right. thanks for the reply. All those things being said though, I sincerely enjoyed both these books and would buy the next if there was another. Great job man.
Thanks for taking the time to read my book. I also appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Here were my thoughts. As for A: robots as teachers. I think you are right that Patience would be a great teacher. I would hope that our society would wait until the technology was well proven though before giving over our future to it. Also, as a teacher I can tell you, schools never get technology when it is new. We are only now getting computer technology that's been in offices for a decade. As for… (more)
Thanks for taking the time to read my book. I also appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Here were my thoughts. As for A: robots as teachers. I think you are right that Patience would be a great teacher. I would hope that our society would wait until the technology was well proven though before giving over our future to it. Also, as a teacher I can tell you, schools never get technology when it is new. We are only now getting computer technology that's been in offices for a decade. As for B, I was playing with the idea that technology gets rapidly cheaper. A new 19 inch B&W TV was $500 in 1959. I may have gone too cheap, but who knows. I would have never imagined that something like the iPad would be available for under $1000.
one thing that bugged me. The way the Daffodils are described in the book and also in the one after (His Robt Wife,which I just finished), Two things strike me has hard to imagine.
A) It seems unlikely that in such a future Mike Smith would still have a job as a teacher of children. That seems like a job the robots would have assumed given their highly intelligent and dynamic skillset. I mean Patience can do everything, it seems that robots of this type caliber would have no trouble teaching a… (more)
one thing that bugged me. The way the Daffodils are described in the book and also in the one after (His Robt Wife,which I just finished), Two things strike me has hard to imagine.
A) It seems unlikely that in such a future Mike Smith would still have a job as a teacher of children. That seems like a job the robots would have assumed given their highly intelligent and dynamic skillset. I mean Patience can do everything, it seems that robots of this type caliber would have no trouble teaching a class of kids.
B) Also I noted that Patience costed Mike only 3 grand. That seems like an unbelievable price for something like that. I would think that such a robot would cost at least as much as an automobile. that is given inflation and comparable devices of similar usefulness (which by today's standards one does not exist).
It really started hitting me because alot of the other items priced in the book seem to really adjust for exagerated inflation (i.e. the train tickets to mass. when they got married, the cost of food throughout, the price of a hotel room in His Robot Wife) Just those kind of things don't seem to mesh with a $3,000ish price tag for the Daffodill. It seems like they should be more expensive.
Thanks eldamien,
It's fixed. For some reason there seems to be some kind of duplication problem going from Word to the Feedbooks HTML editor. No excuses though. I should have caught that immediately. Thanks again.
His Robot Wife, the long awaited sequel to His Robot Girlfriend is now available for 99 cents at Smashwords.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/42192
His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison is a great read. This was my first ebook I read on my new KOBO. I love em' both what is happening in sci-fi is the real world has caught up. I am reading about a robot girlfriend, a self published title I got for free, from a huge book store reading it on a light tiny computer. This is nerd X 1000000. My first sci-fi books I bought as a kid was from tiny used book store with a cat and grumpy pipe smoking old guy who ran it. That what I most love about this… (more)
His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison is a great read. This was my first ebook I read on my new KOBO. I love em' both what is happening in sci-fi is the real world has caught up. I am reading about a robot girlfriend, a self published title I got for free, from a huge book store reading it on a light tiny computer. This is nerd X 1000000. My first sci-fi books I bought as a kid was from tiny used book store with a cat and grumpy pipe smoking old guy who ran it. That what I most love about this “book” it is mostly now. It is such a sweet tale and not just for the super nerd (me). It is one the the most believable robot stories I have read. That's because if you are reading this you are in love or at least dependent upon a lot of computers of all shapes and sizes. What will happen to us when the computers get real smart? I mean even if they never get “god” smart we already like them, need them more than say that dumb guy at the office party. What happens when the machines are just better than they are right now “She didn't feel cold or plastic. She felt squishy in all the right spots – firm in the right spots too.” I await His Robot Wife coming soon.
