8/13/2019 Celina Caudro's Review of PlanetB2
2/2
careens toward utter destruction, with Rustler's ambitions and
hiskowtowing supporters forming the Earth Alliance as one faction,
and
Plumbel's hope for peace and harmony bringing together the more
rational
nations to form the Cosmic Alliance as the other. Much carnage
and death
will ensue. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical weapons will be
unleashed.Only when the ashes settle will the reader see if there
is hope for the human
race after all.
The author presents me with very provocative concepts, but in
the beginning
I kept getting distracted by the mechanics of the novel. I think
it would bebeneficial to give the novel one more editing pass:
there are some turns ofphrase and idiomatic expressions that are a
little off, and one more
translation or editing pass would tighten things up, polish the
look, and keepme as a reader focused on the story. That said, M.C.
Raj does a very good
job of using a lighthearted, even whimsical tone to paint such a
dark,diabolical, disgusting stereotype of the United States and the
worst ofCapitalism and its privileged citizens. He also puts forth
several speculative
concepts that I found alluring. The most interesting stems from
quantum
mechanics and the wave-particle duality of matter: he created
creatures onPlanet B2 that exist as waves and are sentient. He then
ties them with what
he calls shamanistic discplines prevalent in indigenous tribes
like the Native
American Indians and the Sami people of Norway. Ancient tribes
seem likethe right culture to experience such creatures, with their
stories that
transcend time, their places that are more symbolic than actual,
and their
emphasis on the importance of essence or spirit. The compliment
to thisconcept that I found just as interesting is the possibility
of how a human
being, occupying finite space and moving sequentially through
time, would
experience such a creature: the author creates a concept called
full bodyorgasm. No, not a climax limited to sexual predilections:
it is a bliss so
intense every cell of a living creature reverberates with it.
Experience it
often enough, and even a lowly human can evolve into an
enlightened
citizen of the cosmos. Both these premises made quite an
impression on me,even after I was done with the book.
PlanetB2: Human War Against Naturewill present readers with
very
interesting speculative fiction possibilities. I wish M.C. Raj
luck in all his
endeavors and I hope these interesting premises help increase
his novel'sreadership.
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