Forced Conversion (edit title/settings)

Shelfari edited the characters of Forced Conversion Thursday, January 17, 2013.

• Edited a character: DerekDerek Williger: Member of the ConFoes, just trying to do his duty in a job he hates.
• Edited a character: MariaMaria Casini: One of the mals, fast and tough and opposed to conversion as a sin against God.
• Added a character: Sandoval
• Added a character: Kyle Patterson
• Added a character: Antonio Fontana
• Added a character: Manning
• Added a character: A. K.
• Added a character: Gus Gerdemann
• Added a character: Pancek
• Added a character: Kelly Joy Lanigan
• Added a character: Katy
• Added a character: Joshua
• Added a character: Henrietta
• Added a character: Hank
• Added a character: Greco
• Added a character: Moore
• Added a character: Ali

faith s edited the glossary entries of Forced Conversion Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

• Added a term: Greensword: Novel by this author
• marked the description of Greensword as not a spoiler

faith s edited the glossary entries of Forced Conversion Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

• Added a term: Net Impact: Novel by this author
• marked the description of Net Impact as not a spoiler

faith s edited the glossary entries of Forced Conversion Wednesday, January 9, 2013.

• Added a term: Steampunk as fiction genre: ?
• marked the description of Steampunk as fiction genre as not a spoiler

Gas edited the summary of Forced Conversion Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

• What if you had to chose between reality and virtual reality?

  reality? Everyone can have heaven, any heaven they want, but some people don’t want to go.

  go. Mankind has largely retreated to the realms of virtual reality, where resources are unlimited and the problems of the real world--violence, conflict, sickness, and pain--can all be avoided. Unfortunately, those who stay behind in the real world pose the only risk to the immortality of those who have converted to virtual existence.

  existence. Derek, a soldier in the Conversion Forces (ConFoes), seeks to enforce the Mandatory Conversion Act on the remaining mals (malcontent Luddites, gangbangers, and religious fanatics). He just wants to put in his time and join his family on one of the virtual worlds. But until then, he is forced to deal with his psychotic squad-mates, the increasingly brutal tactics of the ConFoes, and a mal ambush. And that's just the beginning of his journey.

  journey. While most speculative and science fiction deals with worlds transformed by technological advance, Forced Conversion highlights the troubling and chaotic process of that transformation, itself. It combines the adrenaline-soaked action of military fiction with the extrapolation of current scientific trends of the best speculative fiction, while dealing with the moral and religious implications of both war and technology

Gas edited the summary of Forced Conversion Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

• What if you had to chose between reality and virtual reality?

  Everyone can have heaven, any heaven they want, but some people don’t want to go.

  Mankind has largely retreated to the realms of virtual reality, where resources are unlimited and the problems of the real world--violence, conflict, sickness, and pain--can all be avoided. Unfortunately, those who stay behind in the real world pose the only risk to the immortality of those who have converted to virtual existence.

  Derek, a soldier in the Conversion Forces (ConFoes), seeks to enforce the Mandatory Conversion Act on the remaining mals (malcontent Luddites, gangbangers, and religious fanatics). He just wants to put in his time and join his family on one of the virtual worlds. But until then, he is forced to deal with his psychotic squad-mates, the increasingly brutal tactics of the ConFoes, and a mal ambush. And that's just the beginning of his journey.

  While most speculative and science fiction deals with worlds transformed by technological advance, Forced Conversion highlights the troubling and chaotic process of that transformation, itself. It combines the adrenaline-soaked action of military fiction with the extrapolation of current scientific trends of the best speculative fiction, while dealing with the moral and religious implications of both war and technology

Shelfari edited the subjects of Forced Conversion Thursday, March 4, 2010.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction
• Added the subject: Subjects > Literature & Fiction

Shelfari edited the classification of Forced Conversion Saturday, January 23, 2010.

• changed the Dewey Classification: 813.6

Donald J. Bingle, Author edited the characters of Forced Conversion Sunday, August 2, 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Derek: Member of the ConFoes, just trying to do his duty in a job he hates.
• marked the description of Derek as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Maria: One of the mals, fast and tough and opposed to conversion as a sin against God.
• marked the description of Maria as not a spoiler

Donald J. Bingle, Author edited the memorable quotes of Forced Conversion Sunday, August 2, 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Technology can be a wonderful thing when its not ruining the world completely.”
• Added a quotation: “He was trapped in a box, the kind they apparently put mimes in. He couldn't see it, but he felt it all around him every time he reached out for happiness. Duty. Contract. Circumstance. Inertia. The choices of others. They closed in upon him, until he was afraid to reach out for joy, or even comfort, lest he find out the box defining his existence had shrunk even smaller.”