It is not easy to create a new world and terminology. One require to imagine the things and then wave it with possibilities and probabilities. The author did it quite well. The book remains true to its genre.
Tag: technology
Interview
My target reader is 18 and up to infinity.
An interview about Ascendance
There is nothing ‘not normal’ about a sci-fi novel. It is a story set in a different setting that is all. The ingredients are all the same – characters, plot, conflict, resolution and climax. Writing a novel is an enjoyable and immersive experience, whatever be the genre.
Glimpses from launch of Ascendance
What a fantastic book launch! Congratulations Sadhna Shanker. Terrific speech by the dynamic, articulate Kiren Rijuju. Future Prime Minister for sure! pic.twitter.com/bFkZLFo0oO — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) May 19, 2018
Ascendance 2.0
In fact, we lived with them on Earth, and we came to Elone together. There must have been something that tied us together. I think that is also lost to us now; lost to both of us. We have never stopped to look for that bond, never questioned the roots of the animosity that plagues us today. But the knowledge that we shared an intertwined existence is still with us.
Ascendance 1.0
Imagine a world where men and women live as antagonistic species. How would they react when they learn about their shared past….
What they see 2.0
Originally ransom was demanded for the release of life. It used to be said, ‘your money or your life’. Now ransom is demanded for data release. Slowly and steadily, as humans have crept along the technology curve, life has transformed into packets of data.
themindprism - sadhna shanker 