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Earth Day [Kindle Edition]

Wayne Smallman
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How might our quarrelsome and wasteful ways be seen through the gaze of more distant, different and dispassionate eyes? And how might a promise once made by the leaders of the world be re-paid having been broken by their successors?

30 years later, on a night whose dark skies were filled with a magical light show the world over, countless towns and cities, entire transport networks as well as billions of people begin to vanish without a trace. But out in the remote rural areas of the world, life goes on unaffected by the invasion, or the enigmatic "lights" that continue to appear out of nowhere, surveying the mundane routines of the remaining survivors.

In the aftermath of this unstoppable invasion by an invincible alien force, one survivor wants more than mere survival, Leonora "Lenny" Dixon wants answers. Why are the invaders here, and what do they want of us?

In search of answers, Lenny and her boyfriend Jay leave the relative safety of Cumbria, a mountainous and rugged region of north-west England, and begin a journey south, through the ruined and abandoned urban sprawl of the great northern city of Manchester, on their way discovering the true and terrifying purpose of the invaders, finally revealing the horrifying truth behind the disappearing industry and civilization of man, and of mankind itself.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 203 KB
  • Print Length: 65 pages
  • Publisher: Octane Interactive Limited (21 Aug 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005IGXDK0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #107,824 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy genre have bombarded us with the same dry plot and banal narratives of close encounters of the extraterrestrial variety. Aliens land on earth, use their massive size, advanced brains, and technology to destroy us. I mean an advanced race would certainly want to dominate the earth whose resources we've damn near depleted.

Honestly, who in their right mind would come here? No one of great intellectual ability, I suspect, especially when there are more untapped resources floating around in space. But I digress.

The good news is that Earth Day is the complete opposite! No aliens with tentacles, no amazing technological advances. Hell, we don't even see the aliens. We only hear about them through witness testimony in pubs, community gatherings and households. Some of these witness accounts can be considered outright exaggerations! Surprisingly, this only adds to the suspense and intangible horror of the whole ordeal. In fact, we only notice their influence when huge metropolises start to disappear! OH, no, please don't take New York! Shopping is great Up State and in Manhattan. Quick take West Lafayette - they have no great shopping malls!

And another digression - I have a point I promise.

The author successfully fuses together vignettes alternating between the past and present day, juxtaposing two very different views of the planet and a reality we could have grasped but instead chose to ignore when G8 leaders break a promise that said aliens held them to. Don't you just love when power is given to only a few idiots?

My only problems with this short? It is just THAT - Bloody Short. I'm being biased. Shorts never truly satisfy what I really want out of a story. And my second problem, I wanted a deeper relationship amongst the characters. I wanted some kind of love story but instead got a familial kind of thing between two people who could have easily been siblings from their lack of passion. Relationships can be easy, but not passionless.
However, these things are menial compared to what went right, which literally is everything else.

Earth day is equipped with a no-nonsense heroine, a disenchanted civil servant, self serving, greedy politicians, and omniscient beings with a new purpose for the inhabitants of the third rock from the sun. Infused with Mad Max-ish type action, M. Night - Signsy type suspense, and Lord of the Rings type adventure and folklore, this little story gives new meaning to celebrating Planet Earth.

Four and half stars - easy!
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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting story line with a moral perspective 3 Oct 2011
By Anna Webber - Published on Amazon.com
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The thing I like about short stories is that you don't have to get yourself all wrapped up in overly complex plots, with their endless twists and turns, in order to feel like you've just been entertained. Enter Earth Day...

When the world's illustrious leaders fail to heed an important warning, humanity itself must pay the price - a price that will be exacted by those who have stood watch in silence for decades; patiently waiting for mankind to address the damage and destruction it has so foolishly wrought upon it's own world.

While I'm not giving much away on the plot details you can rest assured that Earth Day is not just your average piece of apocalyptic fiction, and that's a good thing. It's strength lies in it's refreshing new approach to an old narrative. This little story has a big message to tell. Perhaps one that we should all pay closer attention to.

An interesting story line with a moral perspective that should make you think or at least be ever thankful that you don't live in a major metropolitan area. I give it 4 stars!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I want more! 27 Sep 2011
By Michelle L Lemire - Published on Amazon.com
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This book caught my attention immediately and kept me engaged and guessing with its imaginative sci-fi story line with a deliberate lack of actual aliens, and its unexpected ending, complete with thought-provoking moral. It's a quick read, packed with enough information and detail that I found myself wishing for a full novel (or series) around the story. Awesome.
3.0 out of 5 stars It was ok. 21 Sep 2012
By J. Luton - Published on Amazon.com
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I liked the main character but I didn't think the action felt "immediate" enough. Perhaps that was because the time shifts occurred too often and kept interrupting the flow.

Interesting ideas, though.
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