{"id":7690,"date":"2022-02-26T23:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T23:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?p=7690"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:37:04","slug":"the-truth-is-in-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?p=7690","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Is in the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Bernard Shaw said, “If you want to tell readers the truth, you better make them laugh, or they’ll kill you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin<\/strong>: Merry Wilson, a fellow author and Florida resident, read my eBook serial Future Schmaltz – A Quartet <\/em>published on Amazon Kindle just shy of a month ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full disclosure<\/strong>: Before the pandemic, Merry and I exchanged “Namaste” greetings in yoga classes at our local YMCA. She sent gracious emails in response to blogs I wrote into 2021. I was thrilled Merry wrote the first review of Future Schmaltz<\/em>. Here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. R. Wilson <\/a>5.0 out of 5 stars<\/em> Something new for science fiction lovers…<\/a>Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022…but so much more\u2026<\/p>

Set in a disturbingly not-too-distant future, FUTURE SCHMALTZ: A QUARTET offers a bleak new world. Earth\u2019s atmosphere is toxic; the planet is habitable only underground, undersea, in orbiting satellites and on the moon.<\/p>

To save the human species, a far-right society under the Second Timely Reformation creates a breed of super humans via artificial means. Religion persists. Sciences progresses. Hate simmers. Despair erupts.<\/p>

While the four books are social satire brimming with dry, often unexpected humor and irony, love and lust, courage and heroism, they are also poignantly sad. Future Schmaltz is a call to action for individuals and corporations against climate change, a plea for environmental and social justice.<\/p>

These books have gotten hold of me. How much longer will I be able to breathe deeply of clean air during walks at my favorite park? Marvel at flora and fauna, rejoice in the sprouting of a honeydew melon seed? Food is abundant. I want for nothing.<\/p>

But for how long?<\/p>

The technology exits right now to rescue the planet and its inhabitants from Morrisey’s future. Surely rationality will overcome greed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But what if it doesn\u2019t?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Author’s Note<\/strong>: How chilling to read the words, “Morrisey’s future.”
Yet, Future Schmaltz<\/em> is the eyewitness account my characters presented to me from the days ahead.
I’m reporting from the scene, a habit I formed in the last century.
Anyone can do this. Just step outside in the days ahead.<\/p>https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/reggie_morrisey<\/a><\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Drum Roll, Please!<\/a><\/blockquote>