No news.
Doesn't mean it's bad news.
I checked with the prospective agent. It turns out his/her (not sure, unisex first name) is a bit overloaded. At his/her request, I'll check back in a couple of weeks.
Like I said, this is the hardest part.
So for now, I'll tell a bit about the last book I read. State of Fear, by Michael Crichton. The thing I like about MC's books is I learn something. He writes fiction based on his research, and this book is no different. The main theme is
**** Spoiler warning ******
to debunk the idea that global warming is an impending scourge to the planet. Some people, as is the case with almost any thesis, love to argue the points with scientific articles, graphs, and any other references they can find. But nevertheless, I found the book entertaining as usual. Plus, the 14-15 page bibliography and multitude of footnotes made a pretty good argument for me.
I'm not sure I believe in the threat of global warming, but I'm also not sure it's a nonissue. I think the book's point was to try to draw attention to the possibility of problems, but not to go and build yourself an underground bunker any time soon.
As with most of the latest MC books I read, it seemed written with the purpose of a future movie. Timeline was the same way. Is that bad? Nah. Works for him. A wise high school teacher once told me, "Nothing succeeds like success."
I checked with the prospective agent. It turns out his/her (not sure, unisex first name) is a bit overloaded. At his/her request, I'll check back in a couple of weeks.
Like I said, this is the hardest part.
So for now, I'll tell a bit about the last book I read. State of Fear, by Michael Crichton. The thing I like about MC's books is I learn something. He writes fiction based on his research, and this book is no different. The main theme is
**** Spoiler warning ******
to debunk the idea that global warming is an impending scourge to the planet. Some people, as is the case with almost any thesis, love to argue the points with scientific articles, graphs, and any other references they can find. But nevertheless, I found the book entertaining as usual. Plus, the 14-15 page bibliography and multitude of footnotes made a pretty good argument for me.
I'm not sure I believe in the threat of global warming, but I'm also not sure it's a nonissue. I think the book's point was to try to draw attention to the possibility of problems, but not to go and build yourself an underground bunker any time soon.
As with most of the latest MC books I read, it seemed written with the purpose of a future movie. Timeline was the same way. Is that bad? Nah. Works for him. A wise high school teacher once told me, "Nothing succeeds like success."
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