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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Gazeon. A gaseous planet far from Earth, but whose bubble-like, intelligent inhabitants are working to contact other planets and civilizations. They have no permanent edifices, yet they live and work in ways not unlike our own. There are births, deaths, marriages, divorces, sports, restaurants, and institutions of higher education and research. There are also personalities of every stripe and problems similar to ours here on Earth, including drug addiction and its disastrous effects. The Gazeon characters have marvelous names that always reflect something of their essence. Strong-Presence, Dr. Mind-Storm, Harmony-Lights, and Dark-Lights are just a few of the most prominent beings involved in the Other Worlds Contact Project. Earth. Rural Missouri in the 1920s. The boy Ezekiel Isacks, or Zeke, is contacted in a subtle and mysterious way by Strong-Presence, who has been sent to attempt to bond with him. Strong is tenuously anchored to his home world by what they call the silver cord. From that moment on, the formerly ordinary child is overtaken by a desire to "learn everything." In the military, he becomes a doctor. He marries the beautiful Lila, and they have two daughters. In the story that follows, the lives of the scientists on Gazeon are roiled by frustration and fear that they can never get Strong-Presence back. Is he in fact hopelessly, permanently tied to Zeke? In addition, serious personal problems beset many of the Gazeons. On Earth, people age much faster than the Gazeons do, and at last Dr. Isacks is an old man with dementia and a wife with her own mental problems. The most pressing question for the Gazeon scientists is this: What will happen to Strong-Presence if Zeke dies before they can be uncoupled? We find the answer in an ending of immense beauty, tenderness, and hope. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Except for the talking turtle, the author's 2022 novel, Merlyn the Magic Turtle: A Story of Love and Justice, was entirely realistic. By contrast, this volume of stories and poems is based firmly in fantasy. Talking animals and insects, numerous gnomes, and even talking vegetables are among the many colorful characters. Mother Earth gets psychiatric advice, there is a time-traveling sailing ship, and a trickster is tricked. "Antigravity in the Graveyard," by far the longest story, features a nerdy physics professor and his pretentious nemesis, the dean of the department. The latter gets his comeuppance, as it were, in a most appropriate way. Jewish mothers figure prominently: sometimes cooking, often criticizing or complaining, but always loving and loved. One man's mother even proves that clothes do make the man-or in this case, the woman, one with super powers and devastating culinary skills. The author is an avid gardener, and vegetable gardens are featured in many of the stories. Granted, the non-human characters in those spaces are far from realistic. Among them are a flying deer, a bargaining ant, and even a talking beet. But all are described in such loving detail that the reader can almost imagine that they did indeed appear to the author. So, for at least a little while, slip the bonds of everyday life and let yourself be transported to these many scenes of adventure: most of them humorous, a few of them melancholy, and all of them brilliantly imaginative. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…