Let's Fact It! When a book reviewer opens the mail and pulls out this book, well, for me, there were two choices... One, of course, to send it back... My first reaction was to lay it aside so I could give myself a talk about saying I'm a professional reader... Ha! It may take me several days but then I normally give in...The book is here... How bad could it be?Actually, not bad at all! In fact, it's quite funny, except I got tired of one little overdone scene. After all, no self-respecting female scientist in the future would allow being called by her first name among a group of Drs. But I do recognize that, for some reason, men enjoy this type of word play, so... I hereby give apologies to Dr. Hu for taking advantage of this situation...and please do start using your formal title even though you'll be mistaken for Dr. Who or because it sets off a round of "Who's on First!" Really! Have Fun With It! The men will not have nearly as much fun if you play it...
By Michael Murphey
Some might say a novel about Time Travel falls into the science fiction genre and this one--maybe even a thriller--after all there's people killing others... But, come on folks, let's be honest... this is pure Humor. In my opinion, no matter what the genre really is when you start talking about penis size as part of the work environment, well, it's very hard to consider a serious story line, don't you think? Nevertheless, I'll try to give you an overview...
In October, 2044, the Global Research Consortium in Arizona has begun to do major research on time study. Now the thrust of the "thriller" part is that this group wants to travel into the past for pure monetary gain. Well, surely, you guessed that right? Now this is supposed to be ultra top secret, but you know this world's occupants--that's an impossibility. So there were spies both inside and outside of the Laboratory. Key thing to remember is that anybody who commits to the project will be forced to sign a 5-year contract... Actually, it's a good thing there are spies there, because they make up the "good guys" in this thriller of cruel corporate espionage versus the scientific world...looking to gain more knowledge in physics to make the world better, of course...
It was the dogs that caused the underlying issues to start being questioned.
"So doesn't it bother you that they don't know why some of the dogs died?" Sheila Wilkerson whispered out of the side of her mouth while glancing up into the glowing lights above her.
"That...what?" Marshall Grissom had to replay Sheila's comment one time before he could muster the concentration to make sense of it. We should have practiced this naked was what he had been thinking. It was a mistake to let everybody keep their clothes on. The one time he'd suggested it, several of the female computer technicians had looked at him like he was the lowest bundle of perverse male hormonal scum on the planet. No one said anything, but the looks--and the barely suppressed snorts of disgust--were enough.
(That was, of course, back before the camaraderie of shared adventure had allowed everyone to loosen up and grow a sense of humor."
Because many of the animals that were first sent had died or not even come back, the scientists had begun to experiment as to the reason. Finally, they had concluded that it was anything that was being attached to the animals that was the problem--and I do mean anything...
Conclusion: Time Travelers would have to travel naked... As you can "plainly" see from the cover above, two women and one man was selected as the first team... Let me just mention, in case you can't tell from the cover--HA! One is a statuesque blond; one is a shorter dark-hair, but quite nicely built female who is also one of the spies (this is a good thing!)
The guy, one Marshall Grishom, is what you might call the main character...
Of Lots and lots of bets! Here's the thing, as Marshall quickly found out, they really should have practiced before they put them up on the platform! Marshall had a major problem, all he had to do was think, little on see, Sheila nude...
Well, everybody else was having similar reactions to Sheila, but they all had clothes on! So, it was inevitable, Marshall became the idol of all, because of his size, and soon bets were being made as to the speed of, you guessed it, erection... I guess that all comes with the boredom of being stuck in one place with a certain set of people, right?? Duh, right!
Now, because the bad guys were wanting to know more and be in on what was happening. BTW, even many of the employees were being kept from knowing what was happening, which was that, the reality of alternative universes was confirmed early on when Marta had not shown up at the same place that the other two had... This increased the issue of what their work could do to negatively affect the multiple universes and could result in loss of financial support which nobody wanted at that time...
So Frank was selected to join this group. Not because he wanted to, or because of his mental aptitude, but because they figured they could buy him off, which was true. On the other hand, Frank soon became quite uncomfortable in his new role! You see, he couldn't compete, in comparison with what had been discovered with Marshall (even though Frank had a much better body and had no problem with women, normally...)
And unless we forget about the overall story line, I wanted to let you know that, in the future, dead bodies can be much more easily disposed of...
Did you get all that? Don'g worry. Except for a handful of theoretical physics, nobody else does either.
So it turns out in order to go into the past, you must manipulate the bending of space-time so it overlaps itself to create a shortcut by which you can jump from one point in time to another without having to go the long way around. Now, that involves quantum mechanics, wormholes, black holes, white holes, exotic matter, dark matter, neutrinos, and a lot of other stuff that is pretty much pointless for the vast majority of us to get into.
Or, As Raul pointed out to his gang of Travelers when they been through one too many mind-numbing lectures from the scientists, "Guys, let's just nod a lot and say 'hmmm.' The reality is at some point, we have to trust the smart people."
I should also share that the story is written in the format of what it actually is--a scientific research activity that includes the appropriate scientists wanting to have more power, the fear of losing grant funds being paramount, and then the lowly technicians who actually have the brains and do the most thinking...In this case, enter Elvin...
