tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post4945902157880934647..comments2024-01-26T03:40:56.115-05:00Comments on Sharing Links and Wisdom: Metrofloat New York Blurb BlitzEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772530580061009074noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-35767780092074151562019-07-27T22:52:29.677-04:002019-07-27T22:52:29.677-04:00Sounds great!Sounds great!Victoria Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003594806429422636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-55971405233704511992019-07-22T16:59:51.160-04:002019-07-22T16:59:51.160-04:00great cover and i do like a good apocalyptic story...great cover and i do like a good apocalyptic story<br />sherry @ <a href="http://www.fundinmental.com/" rel="nofollow"> fundinmental</a>sherry fundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197438610372707924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-88819291194599172582019-07-20T18:03:59.745-04:002019-07-20T18:03:59.745-04:00Yay! A fellow Trekkie. I've read Dune but didn...Yay! A fellow Trekkie. I've read Dune but didn't see the movies. Aliens! Yes! Star Wars! Yes! I loved The Martian more recently. Interstellar and Transcendence were good as well. My current obsession is The Expanse Series, TV show and books. I'm only on book 3 and anxiously awaiting the season 4 premier on Amazon Prime on December 13. Like you, I find it difficult to make a list, I have too many favorites which diminishes the word I suppose. Bea LaRoccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472204145232413558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-56838299198460466782019-07-18T21:50:37.791-04:002019-07-18T21:50:37.791-04:00Books
* The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
* R...Books<br />* The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury<br />* Rendezvous with Rama by Isaac Asimov<br />* 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke<br /><br />TV<br />* The Twilight Zone<br />* Star Trek: the original and all subsequent series<br /><br />Movies<br />* The Matrix<br />* The Alien franchise<br />* The standards: Star Wars, Star Trek<br /><br />In a way, I hate narrowing the field down by making any sort of list because this seems like it diminishes the efforts of so many other good creators. For instance, I enjoyed the original Dune novel and thought the movie was a good recreation. I need to mention Philip K. Dick, Samuel R. Delaney, etc. So many.<br /><br />But I guess I have to limit this somewhere. Only now, people are going to be up in arms about me not mentioning any one of a number of authors and TV/movie makers. Ha, ha!<br /><br />(And now for an in-joke after upsetting people) "My name is Mudd."William Quincy Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337095766556949027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-10506910602253483102019-07-18T21:13:36.496-04:002019-07-18T21:13:36.496-04:00Good evening! Would you mind sharing some of your ...Good evening! Would you mind sharing some of your favorite Science Fiction recreational reads with us? Or TV shows and Movies? Bea LaRoccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472204145232413558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-56979230111282990722019-07-18T19:25:18.966-04:002019-07-18T19:25:18.966-04:00Thanks for sharing the great post! Thanks for sharing the great post! Victoria Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295305682468644975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-81136620558470939472019-07-18T18:44:02.208-04:002019-07-18T18:44:02.208-04:00Metrofloat New York
Currently 4.7 out of 5 stars ...Metrofloat New York<br /><br />Currently <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K631LDS" rel="nofollow">4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon</a><br /><br />Interested, but not yet committed to reading the book? Visit <a href="https://www.williamquincybelle.com/p/metrofloat-new-york.html" rel="nofollow">my web site for a longer excerpt</a>.<br /><br />Still wondering? Here’s what reviewers are saying.<br /><br />5 Star Review: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2O01UGLX0L85R" rel="nofollow">Suspenseful and Thrilling Future Dystopian</a><br />"If you love Dystopian science fiction of the near future, you'll love METROFLOAT NEW YORK. I did, and I'd like to see sequels, a series! In the future, cities float, a kilometer above the Earth. On the surface are Farm Settlements (FS), designed to provide agricultural needs for the floating urban environments, which of course house the wealthy upper classes. On the surface the masses are suffused with crime, poverty, and despair. Yet on Metrofloat New York, all is not sweetness, light, and wealthy expenditure. There is implacable death, inexplicable in its logic, but nevertheless sweeps like a juggernaut, taking life where it will, and for its own reasons.<br /><br />METROFLOAT NEW YORK is plausible, stimulating, and deeply-characterized, with suspense sufficient to keep the reader up all night."<br /><br />5 Star Review: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3ADAHSHVCG3KA" rel="nofollow">Murder...Floating Cities and Cars...Awesome....