground' and Paul DiFilippo's 'A Year in the Linear City' to my reading buddies who enjoy China Mieville.

    Later,
    Nancy

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • yasmin

    yasmin says

    brilliant start ,, keep it going

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Gashlycrumb

    gashlycrumb says

    Great beginning on your novel! As soon as I get some time, I'll read the rest.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Mohammed A

    mohammed a says

    Good and advanced web page... Interesting. Hw does that sounds to you?

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Tali

    tali says

    Very cool of you. Thanks for the tip-off :)

    Tali

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • SFGirl

    sfgirl says

    Like your bookshelf. Lots there. Have you read Lem's Solaris?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • rakesh_fore

    rakesh_fore says

    hi!..just came across ur group....thought its kool.....
    actually not a sci fi buff...but i think i'm interested in it....

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • seattle reader

    seattle reader says

    T- thx for the info--i'll chck it out
    seattlereader

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • djmikey

    djmikey says

    have you read morgan's 13 yet? i just finished it and really enjoyed it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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