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Official Review: The Origin of F.O.R.C.E.

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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Origin of F.O.R.C.E." by Sam B Miller II.]
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The Origin of F.O.R.C.E. by Sam B. Miller II is a science fiction thriller about an alien race known as the “Chrysallamans” from the planet Chrysalis coming to take over Earth. One of the Chrysallaman spaceships, however, accidentally crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Since then, the Chrysallamans had to go back to their home planet 30 light years away to regroup and try to come back again to colonize the Earth. They left behind a damaged spacecraft, dead Chrysallaman soldiers, and one young Chrysallaman alien behind.

The Chrysallamans are highly developed “lizard” creatures whose mental and physical capabilities far outweigh the humans. Humans are nothing but tiny, pesky bugs to these aliens. They think they can easily colonize the Earth upon their return with more spaceships and colonists. However, they underestimated the humans’ resilience. Leaving behind their old technology and the surviving 12-year old alien Chrysallaman named “Whatsit,” the human scientists, military strategists, and government bigwigs set up a plan to study and replicate the advanced alien technology and come up with solutions to give the humans a fighting chance at surviving and defeating the incoming alien threat. They estimate the next alien invasion will occur in about 65-70 years. It’s time to get cracking.

What I really enjoyed about the book was how the author took actual key points in history and embedded them into this story. For example, in actual history there was thought to be a UFO that crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. This was later explained to be just a crashed weather balloon. In the story however, this “weather balloon” is in fact a Chrysallaman spaceship that crashed and thus began the subsequent events.

This book could use some more editing. I spotted some typos and grammatical errors but they were few and far between and were not distracting. One of the major mistakes I noticed is that at one point, the aliens described orbiting spaceships around one of the moons from the sixth planet from the sun which was later described as Jupiter. However, Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, not the sixth. There was a lot of biology and physics used to describe the technology and how it works. As someone with a background in biology, it was enjoyable to read about DNA and gene sequencing. Some of the physics did go over my head but everything was explained and cleverly written.

I really enjoyed reading about the characters, especially the alien Whatsit. He grew to be an incredibly important ally of the humans and Earth and it was so sweet to see how he defended and stood up for his beliefs. There was also some humorous dialogue between other characters which was a pleasure to read. The humor broke up the seriousness of the incoming alien invasion nicely. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I highly recommend this book to science fiction lovers. This is one of the most creative and intelligent science fictions books I have ever read and I was extremely impressed to learn that this is the author’s debut novel. There is a sequel to this novel in the works and I look forward to reading it.

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Thank you so much for your kind words. They are humbly appreciated!
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Great review, CrescentMoon! I'm glad you enjoyed the book.
What I really enjoyed about the book was how the author took actual key points in history and embedded them into this story.
I love this too when reading!
I'm not sure if Science Fiction is for me as I haven't read much in that genre, but this book sounds promising! :)
Congratulations to the author in receiving such a positive review! :tiphat:
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Please let me softly coax you into taking a leap of faith on the book and trying it out. :-) Sam Miller
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This is such a great review. I love that this book embraces space travel and aliens in true science fiction form. What I especially like is the emphasis on science. Congratulations @"Sam B Miller II" for the great review.
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Thank you for the words of encouragement!
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Sam B Miller II wrote:Thank you so much for your kind words. They are humbly appreciated!
Absolutely! This book was really fun to read :)
hsimone wrote:Great review, CrescentMoon! I'm glad you enjoyed the book.
I love this too when reading! I'm not sure if Science Fiction is for me as I haven't read much in that genre, but this book sounds promising! :)
Thank you for the kind words hsimone. If you ever do want to venture into reading the science fiction genre I highly recommend reading this book. It is action-filled and extremely entertaining. You won't be disappointed :)
bluemel4 wrote:This is such a great review. I love that this book embraces space travel and aliens in true science fiction form. What I especially like is the emphasis on science. Congratulations @"Sam B Miller II" for the great review.
Thank you bluemel4! This book definitely did encompass everything I look for in a science fiction book. It was very impressive.
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I am a fan of science fiction/fantasy and this book sounds very interesting. I liked how the reviewer mentioned that they were surprised to learn this book was his debut because as I was simply reading the complexities and becoming intrigued in the review, I was already surprised to learn that it as a debut and I haven't even read the book yet! I will certainly be adding it to my list of books to read and hope to be starting it soon.
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Brittster wrote:I am a fan of science fiction/fantasy and this book sounds very interesting. I liked how the reviewer mentioned that they were surprised to learn this book was his debut because as I was simply reading the complexities and becoming intrigued in the review, I was already surprised to learn that it as a debut and I haven't even read the book yet! I will certainly be adding it to my list of books to read and hope to be starting it soon.
Thank you Brittster! This book was very entertaining. If you're a fan of science fiction you will definitely enjoy this book.
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I love it already. I like science fiction and this book sounds intriguing and Whatsit seems like a very interesting character. Great job on the review. Congratulations to Sam B Miller II on such a nice book.
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I have realized something lately, and I would like to get some thoughts from you. My first book was a fun trip. The story came easily, and I wrote to please myself. Now, after reading reviews about the first book, I find myself striving not to disappoint my readers with a dismal sequel. I'm having fun with the 2nd book but now I'm concerned with pleasing others. Should I overly worry about pleasing others when I write?
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kimmyschemy06 wrote:I love it already. I like science fiction and this book sounds intriguing and Whatsit seems like a very interesting character. Great job on the review. Congratulations to Sam B Miller II on such a nice book.
Thank you for the kind words kimmyschemy06. Whatsit was definitely a sweet character :)
Sam B Miller II wrote:I have realized something lately, and I would like to get some thoughts from you. My first book was a fun trip. The story came easily, and I wrote to please myself. Now, after reading reviews about the first book, I find myself striving not to disappoint my readers with a dismal sequel. I'm having fun with the 2nd book but now I'm concerned with pleasing others. Should I overly worry about pleasing others when I write?
I think part of what made the first book such a success is because you wrote for yourself and it came from the heart. I definitely wouldn't want to overly worry about pleasing others because then your writing will be shifted in a direction you don't want to go which could actually make things worse. Definitely write from the heart, you already have a great imagination :D
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Thanks for the insight. Really appreciate the advice.
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This is such a great review! This book sounds very fascinating! Congrats to the author on such a positive review.
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Thank you for the kind thoughts.
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