Small Beginnings
Pages: 65
|Published: 14 Nov 2019
Description
What do you do when trouble comes knocking and everyone else is out? When your very existence is treason, employment opportunities are thin on the ground. But when one of the biggest crime lords in the city makes The Pan of Hamgee a job offer he can’t refuse, it’s hard to tell what the dumbest move accepting the offer or saying no to Big Merv. Neither will do much for The Pan’s life expectancy. Small Beginnings is written in British English and is the first in a series, although it can be read as a stand alone story. Estimated UK film rating of this book U (universal) or G (general)This is a humorous science fiction fantasy story set in a parallel reality. Small Beginnings is the first book in the Hamgeen Misfit, dystopian humorous science fiction series. It is set in a contemporary dystopia, in a parallel reality but there is futuristic technology. There is an overall story arc to the series, but these stories are written to be stand alone and can be read in any order. INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORQ – What made you write this series? A – There's a saying, somewhere, that if the book you want to read hasn't been written, you must write it. If you want the honest answer I wrote it for me. As a reader, I have always loved British satire and humor or humour. I love funny; funny epic fantasy novels like the Discworld series and comedic sci fi like Douglas Adams. I like light fun reads, especially sci fi and fantasy, but I also like a little dystopian angst and a gripping tale in the time honoured tradition of adventure and action fiction. I love misfit characters, the weirder and more colourful the better. And of course, I like genre fiction mashups; Douglas Adams meets StarTrek meets Doctor Who meets Terry Pratchett and James Bond. . . with some Python thrown in. I wanted weird alien races, flying cars, car chases, static powered laser guns. . . you get the picture. They aren't there, so I've made it my goal to write them. You won't find standard mythic creatures in my science fantasy - I couldn't face the deluge of emails I'd inevitably get from those who knew more about them than I do, telling me I'd got them wrong. And also, because I thought the whole point of fantasy was to make up new stories, not write about stories and characters that already exist. Surely that's mythical/religious fan fiction rather than fantasy isn't it? Anyway, you will find all sorts of quirky characters and interesting, new alien species. From six feet Swamp Things with antennae to cute furry creatures like the Blurpons, with their fluffy ears, big button eyes and penchant for extreme violence. Q – What will readers enjoy most about this series? A – Hopefully, the same things as I the world building, the characterisation, what, I hope, is pithy, witty dialogue (or dialog) and of course, characters who are flawed and stuff up, and are not beautiful; misfits, ne’r do wells etc. There's not one skinny woman in a leather jumpsuit anywhere in this series. I like writing characters who have zero combat skills, putting them in a situation where they could really do with knowing how to fight and seeing how they cope with nothing but their wits - I'm mean like that. Oh and of course the snurds. You've gotta love a flying car, right?
