It has taken centuries to recognize that all humans possess certain unalienable rights. There will come a time when we have to consider whether others deserve those rights as well. That time will come on July 3, 1863.
When a stranger carrying a shiny, metallic valise steps aboard a train carrying Abraham Lincoln home from a two year stint in Congress, everyone stares, wondering about the stranger's odd clothing and strange footwear with the word Nike emblazoned on them.
When the strange man shows up in Lincoln's office at the White house 14 years later, still wearing the same clothes, carrying the same valise and looking not a day older, the president and his staff know something is odd.
But when Edwin Blair opens his valise and projects a 3D image of the Earth on Lincoln's wall, then proceeds to tell a fanciful tale about time traveling aliens preparing to land at Gettysburg on July 3rd, they are sure they've met a lunatic.
Unfortunately for them, they're wrong.
A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor, is the first book in a new science fiction series that follows the adventures of Edwin Blair and the aliens known as Pests as they chase each other through all the centuries of Earth's past.
Robert G. Pielke, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, now lives in Claremont, California. He earned a B.A. in History at the University of Maryland, an M. Div. in Systematic Theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and a Ph.D. in Social Ethics from the Claremont Graduate School.
He taught on ground and online for countless years at George Mason University in Virginia, El Camino College in California and online for the University of Phoenix. Now happily retired from “the job,” he is doing what he always wanted to do since he wrote his first novel at ten in elementary school. It was one paragraph, three pages long and, although he didn’t know it at the time, it was alternate history.
His academic writings have been in the area of ethics, including a boring academic treatise called Critiquing Moral Arguments, logic, and popular culture. Included in the latter is an analysis of rock music entitled You Say You Want a Revolution: Rock Music in American Culture. He has also published short stories, feature articles, film and restaurant reviews. His novels include a savagely satirical novel on America and its foibles, proclivities and propensities, Hitler the Cat Goes West, and an alternate history, science fiction novel, The Mission.
Most recently, he has updated and revised his book on rock music, which is being republished by McFarland & Co.
He swims daily, skis occasionally, cooks as an avocation, watches innumerable movies, collects rock and roll concert films, is an avid devotee of Maryland crabs and maintains a rarely visited blog filled with his social and political ravings. His favorite film is the original Hairspray; his favorite song is “A Day in the Life”; his favorite pizza is from the original Ledo Restaurant in College Park, MD; and he is a firm believer in the efficacy of “sex, drugs and rock and roll.” Somehow his family and friends put up with him.
Blog Tour web site:
http://anewbirthoffreedom-
Robert G. Pielke's web site:
http://www.robertgpielke.com/
Robert G. Pielke's blog:
http://www.bobpielke.com/
Robert G. Pielke's Facebook:
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Altered Dimensions Press web site:
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My Take on the Book
This book is an amazing mixture of fiction, history and science fiction. The book is easy to read and I found Pielke's writing style to be warm, and engaging and fascinating.
Overall I found this book to be amazing. I found that I simply had to continue reading and that I could not turn the pages fast enough. I am not the fastest reader, but I got through this book in only a short period of time because I didn't want to put it down. What I was most amazed with was the historical fact that the book was based upon! I believe that by knowing this I was much better able to appreciate the book and what the author was sharing within it. While the book does not rely only on fact (it does have a science fiction undertone) the book was great and one that I would recommend to all!
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Thanks!! It means a lot to any writer to create something that others enjoy. I hope that you'll give book two in the trilogy a read as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dad of Divas, I'm so glad that you enjoyed Bob's book, and stay tuned the second installment of the trilogy is coming soon.
ReplyDeleteFor all those interested in following the book's blog tour, please visit http://anewbirthoffreedom-thevisitor.blogspot.com/