tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491761351821009452011-04-21T20:08:09.058-07:00Phoenixe Press, LLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240968459810066noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249176135182100945.post-74008958423153757372008-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:19:41.806-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAFdfD5lic/SPZsYWvqRMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mOTgozM7dCM/s1600-h/ARTWORK--SURVIVORS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257508780679775426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkAFdfD5lic/SPZsYWvqRMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mOTgozM7dCM/s320/ARTWORK--SURVIVORS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION SPACE ADVENTURE IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN AND POUL ANDERSON</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Premier author Derek Laurens wants to publicize his new debut science fiction novel "The Survivors," published by Phoenixe Press, LLC, available for retail purchase on amazon.com at</div><br /><div>this link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Novel-Derek-Laurens/dp/061520385X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1224108682&amp;sr=1-3">http://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Novel-Derek-Laurens/dp/061520385X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1224108682&amp;sr=1-3</a></div><br /><div><br />AUTHOR'S COMMENTARY<br />I wrote this novel primarily out of a teenage fondness for grand science-fiction space adventure.<br />If you look around at what is available out there today, it is readily obvious that the emphasis is on fantasy rather than traditional science-fiction. While the likes of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings abound, one has to wonder and ask: just what ever happened to the good old science-fiction space adventures in the style of the original Star Trek television series and as written by the grand old masters like Robert A. Heinlein and Poul Anderson?<br />Whatever happened to the glossy paperback covers of the 1960’s depicting a handsome leading man, the curvy females in tightly fitting space uniforms, spaceships, robots, and ray guns?<br />When I arranged submission of a press release on The Survivors not long ago to The Sacramento Bee, the release states that, in addition to being a fast page-turning adventure story, “for those interested in a slightly deeper read--with musings on the nature of life and death, love and lust, loyalty, war--all of that is there, too. . .”<br />I am going out on a limb and predict that this novel will become at least a minor cult favorite of science-fiction fans. I expect that some critics and reviewers will delve into the perceived “weightier implications" of the work. Maybe I had some of that in mind myself.<br />Still, belay all of that! At least on a first easy read. For those of us who are sci-fi fans and children of the 1960’s, who pine for Star Trek on a Friday night and re-runs of Flash Gordon on a Saturday morning, we just want something fun to read and harkening back to the early work of say Robert A. Heinlein and of Poul Anderson--but with a modern touch. If you like The Survivors at all on this simple level of fun and entertainment alone, then power to you and that is fine by me.<br />Derek Laurens, October 15, 2008 at Sacramento, California.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/249176135182100945-7400895842315375737?l=dereklaurens-science-fiction.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phoenixe Press, LLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13798240968459810066noreply@blogger.com0