Friday, August 12, 2016

What I Write




Only recently did I discover that there is a sub or sub-sub-genre for what I write.  That is science fiction romance. I realized right from the beginning that it was not something everyone would like. Hardcore fans of speculative and hard science fiction are probably not going to enjoy my romantic science fiction.  My Aledan Series is probably more correctly classified as paranormal romance and space opera.

The hero and heroine are telepathic psi-mates. Hankura was born on a world that discriminates against psions of all types. Chelle, his psi-mate, was born on a dystopian Earth of the distant future where she must fight for survival. I started the series quite a few years ago and was influenced by Star Trek and Star Wars and a good number of science fiction writers.

Recently, someone on Google+ was outraged that I dared call my Aledan Series science fiction.  Okay, so he didn’t like it.  Not everybody is going to like it. That’s just a given.  Looking at the science, it’s a bit iffy considering that part of the plot hinges on faster than light space travel, but that’s space opera. Some of the other science including the medical science is a bit vague, deliberately so.

The science is not the point of the story. It’s the relationship between Hankura and Chelle and how they deal with the prejudice against psions in Aledan society and within Hankura’s family.  As I wrote the book I had in mind how racial prejudice can divide people and cause them to be treated unfairly because of an ability or even the color of one’s skin.

They know it’s going to be hard and degrading at times, but they take it on, because Hankura wants to reunite with his family and prove to himself he can live in Aledan society.  But at what price?

Hankura and Chelle’s relationship continues through the Aledan Series as they meet new challenges and hardships. In a lot of science fiction and other genres the hero is not in a long term relationship. If he does actually fall in love, his love interest is either killed or they go their separate ways.  Or his wife is killed at the beginning of the story and he is out to avenge her.

Unlike the super couples in the soap operas, Hankura and Chelle stick together and don’t give up on their relationship when times are hard. However I wanted to keep things interesting, so in each novel, a new romance emerges in an intersecting plotline.

Each of the four Aledan Series novels is available for Kindle at Amazon.com for $0.99 each or as a box set for $1.99.  The Aledan: A Psionic Love Story is also available in trade paperback.
Chris Myers

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1 comment:

  1. FTL is a staple of science fiction. Psi is okay, as long as it's explained in a sciency sort of way. Anne McCaffrey's Talent series was all about those sorts of abilities. For the rest, yep, some will love it, some will loathe it. Maybe that's one of the things about SFR - it's character-driven. Good luck with yur books.

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