Thanks for the praise, Richard! It means a lot! I also bought the book after returning the audiobook to the library. That’s a great idea about typing his chapters. I may try that myself.

I will take a look at A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt. Thanks for the heads up on that.

I’ll suggest another audio book that I think is just as engrossing as this one, also time travel: A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt. The narrator is superb. You might want to check it out.

Absolutely! Fan films rock!

Great comment!. It is truly a wonderful game.

Mass effect enters your life as a fun time killer. It exits as a long journey, winding to an end, that has changed you; for better or worse.

Yup – has to be one of my most bonehead gaming moves ever!

Great story. It is amazing how the ME characters live on in our hearts and minds. I remember the time I sided with Legion and Tali died. I literally could not sleep the entire night and honestly thought about her and her passing as if she was a real person. The game really makes you care about the characters in a way no other game has done for me.

I wrote a short Mass Effect fanfic once. Here it is: https://loschaos.com/ashley-williams-battle-for-london-mass-effect-3/

I also wrote several fanfiction stories to get over it. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7932998/1/An-Earth-Left-to-Save is one of the stories.

I will need to check that out!

I both agree and disagree with you. Can I have it both ways? Five thousand years is indeed a considerable amount of time to pass between part two and three. However, I found it fascinating to see the results of the selective genetic reconstruction of the human race and get a glimpse into the society and habitations created after abandoning Earth. And besides, as I mentioned in my review, I was having such a fun time reading the book I wanted to stay in that universe awhile longer and enjoy the view. I also found it interesting to get a glimpse into a society living so close to the stories of its own creation – but yeah – five thousand years is a huge leap between sections. What I want to know is what happens to the splinter group that lights out for Mars? That could be a book in itself.

Happy Holidays!

Indeed! Hope you are having a great holiday season.

Thanks, Otto! It was fun to write. I know the review has a rather serious tone. Decided to do it that way because after I finished the novel that was the feeling I was left with. That is, I could not help but feel that it was an extremely fun book that did a bang-up job of hiding a pretty crappy dystopian existence. I am planning a lighter post on the novel featuring the aspects of the novel that were indeed fun – the music, the quests, that sort of thing.

Totally. Any story that ends up with a dude climbing into a tank that serves as some giant’s head has my attention!

It might be a long wait as the lawsuit has halted production. I have not heard any news that the film is on again. Interestingly enough they did release a trailer that’s rather cool: https://youtu.be/Np_PVbW6y64 I also have not heard if “Underland – The Last Surfacer” will be fleshed out to a full-length movie.

Thanks! I hope you are having a great holiday weekend.