Close
Close
Advanced Search

Fear and Courage: Fourteen Writers Explore Sime~GenClick to magnify
Quick Preview
/gs_flipbook/flip.php?xml=/demo_xml/163722.xml&w=500&h=386
Full‑size Preview
https://watermark.drivethrufiction.com/pdf_previews/163722-sample.pdf

Fear and Courage: Fourteen Writers Explore Sime~Gen

ADD TO WISHLIST >

Welcome to the first Sime~Gen Anthology written by the fans. This Anthology is a compilation of stories and poetry written by people who have been influenced by the published works of Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, in such a powerful way that they felt compelled to explore this universe in their own writing. Here are:

  • Forewords, by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah
  • "Moonlight Sonata," by Mary Lou Mendum
  • "A Mother's Choice," by Donna Fernstrom
  • "Obsession," by Eliza Leahy
  • "How Far Must I Go?", by William Long
  • "A Journey Into Demonland," by Mary Lou Mendum and M. Alexis Pakulak
  • "The Legend of the Creeping Need," by Zoe Farris
  • "Be Not Afraid," by Marjorie Robbins
  • "Running on Selyn Alone," by D.H. Aire
  • "Blood Taint," by Katherine X. Rylien
  • "More Than Meets the Eye," by R. K. Hageman
  • "The Box," by Laurie Pollack
  • "Prelude and Fugue in Four Choices," by Mary Lou Mendum
  • "Shadows," by Zoe Farris
  • "Vincent of the Gate," by R. K. Hageman
  • "Destiny," by N. Eileen O'Neill
  • "Three Milestones in the Founding of Cordona Territory," by Mary Lou Mendum
  • "A Short Life," by Eliza ambrov Halwyn
  • "Controller's Dilemma," by Marjorie Robbins and K. L. Schaefer
  • "The Gift of Alauno Light," by Andrea Alton

What is Sime~Gen? For those of you who are reading this book without previous experience of this expansive universe here is a brief introduction:

Sime~Gen is a series of novels written by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah. It is set in a future where humans have mutated into two subspecies. Simes, who go through a brief but dramatic change at puberty and Gens, whose change, while just as dramatic, is invisible to the naked eye.

The outward sign of the Simes' change is development of tentacles on their forearms, four strong and flexible "handling" tentacles and two smaller tentacles just for selyn transfer, called "laterals." Gens produce life energy called "selyn" which Simes require once a month to live. Unfortunately, the result in obtaining this energy is usually the death of the Gen.

This physical transformation happens just prior to puberty. There is no way of knowing, before that, if a person will be Sime or Gen.

At the chronological beginning of the published novels by Jacqueline, and Jean, a second mutation of Sime emerges. These "channels" are able to keep Simes from Killing Gens, thus saving mankind from self-annihilation. The stories that you find here, and the published books by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, explore the role of these new Simes, and the Gens who live side by side with them as humankind struggles to become one again.

This volume was edited by Zoe Farris and Karen L. MacLeod

Note: This digital edition includes the PDF, EPUB and MOBI (Kindle) versions of the book.


Weird Works

pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
Reviews (0)
Discussions (0)
Narrow Results
$ to $
 Follow Your Favorites!
NotificationsSign in to get custom notifications of new products!







Product Information
Pages
345
ISBN
9781479407231
File Size:
9.61 MB
Format
Original electronic Click for more information
Scanned image
These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.

For PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.

For printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. Moiré patterns may develop in photos. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive.
pixel_trans.gif
Original electronic format
These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.
File Last Updated:
October 27, 2015
This title was added to our catalog on November 13, 2015.