Luminous and Ominous eBook Noah K MulletteGillman
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If you had three days' warning of the end of civilization and a safe place to hide
What would you take with you? Who would you save?
And who would you leave behind?
Henry Willingham and his friends have three days to make the most terrifying decisions of their lives. The world has been infected by an inescapable living nightmare of alien vegetation that will replace all life on Earth. They must get everyone they love safely underground into a fallout shelter. There's not enough time. There's not enough room for everyone. Who will they save? Who will they leave behind?
How will they live with the consequences?
After hiding underground for a year, the last three survivors must brave the otherworldly infestation and travel through what used to be upstate New York struggling for their lives and their humanity.
82,000 words
"It's like if Albert Camus decided to write a kick-ass SF novel...I cannot
recommend it enough. If you want to know what SF once was and should be
again then pick this one up or download and set aside a few hours
because you're not going to want to be disturbed." -Chuck Dixon, legendary author of Batman Knightfall.
While the circumstances might be fantastic, the reactions are realistic and that's why this book works so well. You see, Noah never lies to us. - Dave's Horror Reviews
Mullette-Gillman is a stand-out. "Luminous and Ominous" (2010) isn't just engaging; it's almost philosophical. - The Crimson White, University of Alabama, cw.ua.edu/2011/06/15/reading-for-the-end-of-days/
Beautifully descriptive prose and gently moving situations...a well conceived journey through uncertain times. I live in anticipation of the next book... --indiefantasyreview.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-of-luminous-and-ominous-by-noah.html
The writing is as mesmerizing as the beautiful alien Cornucopia Blue it describes... --thescattering.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/verdict-luminous-and-ominous-by-noah-k-mullette-gillman/
"a brilliantly executed look at the nature of humanity when confronted with extinction." --Bards and Sages Publishing
From the beginning of the story, I felt the uncomfortable pit of impending doom in my stomach, which morphed to wonder, then horror in a carefully crafted tale.
-- Steven Konkoly, Author of The Jakarta Pandemic
Luminous and Ominous eBook Noah K MulletteGillman
I used to read SF voraciously, compulsively and exclusively. But I drifted away decades ago when SF prose moved away from free-thinking speculative adventure to a kind of lockstep sameness in which the authors seem to be writing for one another rather than readers.But this novel is the kind of stuff that made SF my favorite in my youth.
I won't go into the plot as it's summarized well enough here. The concept is disturbing at the outset and only becomes more-so as the story progresses. The prose is spare and lean and the author manages to vividly describe the wildest landscapes and situations without ever resorting to artfulness or histrionics. And that is quite a feat. It's like if Albert Camus decided to write a kick-ass SF novel.
The book is honestly thought-provoking both in its scientific extrapolations and its explorations of human nature. The ensemble of survivors struggling in familiar world turned alien are all well delineated and sympathetic. In addition, Mullette-Gillman has tapped into the zeitgeist and provides us a kind of snapshot of where we are as a people; a culture of people who watch and listen rather than doing. I don't want to go all Oprah Book Club on this but it's obvious the man has something on his mind and imparts it without ever getting in the way of his own ripping yarn.
It fills all the requirements of a great SF novel. It's frightening, awe-inspiring and makes you ask lots of questions knowing you might have to come up with some of the answers yourself. It's also touching and even laugh out loud funny in parts. I cannot recommend it enough. If you want to know what SF once was and should be again then pick this one up or download and set aside a few hours because you're not going to want to be disturbed.
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Luminous and Ominous eBook Noah K MulletteGillman Reviews
There was a lot I enjoyed about "Luminous and Ominous." I enjoy post-apocalyptic books very much and this is a new twist on the genre. I thought the portions describing Cornucopia Blue - both its effects on the earth itself and on people - were beautifully done.
But I had problems, as others did, with the poor editing and sentence structure. I also thought the dialogue was very stilted and felt immature. Some of the scenarios seemed implausible also. Just as an example - the preparation for gathering materials and getting the shelter ready. They had THREE days and loaded up on beer and junk food?
