NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Science fiction fans are ecstatic as author Richard Michael spins ten out-of-this-world short stories with the release through leading self-publishing services provider Xlibris of his new novel, New Terra and Beyond.
Gripping and entertaining, this anthology includes superbly-written tales to fascinate the imaginative mind. The first tale, Odysseus, Inc., is the flagship tale and the nine that follow are sequels. Michael's rich characters tell their own stories, and if they really existed, they would be folks that readers could learn from. These interesting characters are loyal to each other and they even have an old-fashioned family with religious and patriotic values -- this, in a world where technology exists for people to instantly reach multitudes of earthlike planets, build civilizations, and increase and multiply exponentially.
"I hope we can raise future generations like the people in New Terra and Beyond, and I also hope readers will enjoy reading these tales as much as I enjoyed dreaming them," Michael says.
Readers are in for a wild ride as they delve into the utterly pristine and strange New Terra and Beyond. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Richard Michael grew up in Connecticut and was inspired by such heroic fiction heroes as Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, Commander Buzz Corry of the Space Patrol, and Dantro the Planet Man, and years later, Capt. James T. Kirk of Star Trek. Having retired after thirty-three years as a civil service employee with the State of Connecticut Dept. of Social Services, these ancient inspirations have reasserted themselves, along with dreams of what the future could potentially become: A field of endless opportunity for the progress of Mankind.
New Terra and Beyond * by Richard Michael
The Expanding Human Universe
Publication Date: September 19, 2009
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 532 pages; 978-1-4415-6271-5
Trade Hardback; $34.99; 532 pages; 978-1-4415-6272-2
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