Noah K. Mullette-Gillman

The Universe is endless and it may be impossible to explore it all. In the far distant future we have used technology to build a space ship that is really more like a planet. We have made clones of some of the greatest artists, scientists, musicians and world leaders that the universe has ever known. Their not completely sure what their mission is but they plan to explore the universe and see what’s out there. This description is just a very short summary of what Farther Than We Dreamed by Noah K Mullette-Gillman is about. The story will have 13 episodes and tell the story of the crew of the USS Shamballa. There has been a book that contains the first 4 episodes of the story and recently I read the fifth volume in the series called Gold.

In Noah K Mullette-Gillman’s Gold Charlie Daemon and the crew of the USS Shambala have arrived on the planet Tertius 17, which has an average temperature of -30 to -60 degrees. The ship’s geologist Veronika Zavada said the planet has gold and their ship has a limited supply. They go to the planet’s surface and find a race of creatures that they didn’t know about and other strange elements that have not been previously discovered.

Gold is a small part of a much bigger story and its everything that good Science Fiction should be. In this book we discover a new planet and see a race of giant turtle like creatures that have a whole eco-system living in their shadow. We also learn about the geft machine, a device that can build any non-organic item. The geft machine can build cities and palaces and has effected society both positively and negatively. What I liked about the geft machine was that it reminded me of 3d printers that are starting to get used and I wondered if in the future if we might have a machine that can build a palace to live in. Though with progress comes sacrifice and the author makes some good points about how getting everything we desire might have a negative effect on the universe. If you could have everything you wanted given to you would you appreciate it? And how would the world around you be effected?

I have to say that I love the concept for this whole series. Each episode looks at something that has happened in one of the character’s past, but the interesting thing is that the character in the present is a clone of that character from the past and doesn’t remember all the details of their past. Episode 5 gets into Charlie Daemon and Kalligeneia’s past and we learn how their pasts have effected the current versions of the characters.

Noah K. Mullette-Gillman has created a vast and complex universe in the Farther Than We Dreamed series. There are a lot of interesting characters with complicated pasts and several concepts here that I would have never dreamed of. What I’ve read of this series is excellent and I hope Noah starts getting a lot more attention for his writing, this is a series that fans of Science Fiction should consider a must read.… (más)

The universe is endless and even in the future there is a lot we don’t understand about it. In the future, Earth has had a war with machines, started a new race of people on Mars and we have the ability to grow new body parts and become half cyborg. So much has changed, but a few things have stayed the same.

Farther Than We Dreamed: The Secrets Of The Universe by Noah K. Mullette-Gillman is an ambitious book. Noah creates his own futuristic mythology and there are some original ideas in here that I haven’t heard of in other Science Fiction books. The characters are interesting, the story is good but what kept me reading was Noah’s vision of the future.

When I first heard of this book I thought it sounded like Star Trek but the only way this book is like Star Trek is that we have a group of people out exploring the Universe. This concept in itself is interesting but there is a mystery here also because the crew doesn’t know their exact mission or who sent them out into space. They also don’t remember a lot of their past. If you want to know more you will have to read the book, but there are so many great ideas in this book you could spend a month pondering its deeper meanings.

The crew of the USS Shamballa is pretty diverse, they come from different periods of time from the year 2030 all the way to 2792. We have musicians, artists, politicians, cyborgs, scientists and even a pop star.What’s really interesting about all these characters is that despite all the advancements made throughout time, they still have the same problems we have today. A couple of characters have ego problems that seem to get them into trouble, another is having a hard time getting over events from their past and another is so different from the others that she doesn’t know where she fits in.

The most amazing part of this book is the ship itself, it actually has cities, forests and creatures that have been bred specifically to support the ship’s ecosystem. You could do a whole novel on how the ship works and how it was designed. I thought it was fascinating and I found myself thinking that if I was on this ship I wouldn’t want to explore other planets. There is so much to talk about in this book its hard to pick one thing.

If I was to use any word to describe this book it would be epic. I felt like this was more of a future history book then a novel. In reality the book is a series of five novellas that all have the same characters. It made me think of a Science Fiction pulp fiction series but with much more depth. This book doesn’t read like a regular book because it’s not a regular book. What it lacks in a cohesive story and suspense, it made up for with great characters, originality and cool ideas. Despite some problems I had with it, I couldn’t put the book down and I’m happy to say that it’s part of an ongoing series. There are a lot of places that the crew of The Shamballa can go and it will be exciting to see what’s next.… (más)

Stomach-churning torture... in a good way!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! How often does the trailer intrigue you but give too much away? That was not the case for me with Lumi-Omi, as its followers affectionately call it. The tag line hooked me, yet I was surprised by what I found inside. In fact, the surprises just kept coming from start to finish. The book is well written and perfectly paced.

The story is both creepy and beautiful. It was very hard to put down, but I never would have slept if I hadn't taken my time with it. The imagery filled my brain and I often had trouble shutting off at night. Don't let that scare you. If you're a bit of a softy like me some of the scenes will challenge you, but the experience is worth all of the stomach-churning torture.

This review originally appeared on Amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/Luminous-and-Ominous-ebook/product-reviews/B004D4ZOYG/ref=...… (más)

The story centers around a group of beings living in the mountains, their physique oddly reminiscent of Bigfoot. They inhabit harsh climates where humans are unable to climb, let alone dwell. This elevation is both figurative and literal: they hold themselves above Homo sapiens in terms of understanding and culture. Here in the mountains, the "white hairs" pursue spiritualism and the freeing of the soul from the body.

The mysticism practiced brings to mind various religions in which meditation or some other practice can cause the spirit to separate from the physical state. Time loses all meaning to Farshoul while his ethereal form travels the world, as is often the case with these belief systems. It is in the ties between the transcendental and the earthly that the author showcases his creativity. The way in which Farshoul manifests the damage to his spirit-self forces the reader to consider the means by which we view others, as well as the sources of our capacity to care. That the physical body can remain unscathed even as the soul is maimed is a novel concept, as the two are typically inextricably linked in literature.

While the story itself shows great promise, its brevity inhibits the reader's ability to buy into the ideas that are being presented. The abrupt shifts between scenes made it feel as if I were cataloging facts rather than immersing myself in fiction. The experience was further marred by the author's seeming need to restate what has already been said several times over. The chosen verbiage wasn't varied enough to mask this deficiency, and my mind soon rebelled as it felt underestimated. Readers pick up more than one may think.

Given my odd affection for semicolons, I could not help but notice their frequent and inappropriate presence in multiple sentences within the first half of the novel. While this tick vanished in the latter portion of the book, it was replaced by the incorrect use of commas in place of the semicolons that the sentence structure demanded. The author appears to be undecided betwixt the two punctuation marks, and I question whether these were typographical errors or an error of grammatical judgment.

The White Hairs feels very much like a bedtime story or a myth to be passed down at the fireside. While there is certainly interest, there is also room for growth. Enriching the world of the "white hairs" and avoiding redundancy would greatly improve the experience of reading this work.… (más)