There's at least two more books in exploring this story (and ever-so-optimistic romance). Not to mention the potential conspiracy theory angle. Please don't give up on it!
Without spoiling anything, as a father, I have to say I got tears in my eyes precisely where you expect. It did feel that this rich vein was left unexplored. What really happened?
The duplicated text should be fixed. I'm sorry but I couldn't get the fonts to completely behave. It's something between Word and the web editor here at Feedbooks. FYI, His Robot Girlfriend can also be downloaded from Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1864. Also iBooks, Borders, Kobo, Diesel, Barnes and Noble, and Sony. It is free at all of these sites.
I really enjoyed reading this book......if only it were possible now :-) My enjoyment was only marred by huge chunks of repeated text which rather spoiled the flow.
I just posted a new edit/revision. Very little changed except (hopefully) all the typos and conversion problems fixed. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks to all for the kind words of encouragement.
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 3: The Drache Girl is now available as a multiformat ebook at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/19309 use coupon code QX34U to save $1.00 off the regular price of $4.99.
More than three years have passed since the colonists arrived in Birmisia, and Port Dechantagne is a thriving colony, with the railway line almost complete. Twelve year old sorceress's apprentice Senta Bly, Police Constable Saba Colbshallow, and former maid Yuah Dechantagne must deal with wizards,… (more)
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 3: The Drache Girl is now available as a multiformat ebook at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/19309 use coupon code QX34U
to save $1.00 off the regular price of $4.99.
More than three years have passed since the colonists arrived in Birmisia, and Port Dechantagne is a thriving colony, with the railway line almost complete. Twelve year old sorceress's apprentice Senta Bly, Police Constable Saba Colbshallow, and former maid Yuah Dechantagne must deal with wizards, prejudice, steam carriages, boys riding dinosaurs, and the mysterious activities of the lizardmen.
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 1: The Voyage of the Minotuar
save 25% off the regular $4.99 price with coupon code SWS25 until the end of July.
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 2: The Dark and Forbidding Land
save 75% off the regular $3.99 price with coupon code SWS75 until the end of July.
Thanks in advance for your support. For feedback, comments, and to read excerpts, visit http://amathar.blogspot.com.
So the ending sucked a little bit, but I can tell you from experience that endings are really hard, much harder than beginnings or middles. The story could have been more polished. It was way better than most of the crap that some people post here. We've all wasted so much time reading stuff that sounded good on the tag line only to find it is complete crap. It wasn't the great american sci-fi novel, but I don't feel like I wasted my time reading this story.
I absolutely agree so far. I really liked the start and the blot in the beginning - I read the book without any break. Was somehow a funny idea and when things became in the perfect world a little bit ugly I expected quite a turn in the story more towards some thriller or conspiracy. BUT, nothing at all. It is like a crescendo and suddenly everything just collapse and you wait for the great ending....
If you enjoyed His Robot Girlfriend, please check out Tesla's Stepdaughters-- now available at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/14068. Use coupon code DA94B and save $1.00 off the $2.99 price.
In a world where men are almost extinct, someone is trying to kill history's greatest rock & roll band. Science Police Agent John Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band's lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist… (more)
If you enjoyed His Robot Girlfriend, please check out Tesla's Stepdaughters-- now available at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/14068. Use coupon code DA94B and save $1.00 off the $2.99 price.
In a world where men are almost extinct, someone is trying to kill history's greatest rock & roll band. Science Police Agent John Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band's lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist Penny Dreadful, as he protects them and tries to discover who wants to kill the Ladybugs.
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Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:25:29 +0100
right. thanks for the reply. All those things being said though, I sincerely enjoyed both these books and would buy the next if there was another. Great job man.