But by looking at other reviews, it looks like possibly revisions were done. I bought the book right after it came out in November 2010 and just now got around to reading it. But usually when a book has had major editing done on it and is re-released, I receive an email from and am given the choice as to whether I want the newly edited version. I do not believe that happened with this book, which is too bad, because it has lots of potential.
Both with Cornucopia Blue and with the imagination of Noah Mullette-Gillman. This isn't a book that I necessarily read, but one I seemed to fall into, get grabbed and held by both ears and not released until I'd come to the very last word of the story. I can still see in my mind, even days later, the vivid, neon techno-colored jungle that the world became even as awe inspiring beauty became astounding, stomach clenching horror. Yes, this was indeed an end of the world type tale, but we got to take the journey with a small group of folks and as in life some were likable and some you just wanted to kick right in...to the corner. This was what really helped push the terror because so much felt like it was real life possible. I can't wait to see where the remainder of our little crew of travelers goes in the sequel and what they get themselves into.
Admittedly there were a few small editing type mistakes, but nothing large enough that it detracted from the story for me. Thank you Noah for a great story!
On one level this is a combination end of the world and post apocalyptic novel - because we move back and forth between two different times. Two objects strike opposite sides of the world - and threy are both infected with the seeds of many alien life forms. These can consume earthly life forms and turn it into their own form of biomass - but the reverse doesn't seem to be the case. Eath creatures become infected and transformed. The areas of alien infestation spread rapidly. We alternate between scenes of the initial impacts and scenes of some survivors who hid in a bomb shelter, but must eventually emerge for supplies, to see what is left, and evetually because other humans force them to emerge for their own reasons.
I'm not normally into post apocalyptic novels, and could ordinarily go either way on alien invasion novels. Yet the alien animals and plants are so well thought out, so various and fascinating, and so eerily beautiful and deadly at the same time. Combined with the good writing and strong characterization, that would be enough to bring this novel from a three to a four star.
Something else turns it into a five star novel, one which you remember and think about long after you're done. Ultimately this novel is about the human condition and transformation into something we claim to abhor yet will not quite pay the price to avoid. It is possible to live near the alien creatures and not be infected - a couple of cats are smart enough to do it. Ultimately the question is what humans must give up to avoid being infected, and if they partially desire to be transformed underneath. Even if you are not perfect, a partial effort may be enough to avoid transformation - if you truly make it. While I haven't gone into detail about each character, we care for them all as individuals, and find a little more of ourselves in some of them than we would want to.
I used to read SF voraciously, compulsively and exclusively. But I drifted away decades ago when SF prose moved away from free-thinking speculative adventure to a kind of lockstep sameness in which the authors seem to be writing for one another rather than readers.
But this novel is the kind of stuff that made SF my favorite in my youth.
I won't go into the plot as it's summarized well enough here. The concept is disturbing at the outset and only becomes more-so as the story progresses. The prose is spare and lean and the author manages to vividly describe the wildest landscapes and situations without ever resorting to artfulness or histrionics. And that is quite a feat. It's like if Albert Camus decided to write a kick-ass SF novel.
The book is honestly thought-provoking both in its scientific extrapolations and its explorations of human nature. The ensemble of survivors struggling in familiar world turned alien are all well delineated and sympathetic. In addition, Mullette-Gillman has tapped into the zeitgeist and provides us a kind of snapshot of where we are as a people; a culture of people who watch and listen rather than doing. I don't want to go all Oprah Book Club on this but it's obvious the man has something on his mind and imparts it without ever getting in the way of his own ripping yarn.
It fills all the requirements of a great SF novel. It's frightening, awe-inspiring and makes you ask lots of questions knowing you might have to come up with some of the answers yourself. It's also touching and even laugh out loud funny in parts. I cannot recommend it enough. If you want to know what SF once was and should be again then pick this one up or download and set aside a few hours because you're not going to want to be disturbed.
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