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Driven: Short Stories for Long Layovers Kindle Edition

by Jerold Bishop (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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What will it be like, out in the future? For people like you and me, the ones in the trenches of life. What will artificial intelligence really want to do? Will the gene splicers help true up the race, or trash it? Is there anything about what we are now which will be useful …out there??Meet… A broken pilot, O’Brien, and Katya, a quadriplegic. In a winner-take-all race to beat an unexpected competitor to mine a fortune in rare metal ... before it becomes nuclear fuel.Frankie. A college girl with a completely one-of-a-kind boyfriend, Al. Unlicensed and unloved, he goes about converting… the world.Michael. A teenager lost in a world where society is dissolving faster than he can grow up.Thriller. A sweet-sixteen girl wandering the galaxy. From one opening…to the next … to the next. She has no idea who she really is …and neither does her ‘mother.’RarsIf HalE. A man on a mission, seeking out slathering monsters who scrape their human victims off their claws...into their belly's. The start for planet overhaul.Streeter. At 33 she's already on the run. From the gaming corporations and the corporate enforcers. Her one asset is her dying ship, the 'Calamity Jayne.' She doesn't know it, but she's got an Ace up her sleeve. A much better card to play than even she could ever hope for. ....Connor. … and more. People faced with ‘future-challenges.’ Technology displacement. Adaptation. Mutation. Survival. Relationships from test tube lots and problems from someone's scrap pile.Nine different stories of people in tomorrow’s world. One book. Ready to warm and entertain your spare moments. Trapped in the Amazon forest, a resort hotel or the doctor’s office.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    281 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 12
  5. Publication date
    December 20, 2018
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
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    On Kindle Scribe
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07M93VQRW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Driven Bookworks; 1st edition (December 20, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3011 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 281 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0960022139
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 10

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Jerold Bishop

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Thanks for dropping in. My day job is in construction (design) and I've worked around North America for a bunch of companies, including my own. On the side I've had some fun as an alpine climber. Honored to serve (parttime) in uniform for several years. And had some serious adventures in my kitchen, baking sourdough bread from scratch (bread simply doesn't get any better than this).

I started reading 20 minutes after I was born. Everything. Today, I have to say, there's never been a better time to be a reader...or a writer.

Stop by my website at www.jeroldbishop.com and leave your calling card. Hit the forum in the back and let me know what's on your mind this week...

....and don't forget people are much better than the pain around them.

So no matter what, don't let "it'" grind you down. (your choice of nouns or pronouns)

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Cate Hogan
5.0 out of 5 stars Rich Storytelling
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019
At its best, sci-fi offers a projection of humanity's future, while also capturing the human parts of us that remain constant from one millennium to the next. In this collection, each story is a tight, rich capsule of ideas, with characters facing daunting external challenges and tough inner turmoil, too. I found myself gripped in the moment, but also left thinking about the deeper messages long after I'd turned the last page.
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NJG - UT
3.0 out of 5 stars My comments on "Driven"
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019
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Sci-Fi isn't my favorite genre, but I found these stories fun, fascinating, and well-written. My favorite was "Residue," which isn't sci-fi or futuristic, but I remember the sad and shocking real-life story, fictionalized here, on which it was based. I also found myself wondering if the conquering and colonizing of other planets in "outer space" might be a real possibility some day. I mean, really, who would have even dreamed just a few short years ago that we would have computers small enough to fit in a capsule, or phones that my grandchildren have to show me how to use? (And, they, of course, cannot comprehend a rotary dial phone or a typewriter!) I look forward to other things by this author.
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Christine J
3.0 out of 5 stars out of this world!
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019
If your looking for a book that's "out of this world" then this is the book you are looking for. Each short story spans from one end of the imagination to the other with stories of other worlds, time altering visions, artificial intelligence and gambling races.
A lot of these stories had good story lines behind them but because they were written as short stories I felt they fell flat of a reader/character connection. A lot of the stories seemed "jumpy" at times and lacked a "flow." I think the author would have fared better to concentrate on building each story and character development as regular novels.
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