I’ve avoided writing about this for at least half a year now, mostly because the subject matter was so emotionally charged that I couldn’t find the guts to open it up. Writing about this back then would have been like rubbing salt on an open wound: there are certain topics where writing helps you put … Continue reading Nature Always Vanishes at Night
Mr Tsakraklides' new novel gives us a clue on what could happen if Mother Nature decides to reclaim what is hers in this exciting eco-thriller. The New Earth is an interesting book and shows that Tsakraklides has talent when it comes to narrating descriptive passages which carry the reader into the near future with spark … Continue reading Book Review for A New Earth – Literary Licence Podcast
Once upon a time in the future, 200 thousand years from now, There was a lonely toilet seat at the bottom of the ocean. It sat there motionless all day, half buried in the sand, As it watched the world go by: The flocks of small fish, the sharks, whales, and seals, All of which … Continue reading To Be Loved
Born inside a paradise full of animals and fruit The Humans started building shelves, And then walls around the shelves. They installed cash registers at the front entrance and started putting price tags on everything. Nothing was free anymore. The Earth became a huge supermarket As everything was stolen and brought inside so it can … Continue reading How To Sell Your Mother
Dear Readers and Followers, I hope this finds you well. Thank you so much for your support over the past few months while A New Earth - The Apocalypse Locus was being conceived and written, during one of the most interesting periods of my life. As with many of you in similar situations, I was living in … Continue reading A New Earth, Made out of Chaos
continued from previous The bioluminescent plankton had begun to approach the city, riding on the northerly current. It became visible first as a faint, thin bright line just below the evening horizon. As it got closer, it broadened into a deep turquoise-blue ribbon that began to cast its glow into the sky above. It was … Continue reading A New Earth – The One
continued from previous Olivia had strategically placed her chair facing the entrance to the lab, pretending to read a scientific paper. She was of course waiting for John, ready to ambush him with the news as soon as he got in. Over the past hour and a half, she had been browsing the data that … Continue reading A New Earth – Drowning
continued from previous Jonathan began to reduce speed as the boat entered the outer boundaries of the new mutant zone. This was an area in the ocean he knew well by now, but it had changed dramatically almost overnight. The ocean was slowly but steadily glowing brighter and brighter against the fading sunset, as he … Continue reading A New Earth – Terraforming
continued from previous Darkness had begun to sweep like a thick veil over John’s desolate neighborhood. It must have been a relief for the mimosa trees that were surrounded by miles and miles of hot, burning concrete slabs on every direction. Even for their African genetic makeup, the brutal heatwave was too much to handle. … Continue reading A New Earth – Night
continued from previous “In fact, this wouldn’t surprise me at all. It would perhaps be the missing perspective in our understanding of life, and the way that our genetic code was put together in a disordered, yet purposeful way. All of this time science has been focusing on the sequences within our DNA that have … Continue reading A New Earth – Made out of Chaos
George Tsakraklides 