19/03/2024
Friends, Family, Fellow Humans: 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓! All editions of the book are available now. This has been a labor of love for many years, to say the least. I'm thrilled that, like its protagonists, the book is finally heading out into the great unknown.
Like a centuries-long mission to launch zygotes off to distant exoplanets to carry on this great legacy of humanity, this book launch will take a true group effort if it's going to succeed. To gain momentum and exposure to a wider audience, a book launch needs as many orders in the first few days of release as it can get – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
In truth, I am deeply uncomfortable with the implications of this request, in a time when so many need so many important things. But this work is so much more than "just a science fiction book" to me. A quote from "The Afterword (for Afterwards)" says it nicely:
"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯-𝘵𝘰-𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 — 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 – 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴."
And so, if you like thought-provoking science fiction, if you believe that we can still make a better future, or if you just want to help me gain a little momentum in getting these ideas out into the world – do me an enormous favor and 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞-𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. And then, maybe, recruit a few friends to do the same. And because that is a big ask of all my friends, family, and fellow humans – honestly, from the bottom of my heart – THANK YOU!
"With love, absurdity, and ever-fragile optimism..."
– AJC
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