There is no spoon…
Dive back into David Mack’s Dark Arts series with this novelette set prior to the events of The Iron Codex.
I should preface this by mentioning that I realize this is a bit of a controversial book. And the show that it inspired, Ancient Aliens, may be even more controversial in its claims. But who doesn’t like a good ol’ conspiracy theory or “out there” claims? I, for one, love hearing flat-earthers try to back their claims. But let me be clear – this book only asks questions and puts forward hypotheses as to possible answers. And the author even acknowledges how crazy these may sound.
This book has everything you want from a Star Trek story – true-crime podcasting, terms like “ghosting” and “Googling,” and of course Skype. Wait a minute…
Dust off your VCR, grab that unmarked tape, and press Play. You’re about to get… what’s that?… The tape is extinct? How does a tape go extinct? So is it a DVD now?… No, it’s a… what?!
Question: How many smelters could a smelter melter melt if a smelter melter could melt smelters?
Answer: As many smelters as a smelter melter could melt if a smelter melter could melt smelters.
Would you like to go to Mars? I know I would. But would you want to immigrate there? If so, this book is chock-full of information on how to get there, how to live there, how to work there, how to start slavery there, how our world kind of sucks, how America started but isn’t going so well, and how to get around on our neighbor, the Red Planet.
Picard and Riker have always worked well together. So what happened? Did the promotion to Admiral get to Riker’s head? I mean, sort of, I guess… But how is Picard supposed to stop his old protege when he’s always a step (or more) behind?
Are you getting a puppy? Is it your first puppy? Do you want to be a responsible puppy parent? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, good for you! We happened to answer “yes” to all three! Except the first question should have been, “Did you already get a puppy?” Some of these chapters would have been more helpful had we read them before getting him, but better late than never, amirite?!
The end of Narnia is told in this, the seventh published and last chronological, tale in the Chronic-WHAT?!-cles of Narnia.