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Book 1 Anecdotes of a Zero (and an escape from a harsh reality) by Cliff Dale was released in May 2020.
PRINTED ISBN: 978-84-09-19930-3
KINDLE ASIN: B089FLYCG4
It was a harsh place, one in which he had to make harsh decisions, not for himself, but for the Target,
the Rogues of the Sector, and the anecdotes he used, they were to show he was open to offers himself.
He had to find the 5 W's, they were the what,
when,
where,
why,
and, of course, the who.
Now, there was an added distraction, and possibly, a 6th W, one he had been considering for a while,
all he had to do was find a way of using it without joining the Rogues on a one way trip to the Wastelands.
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The Anecdotes series are a collection of short stories (anecdotes) told by a particular character who relates their own past experiences of the job to work colleagues.
Sometimes there is an element of truth, quite often, there are blatent lies, and there is always some form of subterfuge going on, the anecdotes are a means to an end.
Book 1 - Anecdotes of a Zero - May 2020
Book 2 - Anecdotes of an X-Ray - possibly 2024
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The Annecdotes of a Zero (and an escape from a harsh reality) is the story of one man coming to terms with his life, his vocation,
his whole reason for being. This life is all he has ever known, what he has become is all he has ever been, all he will ever be, or is it?
He questions why he does what he does, is there a point to it any more, is there another option or is he destined to remain as he is?
Is it possible he can escape from this harsh reality he realises he is now part of?
Is he perhaps not what he thought he was, is there more?
This was a story line first pitched to me by my son, Phil, we share an fascination for the obscure and the unreal and can easily find ourselves immersed in it,
we seem to find a (warped?) pleasure in the dark worlds that much of science fiction suggests we are heading for.
Anyway, long story short, I went a little off track from his way of thinking the story was going to go, and so it became Anecdotes of a Zero,
his story will be closer to the second book, Anecdotes of an X-Ray.
The images on the book cover are Phil's artwork, as it has been on previously issued books (and those to come),
a combination of my visions and his skills with a digital paintbrush (and a real one too!)
London born in the 60s and moved near to Bristol in the summer of '69, there I can recall seeing the grainy black and white images of the first moon landing as it happened, it was an exciting time of discovery.
I was already an avid reader of Science Fiction by then and brought up with the excellent BBC TV series Doctor Who,
I can vividly remember watching it in black and white in the mid-'60s, (and hiding from the Cybermen behind the sofa!), and then,
reinforcing the Sci-Fi adventure with other TV series in the '70s and '80s with the likes of Blakes Seven, Quatermass, Day of the Triffids and more.
School life was good, college followed and work, family arrived and grew up, and in between I started writing a book, that book ended up being published some 40 years later, Orbiter One, At Worlds End started life in the late 70's.
I have written a few more since then, and published them, there are more to do.
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Orbiter One is a series of books that deals with the aftermath of an extinction event, and the story of those that try to journey beyond it.
The Anecdotes series are a collection of short stories (anecdotes) told by a particular character who relates their own past experiences of the job to work colleagues. Sometimes there is an element of truth, quite often they are blatent lies, and there is always some form of subterfuge going on, the anecdotes are a means to an end.
Capsaa is a series of books set on and around the (fictional) planet of Capsaa, it is to be found just off the equitorial plane of our own solar system, around the edges of the constallation of Apparatus Sculptoris, the Sculptors Studio, this place does exist.
Breaking News is the title of a story created during the CoVid19 outbreak of 2020
and is the first independant story to be published (i.e. one without a follow on story),
though it does have some relevance to the story line in my first book, At Worlds End (in the Orbiter One Series),
and there is a possible second story, though it is not quite a direct follow on .... maybe.
The Kindle version was available from 7th of July 2020, and the printed version from the 9th.
Earning the Spurs is the title of the second independant story to be published, set on a mining planet,
it follows the fortunes of a miner and his new business partner on the rough world of Getone and its moons and the rapid changes that surprise them both.
The Kindle version was available from 29th of April 2023, and the printed version from the 30th.