Thank Goodness! He also spent time watching Sheila, but he had also begun watching the monitors of the machine and had picked up on little squiggles that seem to mean something...yes, I said "squiggles". Once he started watching these lines, he also began picking up what sounded like music--sound waves never die, even if the TV program no longer runs anywhere in any of the present universes... First he honed in on I Love Lucy, which of course still runs...and Bonanza...Star Trek... and many more. Soon Elvin had presented his findings to the top 3 scientific program leaders and quickly convinced them he was right... The various songs found could possibly be used to direct travel to specific locations. Cool, right? I know it's been done on at least one TV movie, but it was still funny here...
Except...Beware of the location where you go...
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| Marta was certainly not an unattractive woman. But Sheila... Clearly, nobody had accounted for Sheila Wilkerson in the nude. Throughout the training program, her beauty had been evident to everyone involved. She was tall, with the graceful posture of a dancer, or a matador. A slightly tomboyish face and a subtly blunted nose were all that might keep her off magazine covers. Her hair was styled for function, and not looks; sometimes raven, sometimes blond, sometime auburn, reflect of whim or mood. The aura of sexuality she cast was pervasive... ~~~ |
Of Lots and lots of bets! Here's the thing, as Marshall quickly found out, they really should have practiced before they put them up on the platform! Marshall had a major problem, all he had to do was think, little on see, Sheila nude...
Well, everybody else was having similar reactions to Sheila, but they all had clothes on! So, it was inevitable, Marshall became the idol of all, because of his size, and soon bets were being made as to the speed of, you guessed it, erection... I guess that all comes with the boredom of being stuck in one place with a certain set of people, right?? Duh, right!
Now, because the bad guys were wanting to know more and be in on what was happening. BTW, even many of the employees were being kept from knowing what was happening, which was that, the reality of alternative universes was confirmed early on when Marta had not shown up at the same place that the other two had... This increased the issue of what their work could do to negatively affect the multiple universes and could result in loss of financial support which nobody wanted at that time...
So Frank was selected to join this group. Not because he wanted to, or because of his mental aptitude, but because they figured they could buy him off, which was true. On the other hand, Frank soon became quite uncomfortable in his new role! You see, he couldn't compete, in comparison with what had been discovered with Marshall (even though Frank had a much better body and had no problem with women, normally...)
And unless we forget about the overall story line, I wanted to let you know that, in the future, dead bodies can be much more easily disposed of...
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Did you get all that? Don'g worry. Except for a handful of theoretical physics, nobody else does either.
So it turns out in order to go into the past, you must manipulate the bending of space-time so it overlaps itself to create a shortcut by which you can jump from one point in time to another without having to go the long way around. Now, that involves quantum mechanics, wormholes, black holes, white holes, exotic matter, dark matter, neutrinos, and a lot of other stuff that is pretty much pointless for the vast majority of us to get into.
Or, As Raul pointed out to his gang of Travelers when they been through one too many mind-numbing lectures from the scientists, "Guys, let's just nod a lot and say 'hmmm.' The reality is at some point, we have to trust the smart people."
I should also share that the story is written in the format of what it actually is--a scientific research activity that includes the appropriate scientists wanting to have more power, the fear of losing grant funds being paramount, and then the lowly technicians who actually have the brains and do the most thinking...In this case, enter Elvin...
Thank Goodness! He also spent time watching Sheila, but he had also begun watching the monitors of the machine and had picked up on little squiggles that seem to mean something...yes, I said "squiggles". Once he started watching these lines, he also began picking up what sounded like music--sound waves never die, even if the TV program no longer runs anywhere in any of the present universes... First he honed in on I Love Lucy, which of course still runs...and Bonanza...Star Trek... and many more. Soon Elvin had presented his findings to the top 3 scientific program leaders and quickly convinced them he was right... The various songs found could possibly be used to direct travel to specific locations. Cool, right? I know it's been done on at least one TV movie, but it was still funny here...
Except...Beware of the location where you go...
Yes, they do wear clothes in this universe, have their own language, but they just happened to be reptiles...
Did I tell you that when the Travelers go back in time, they "enter" the brain of their counterpart at that time or location? And, by the way, the future? Don't think about it... They're causing their own problems!
Fortunately, thanks mostly to Marta who I haven't talked about too much, except I will share she finally gets it on with...yes...
Marshall and they're going to work on their relationship, even if she... wears a gun...LOL
Well, I certainly have had fun putting this review together for you and finding just the right pictures to help you see what's this book is all about. It was an interesting break from the true scifi thrillers I get...and I'm not sure that the research is far along enough, at least as understood and presented by Michael Murphey, even though he does insert many technical explanatory notes--one caught my attention, something really, really weird about in the future the government forcing everybody to eat properly because all the gadgets created had allowed too many people to become couch potatoes... or something like that... you'll read them at your own risk if you're too scared to know more about the future--and your past... which cannot be changed completely, even if some of the tests postponed some of the events...
Now, it's your turn to have a fun time...I promise that even with all the sex, it's been handled in a humorous fashion and should not be offensive to most. Any actual scenes are milder than most of today's adult novels. So...with guidance...you may even consider it for older YAs... It's fun in an ornery kind of way... If that's your thing and you want to find out more about the research of time travel...you couldn't find a better example of the physics behind the naked time travelers and this cockamamie idea (I think that's the right word to choose)... Enjoy!
Check out background and interview....which gives an excellent overview of the book since I dwelt, happily, on the humorous part...
http://www.michaelmurpheyabouttime.com/
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