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:55:21 +0100
Thanks for taking the time to read my book. I also appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Here were my thoughts. As for A: robots as teachers. I think you are right that Patience would be a great teacher. I would hope that our society would wait until the technology was well proven though before giving over our future to it. Also, as a teacher I can tell you, schools never get technology when it is new. We are only now getting computer technology that's been in offices for a decade. As for… (more)
Thanks for taking the time to read my book. I also appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Here were my thoughts. As for A: robots as teachers. I think you are right that Patience would be a great teacher. I would hope that our society would wait until the technology was well proven though before giving over our future to it. Also, as a teacher I can tell you, schools never get technology when it is new. We are only now getting computer technology that's been in offices for a decade. As for B, I was playing with the idea that technology gets rapidly cheaper. A new 19 inch B&W TV was $500 in 1959. I may have gone too cheap, but who knows. I would have never imagined that something like the iPad would be available for under $1000.
(less)Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:28:32 +0100
one thing that bugged me. The way the Daffodils are described in the book and also in the one after (His Robt Wife,which I just finished), Two things strike me has hard to imagine.
A) It seems unlikely that in such a future Mike Smith would still have a job as a teacher of children. That seems like a job the robots would have assumed given their highly intelligent and dynamic skillset. I mean Patience can do everything, it seems that robots of this type caliber would have no trouble teaching a… (more)
one thing that bugged me. The way the Daffodils are described in the book and also in the one after (His Robt Wife,which I just finished), Two things strike me has hard to imagine.
A) It seems unlikely that in such a future Mike Smith would still have a job as a teacher of children. That seems like a job the robots would have assumed given their highly intelligent and dynamic skillset. I mean Patience can do everything, it seems that robots of this type caliber would have no trouble teaching a class of kids.
B) Also I noted that Patience costed Mike only 3 grand. That seems like an unbelievable price for something like that. I would think that such a robot would cost at least as much as an automobile. that is given inflation and comparable devices of similar usefulness (which by today's standards one does not exist).
It really started hitting me because alot of the other items priced in the book seem to really adjust for exagerated inflation (i.e. the train tickets to mass. when they got married, the cost of food throughout, the price of a hotel room in His Robot Wife) Just those kind of things don't seem to mesh with a $3,000ish price tag for the Daffodill. It seems like they should be more expensive.
(less)Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:50:14 +0100
this was a great book. Good Job sir! I enjoyed the read.
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:25:40 +0200
Thanks eldamien,
It's fixed. For some reason there seems to be some kind of duplication problem going from Word to the Feedbooks HTML editor. No excuses though. I should have caught that immediately. Thanks again.
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:03:37 +0200
I dunno why no one has mentioned it, but you know the first line in chapter 1 repeats? It doesn't seem like that's on purpose...
Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:09:15 +0100
His Robot Wife, the long awaited sequel to His Robot Girlfriend is now available for 99 cents at Smashwords.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/42192
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:58:23 +0100
His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison is a great read. This was my first ebook I read on my new KOBO. I love em' both what is happening in sci-fi is the real world has caught up. I am reading about a robot girlfriend, a self published title I got for free, from a huge book store reading it on a light tiny computer. This is nerd X 1000000. My first sci-fi books I bought as a kid was from tiny used book store with a cat and grumpy pipe smoking old guy who ran it. That what I most love about this… (more)
His Robot Girlfriend by Wesley Allison is a great read. This was my first ebook I read on my new KOBO. I love em' both what is happening in sci-fi is the real world has caught up. I am reading about a robot girlfriend, a self published title I got for free, from a huge book store reading it on a light tiny computer. This is nerd X 1000000. My first sci-fi books I bought as a kid was from tiny used book store with a cat and grumpy pipe smoking old guy who ran it. That what I most love about this “book” it is mostly now. It is such a sweet tale and not just for the super nerd (me). It is one the the most believable robot stories I have read. That's because if you are reading this you are in love or at least dependent upon a lot of computers of all shapes and sizes. What will happen to us when the computers get real smart? I mean even if they never get “god” smart we already like them, need them more than say that dumb guy at the office party. What happens when the machines are just better than they are right now “She didn't feel cold or plastic. She felt squishy in all the right spots – firm in the right spots too.” I await His Robot Wife coming soon.
(less)Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:08:59 +0100
Gads.
There's at least two more books in exploring this story (and ever-so-optimistic romance). Not to mention the potential conspiracy theory angle. Please don't give up on it!
