![]() The subject of predestination, as an article of Christian faith, ruled my life. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Noun (as a doctrine in Christian theology) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. Heinlein.Ī short fantasy fiction entitled, “All You Zombies.” What is predestination? "Learner's definition of PREDESTINATION: the belief that everything that will happen has already been decided by God or fate and cannot be changed" Merriam Webster, anEnglish Language Learners Dictionary I think this is it.” After watching for another ten minutes, he paused the movie to explain that the story and characters came from Robert A. ![]() Back then, I thought it was the best short story I had ever read. How could I not read the original story after watching the movie version entitled, Predestination?Īs we watched the first fifteen minutes of Predestination (streaming on Netflix), my friend related, “Oh, I read this story as a teen. ![]() Thus opens a famous fantasy story by Robert A. ![]() “I’m going to tell you the strangest story you ever heard.” ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments All These Lives by Sarah Wylie![]() Rough around the edges, and with plenty of flaws of her own, Dani is a very multifaceted, fully fleshed out character. ![]() ![]() Aware that her view on having multiple lives is abnormal, but with a steady belief and reasons for why she believes it so firmly, Dani is far from crazy yet playing in dangerous territory all the same. ![]() Willing to do anything for her sister, and unable to always stay strong in the face of what her family is enduring, there is a gutting authenticity to Dani that is astounding in scope. Smoothly written and perfectly built, All These Lives is a stunning and breathtaking novel.ĭani is a firecracker in her own right, filled with life and a bold determination despite the hurt she constantly endures about her twin sister’s illness. With a protagonist who is a perfect mix of reckless and worried, and who will steal reader hearts from the start, this one is filled with voice and emotion. Maybe she really only ever hadĪffecting, engrossing and beautiful, All These Lives is a novel of pain, heartbreak, and moving forward. But just when Dani finds herselfĪt the breaking point, she’s faced with a startling realization. Released into the universe and someone who wants to live more than sheĭoes will get one. And Jena is wasting away.ĭani sets out to rid herself of all her extra lives. Her mother is trying to hold it together and She has cancer and might not even be able to keep her one life.ĭani’s father is in denial. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Joe hill the fireman review![]() ![]() ![]() It’s like something you might find in a George RR Martin novel (the marks are reminiscent of greyscale in A Song of Ice and Fire) crossed with spontaneous human combustion. At first the sickness causes the victims’ skin to be covered with an ashen, patterned mark, not unlike a tattoo eventually, they explode. It’s the story of nurse Harper Grayson, who watches as the world becomes overrun by a disease known as dragonscale. His new novel, The Fireman, seems at first to be playing in the same sandbox. Over the past few years, he has carved out a furrow of his own, packed with haunted rock stars ( A Heart-shaped Box), demonic possession ( Horns) and strange soul-vampires who drive evil cars ( N0S-4R2). The horror writers who are flourishing have moved away from the more generic creepy-slasher narratives a lot of the old guard fell prey to. ![]() The genre simply isn’t the powerhouse it once was, having been supplanted in public consciousness by the modern thriller: just as taut, just as nasty, but with a slightly more commercial, less overtly supernatural edge. ![]() |