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Lyon's Legacy: Catalyst Chronicles, Book One (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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Sometimes being a geneticist isn’t enough to understand your family....

Joanna Lyon, descendant of the legendary TwenCen musician Sean Lyon, would rather study genes than play a guitar. Resentful being overshadowed by her famous ancestor, she hopes to establish her own identity as a scientist. Standing in her way is Uncle Jack, who controls the family fortune and insists the entire family go into music. When a wormhole opens to an alternate universe where Sean is still alive, Jack seizes the opportunity to have him cloned and hires Joanna to steal the DNA. Joanna knows that Sean will be murdered and his clone exploited. To save them, she will have to come to terms with her heritage, face her immediate family in her home universe, and take on a role she never expected to play, a role that could block her from her dreams.

A novella of about 36,000 words.
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    Catalyst Chronicles
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    136 pagine
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    Inglese
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  5. Data di pubblicazione
    5 ottobre 2011
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Sandra Ulbrich Almazan started reading at the age of three and only stops when absolutely required to. Although she hasn't been writing quite that long, she did compose a very simple play in German during middle school. Her science fiction novella Move Over Ms. L. (an early version of Lyon's Legacy) earned an Honorable Mention in the 2001 UPC Science Fiction Awards, and her short story "A Reptile at the Reunion" was published in the anthology Firestorm of Dragons. She is a founding member of BroadUniverse and a long-time member of the Online Writing Workshop for Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. Her undergraduate degree is in molecular biology/English, and she has a Master of Technical and Scientific Communication degree. Her current day job is in the laboratory of an enzyme company; she's also been a technical writer and a part-time copyeditor for a local newspaper. Some of her other accomplishments are losing on Jeopardy! and taking a stuffed orca to three continents. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband, Eugene; and son, Alex. In her rare moments of free time, she enjoys crocheting, listening to classic rock (particularly the Beatles), and watching improv comedy.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005T82Z0G
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Solar Unicorn Publishing (5 ottobre 2011)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 703 KB
  • Utilizzo simultaneo di dispositivi ‏ : ‎ illimitato
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Non abilitato
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 136 pagine
  • Recensioni dei clienti:
    3,8 su 5 stelle 39

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Briane F. Pagel Jr.
5,0 su 5 stelle This book deserves a place on a sci-fi lover's shelf.
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 1 novembre 2011
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I recently read Lyon's Legacy and loved it. Almazan's mixture of real (seeming?) science, science-fiction, and family dynamics plays out extremely well, and the story remains relatable while never becoming predictable, which is to say that every time I thought "Oh, I bet this happens," it didn't and something even better happened. The characters are believable and well-written and the story manages that delicate balance of description and action; it's neither Vonnegut-esquely sparse nor John Irving-ishly overwhelming in detail.

I don't read quickly, but the book isn't a long one and it drew me back to it each night to find out what happened next.

Among the most interesting things Almazan does in this book is the character of Sean Lyon himself; for the first 1/3 of the book or so, Sean is simply someone everyone mentions, with varying degrees of reverence or anger, and he becomes and outsized notion, so when Almazan actually brings Sean into the story, it could have been disastrous, but Sean was one of my favorite characters in the book, which speaks of the skill Almazan displays.

Lyon's Legacy is a must-read for anyone who wants a brisk but compelling story that manages to center a family story amidst the wonder of science.

(Read an interview with the author here: [...])
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Toinette
3,0 su 5 stelle Curious to see how this ends.
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 26 novembre 2021
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I like time travel, but this short book is not what I was expecting. I found the unique premise of the story intriguing. While I didn't love the book I enjoyed it enough to get the next one just to see how this all ends. While this is shorter than the average novel, it's long enough that it doesn't feel underdeveloped, though I do have unanswered questions, but that's part of the fun.

I liked the main character by the end of the book but it was a slow build. She is not an unlikeable character but for most of the story her efforts to be overlooked by those who might recognize her works on the reader as well. She's not very memorable for the longest time. This character, which I feel is meant to be a strong female lead, has some issues. I still think she's worthy to carry this story, but her flaws are a bit problematic. She has anger issues but it seems a bit misplaced at times. Then when she meets a wonderful guy, she almost loses him by holding on to her family issues. If you are really into drama, which I'm not, this story will be perfect for you. Still, a little drama is necessary to keep the story going.

The science and the medical aspects of the story fit in well and grounded the story to keep it from feeling too far-fetched. As with many sci-fi tales, there are several moral dilemmas the characters and readers are faced with. Time travel and the rules that come with that and the notion of how and or when to use cloning tech are big themes that help to balance out the drama of the story.

There's also a musical component that I feel added originality to the story. If you really like music it might be enough to pull you in, but not if you're only a casual music fan.

Not sure this is for everyone, but since I enjoyed it, surely others will too.

Recommended to fans of anything time-travel, science fiction with moral dilemmas, and those interested in genetics.
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S. Dennis
5,0 su 5 stelle What a delightful trip! A Spunky Heroine with Lots of Attitude
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 12 agosto 2013
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Almazan's quirky voice creates a layered world of music, biotech, smart-ads, wormholes, and parallel universes with the finesse of a supreme world-builder.

She's as original as are her three-dimensional characters--I guess fourth-dimensional in Joanna's case.

Joanna, a biotech worker, is coerced by an evil uncle to travel through a wormhole from her future back to an alternate 1950s to steal some DNA from dear old great-granddad, an Elvis-like superstar--in order to clone him.

Of the fifties, Joanna says: "Never mind the ozone layer; the hairspray was thick enough to create holes in my lungs."

Another example of Almazan's quirky voice: Trying to wear heels, out of fashion in her future, Joanna falls in the cafeteria with the following results:

"What food I wasn't wearing was completely inedible, and George's flower was floating in the soup. The front of my dress was sopping wet, a carrot had wormed its way into my bra, and ranch-flavored lettuce was clinging to my face."

Upon meeting her great-grandfather, he tells her that some things, like dreams, transcend history. If Almazan is dreaming of being a best-selling writer, I believe that is a dream that can and will transcend any history as well.
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Susie Anderson
3,0 su 5 stelle I don't usually go for sci-fi but this is good
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 29 ottobre 2014
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I don't usually go for sci-fi but this is good and has peeked my interest. I have already ordered the next two of these Catalyst Chronicles.
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5,0 su 5 stelle Very well written, kept me reading until it ended.
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 23 giugno 2014
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Not what I usually read but decided to try it for a friend. The story line had me start and finish the book in one sitting and the characters were believable and draw you in, now I need to read the others in order to find out what happens.
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