</a><br />"A global pandemic swept the Earth several hundred years ago with a flesh eating disease killing almost everyone. Anyone who was left alive was very lucky if the disease only took one leg or one arm. Most lost both legs or arms and some even half their bodies.<br /><br />Earth is now divided with the rich folks living in cities floating above the ground and the poor people live on the ground and are called grounders. Detective Heart one of the grounders once lived in the floating city Metrofloat New York until he was thrown out. Heart has been a grounder for almost five years now and works for the Metropolitan Police.<br /><br />Someone is going around killing members of the oligarchy. The members of oligarchy council consist only of the most powerful and rich. Detective Heart is assigned to find out who is killing the council members. Detective Heart also gets himself a new partner in the deal. His new partner is a woman cyborg from Metrofloat New York. Who is going around killing the council members and why? What do they hope to gain by killing the council member?<br /><br />I love dystopian and science fiction novels and truly enjoyed reading Metrofloat. The world building was awesome and I really loved trying to picture the floating city and the cars, amazing. It sort of reminded me of Bruce Willis’ movie The Fifth Element. Metrofloat New York pulled me in from the first page and kept me hooked from beginning to end. The characters were all amazing in their own way. I can’t wait to read more about the floating cities and the two detectives Heat and Stanton.<br /><br />If you like a good dystopian/science fiction with a twist of mystery then you are going to love Metrofloat New York."<br />William Quincy Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337095766556949027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-21721864320951956792019-07-18T14:04:25.734-04:002019-07-18T14:04:25.734-04:00As a blogger, I sometimes write about topics of pe...As a blogger, I sometimes write about topics of personal interest. This entails investigating expert articles, videos, and real people to get a better grasp of the subject material. While science fiction is fiction, I try to be credible in the details. I think readers want a premise which is believable, and I suppose the expression “speculative fiction” better captures that idea.<br /><br />From all of this, a seed is planted, and I see what grows. I’m not committing to anything definitive at the moment as this is the exploratory stage, but I do have a few thoughts worthy of consideration.<br />William Quincy Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337095766556949027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-66702588803989353072019-07-18T13:22:08.713-04:002019-07-18T13:22:08.713-04:00I liked the excerpt, thank you.I liked the excerpt, thank you.Rita Wrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115952708502482157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-85831588389181320722019-07-18T10:38:21.176-04:002019-07-18T10:38:21.176-04:00Do you have any ideas for your next book?Do you have any ideas for your next book?Bernie Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026655873754652531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-78551377658514174302019-07-18T08:20:34.406-04:002019-07-18T08:20:34.406-04:00Thank you for participating in this book tour. Bei...Thank you for participating in this book tour. Being an indie author is an uphill struggle.<br /><br />According to Wikipedia, there are 2.2 million new books published each year, 300,000 in the U.S., 150,000 in the United Kingdom, 20,000 in Canada. The book review section of The Washington Post states they get 150 new titles each day. Each day! What are the chances of anyone getting noticed? Even if somebody has written the next classic, there’s the harsh reality of statistics. Having the public choose any particular book out of the annual American field of 300,000 strikes me as being the equivalent of winning the literary lottery. Congratulations, E. L. James: over 70 million copies of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy sold.<br /><br />By the way, the above is about new books published each year. According to Google, there are over 150 million books in existence! Literary lottery, indeed!<br /><br />There's a lot of junk out there, which means the public is leery of investing their time in anything unknown. Who wants the literary equivalent of bad movie? "I want two hours of my life back." Cheers to the risk-takers who brought E. L. James to the forefront.<br /><br />I appreciate you taking the risk.<br /><br />All the best to you in your world. :-)<br />William Quincy Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337095766556949027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-33680671731704647182019-07-18T05:13:16.268-04:002019-07-18T05:13:16.268-04:00Thanks for hosting!Thanks for hosting!Goddess Fish Promotionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952608939319684406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265649100510354177.post-7266523636916878712019-07-18T03:27:17.615-04:002019-07-18T03:27:17.615-04:00 I appreciate you taking the time to give us a gr... I appreciate you taking the time to give us a great book description and giveaway as well. Thank you so much!<br />James Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569946276131305648noreply@blogger.com