Without spoiling anything, as a father, I have to say I got tears in my eyes precisely where you expect. It did feel that this rich vein was left unexplored. What really happened?
Hats off Wesley! Very much enjoyed!
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:17:30 +0100
Cute story. A nice light read for me. I enjoyed it.
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:49:26 +0100
It was a very good story. I agree the ending could have been better, too brief. But keep up the good work.
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:35:41 +0200
The duplicated text should be fixed. I'm sorry but I couldn't get the fonts to completely behave. It's something between Word and the web editor here at Feedbooks. FYI, His Robot Girlfriend can also be downloaded from Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1864. Also iBooks, Borders, Kobo, Diesel, Barnes and Noble, and Sony. It is free at all of these sites.
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:42:47 +0200
I really enjoyed reading this book......if only it were possible now :-) My enjoyment was only marred by huge chunks of repeated text which rather spoiled the flow.
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:22:52 +0200
I just posted a new edit/revision. Very little changed except (hopefully) all the typos and conversion problems fixed. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks to all for the kind words of encouragement.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:21:43 +0200
Good book.
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:58:27 +0200
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 3: The Drache Girl is now available as a multiformat ebook at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/19309 use coupon code QX34U
to save $1.00 off the regular price of $4.99.
More than three years have passed since the colonists arrived in Birmisia, and Port Dechantagne is a thriving colony, with the railway line almost complete. Twelve year old sorceress's apprentice Senta Bly, Police Constable Saba Colbshallow, and former maid Yuah Dechantagne must deal with wizards,… (more)
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 3: The Drache Girl is now available as a multiformat ebook at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/19309 use coupon code QX34U
to save $1.00 off the regular price of $4.99.
More than three years have passed since the colonists arrived in Birmisia, and Port Dechantagne is a thriving colony, with the railway line almost complete. Twelve year old sorceress's apprentice Senta Bly, Police Constable Saba Colbshallow, and former maid Yuah Dechantagne must deal with wizards, prejudice, steam carriages, boys riding dinosaurs, and the mysterious activities of the lizardmen.
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 1: The Voyage of the Minotuar
save 25% off the regular $4.99 price with coupon code SWS25 until the end of July.
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 2: The Dark and Forbidding Land
save 75% off the regular $3.99 price with coupon code SWS75 until the end of July.
Thanks in advance for your support. For feedback, comments, and to read excerpts, visit http://amathar.blogspot.com.
(less)Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:06:15 +0200
So the ending sucked a little bit, but I can tell you from experience that endings are really hard, much harder than beginnings or middles. The story could have been more polished. It was way better than most of the crap that some people post here. We've all wasted so much time reading stuff that sounded good on the tag line only to find it is complete crap. It wasn't the great american sci-fi novel, but I don't feel like I wasted my time reading this story.
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:46:54 +0200
I absolutely agree so far. I really liked the start and the blot in the beginning - I read the book without any break. Was somehow a funny idea and when things became in the perfect world a little bit ugly I expected quite a turn in the story more towards some thriller or conspiracy. BUT, nothing at all. It is like a crescendo and suddenly everything just collapse and you wait for the great ending....
Sun, 02 May 2010 10:17:08 +0200
If you enjoyed His Robot Girlfriend, please check out Tesla's Stepdaughters-- now available at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/14068. Use coupon code DA94B and save $1.00 off the $2.99 price.
In a world where men are almost extinct, someone is trying to kill history's greatest rock & roll band. Science Police Agent John Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band's lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist… (more)
If you enjoyed His Robot Girlfriend, please check out Tesla's Stepdaughters-- now available at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/14068. Use coupon code DA94B and save $1.00 off the $2.99 price.
In a world where men are almost extinct, someone is trying to kill history's greatest rock & roll band. Science Police Agent John Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band's lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist Penny Dreadful, as he protects them and tries to discover who wants to kill the Ladybugs.
(less)Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:11:19 +0200
It's okay, but lacks any real conflict, and therefore, any real plot. It's a fantasy, not a story.