Alien Dream Machine, third in a series about Phane Vikos, alien from a distant star stranded on Earth, has placed as a 2021 finalist in the Cygnus Book Awards for Science-fiction!
“The Cygnus Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction.”
Phane and partner Flooma, and offspring, baby Makos, live quietly in a trailer park in Reno, where Phane makes a living as a professional gambler. He doesn’t “cheat,” he explains to Gunnar, a casino investigator who tracks him down. He merely encourages dice to roll in a more helpful way.
Gunnar is charmed by the Vikos family, who appear as ordinary humans or in their relaxed state as large green tennis balls with eyestalks. When Phane is seriously injured, Gunnar feel helpless, not knowing anything about alien biology. Gunnar and his sleep doctor try a desperate plan to bypass biology and revive the dying alien with focused dreams. But do aliens dream, or is that just a human thing?
This is “psi-fi:” psychological science fiction. “Space” is not the final frontier. The mind is.
A 2021 Finalist for the CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction. (Cross your tentacles: We hope to win the big prize this summer.)
Get Alien Dream Machine by William X. Adams:
Ebook – Kindle: ISBN: 978-1-7355412-5-9 327 pp
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0916MWF45
ASIN B0916MWF45
Paperback – KDP: ISBN: 978-1-7355412-6-6 333 pp kdp 6×9
ASIN 1735541265
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1735541265
Ebook – Smashwords ISBN: 978-1-7355412-4-2 (Epub)
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1066184
HOORAY for “Dr. X” (Adams), my favorite sci-fi guy — and a shoo-in for award(s).