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by JohnGNelson
Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:15 am
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Occupy Wallstreet.
Replies: 65
Views: 21580

Re: Occupy Wallstreet.

Comacho posted a graph of the Gini Index (pg.2 if you want to go back and view it.) It's a great graph about socially-engineered wealth distribution patterns. Note our Gini index score is less than stellar....a national disgrace in fact. We should look at Norway, Denmark and Sweden. They have their ...
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
Topic: A Dystopia Inspired by our Post 9/11 Landscape
Replies: 0
Views: 628

A Dystopia Inspired by our Post 9/11 Landscape

Against Nature is about a global pandemic; a disease without a cure. Our society quickly descends into a dystopian society. Inspired by the headlines over the past decade (torture, secret prisons, extraordinary rendition, domestic spying, suspending habeas corpus, etc....) Check out the latest revie...
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
Topic: Kindle Books
Replies: 18
Views: 5690

Re: Kindle Books

I love my Kindle. It is now the way I choose to read. I like the Kindle because it is not back lit, so it's like reading a book versus a computer screen. You may not save money... it's true an eBook is cheaper, but you may find you buy more books... it's fast and easy and on Amazon there are so many...
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:57 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
Topic: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague - Geraldine Brooks
Replies: 1
Views: 714

Re: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague - Geraldine Brooks

If you'd like to read a work of fiction about a contemporary pandemic.

Check out this recent review.

http://www.examiner.com/fiction-in-atla ... ure-review
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:37 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Occupy Wallstreet.
Replies: 65
Views: 21580

Re: Occupy Wallstreet.

I support what the Occupy Wall Street folks are doing. I love the 99% aspect. I'm not a freeloader... I'm a healthcare executive and retired Air Force Master Sergeant. The press will try to discredit the movement by showing a few marginal folks who are there.... but there are many of us who support ...
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
Topic: Help!!! I need a book!
Replies: 22
Views: 8178

Re: Help!!! I need a book!

Here's a review of Against Nature.... See if it perks your interest

http://www.examiner.com/fiction-in-atla ... ure-review
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:12 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: This is Lizzie and I LOVE to read!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2359

Re: This is Lizzie and I LOVE to read!!!!

Welcome... There is a Intro post from a few days ago by a Jane Eyre fan from Norway... MissJaneEyre.... I think you'll find plenty who share your interest.

John
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:06 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hi I'm John.... I'm an Author
Replies: 3
Views: 1192

Hi I'm John.... I'm an Author

Hi I'm John Nelson. I live in Utah, USA and my debut novel Against Nature was recently released. It's a dystopian thriller about a global pandemic. It's one of the first (if not the first dystopia about the post 9/11 American landscape. Here a link to a recent review. http://www.examiner.com/fiction...
by JohnGNelson
Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:46 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your FICTION book!
Topic: Hunger Games!
Replies: 21
Views: 7619

Re: Hunger Games!

I think adults and YA Dystopia fans would enjoy Against Nature.
It's a contemporary dystopia about a global pandemic in the post 9/11 landscape.

Here's a recent review.

http://www.examiner.com/fiction-in-atla ... ure-review

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