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Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure

by Duane Simolke

Degrannon - Duane Simolke
Part of the Taldra series:
Editions:ePub - Revised, 20th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 1100071953
Pages: 188

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Revised twentieth anniversary edition.

In an alternate reality, Earth is the planet Valchondria. No illness exists, gay marriage is legal, and everyone is a person of color. The Iroquois constitution provided the model for a one-world government, partially led by scientists.

However, a group called “the Maintainers” carefully monitors everyone’s speech, actions, and weight. Long ago, the Maintainers provoked a shut-down of the space program, causing scientific advancement to decay.

The Iroquois scientist Taldra sees her twin gay sons as the hope for Valchondria's future, but one of them becomes entangled in the cult of Degranon, while the other becomes stranded on the other side of a doorway through time. Can they find their way home and help Taldra save their world?

Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award.

“A must read.” —Joe Wright, StoneWall Society.

“A thought provoking and fun sci-fi read.” —Blogger Girls.

Degranon and its sequel Sons of Taldra are also available together as the eBook Taldra: Science Fiction Adventures.

 

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Tropes: Dystopian Governments, Time Travel
Word Count: 70572
Setting: Alternate reality
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Dystopian Governments, Time Travel
Word Count: 70572
Setting: Alternate reality
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:

His green eyes bulging in his round, red face, Tquil dashed onto the stage as Dr. Hudza stepped down. He shouted into the sound-amplifying pores of the podium: “Go home to the safety of your wallscreens. This is the sort of anti-glory that I warn about in my new computer chip, The Video of Values. If you care about your children, you’ll hover to the mall now and buy a copy, before these dangerous perverts tear asunder the very fabric of Valchondrian society.”

About the Author

Duane Simolke wrote The Acorn Stories, Degranon, Sons of Taldra, Holding Me Together, Selected Poems, and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He also co-wrote The Return of Innocence and The Acorn Gathering: Writers Uniting Against Cancer. Three of his books received StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Awards, one received a Readers’ Favorite Silver Award, and one received an AllBooks Reviewers Choice Award. His writing appeared in nightFire, Mesquite, Caprock Sun, Midwest Poetry Review, International Journal on World Peace, and many other publications.