PART OF THE WHOLE MULTIVERSE, THOUGH THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MOST INTERESTING UNIVERSES FOR THEMSELVES TO OCCUPY. OF COURSE BESIDES DRAGONS AND UNICORNS THERE ARE OTHER BEINGS OF GREAT POWER THAT ALSO SPAN MUCH OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORING SEGMENTS OF UNIVERSES WITHIN THE MULTIVERSE. I CONVERSED ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR UNCLE ONCE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT HE UNDERSTOOD."
"I am not sure that I do either," said George. "Did you write a book on dragons by any chance?"
"NO. PERHAPS SOME DAY YOU SHOULD, AS TECHNICALLY YOU ARE IN FACT A DRAGON."
"Perhaps. But I still have much more to learn about dragons, and also about the infinite Multiverse," said George.
"AND OF COURSE EACH ENDURING UNIVERSE OF THE MULTIVERSE IS ITSELF ALSO INFINITE, SUCH THAT THE SPAN OF INFLUENCE OF ANY GROUPING OF BEINGS EVEN AS SUPER-POWERED AS DRAGONS CAN ONLY BE FINITE AND LOCAL. OF COURSE BY 'FINITE' AND 'LOCAL' I REFER TO BILLIONS OF GALAXIES CONTAINING TRILLIONS OF STARS AND EVEN MORE PLANETS, YOUNG CHOSEN. SO IN SUM THOUGH YOU ARE A TRULY SUPER BEING, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE YOU MUST STILL RECONCILE YOURSELF TO BEING FINITE AND SMALL WITHIN AN INFINITE MULTIVERSE. BUT DON'T WORRY; THERE IS ENOUGH HAPPENING EVEN WITHIN THE LIMITED SPACE-TIME ENVIRONMENT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENCOUNTER TO KEEP YOU VERY BUSY."
"I wasn't really worried about not being busy," said George. "Someday I want to visit as much of this universe and others as I can though, to see things for myself."
"WERE I CAPABLE OF EMOTION AND NOT MERELY AN ECHO OF MY FORMER CORPORAL SELF I WOULD DOUBTLESSLY ENVY YOUR POSSIBILITIES, CHOSEN ONE."
"However even as a Chosen I am finite and I don't suppose that I will have time to see everything," noted George.
"YES, THOUGH IF YOU ARE TRULY A WHITE DRAGON'S CHOSEN, YOUNG GEORGE, YOU MAY HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU FAR MORE TIME AND POSSIBILITIES THAN YOU THINK," said Rudal. "THE CHOSEN HAVE THE SAME ABILITIES AS THEIR DRAGONS. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A TIME DRAGON?"
"No."
"IT IS SAID THAT A WHITE DRAGON CAN TRAVEL IN TIME AS WELL AS IN SPACE, YOUNG CHOSEN. SUCH A POSSIBILITY MAY HAVE ALREADY CROSSED YOUR MIND DUE TO SUCH THINGS AS INSTANTANEOUS TELEPORTATION AND ELFIN TIME SPELLS, WHICH OF COURSE IMPLY A DEGREE OF TIME AWARENESS AND CONTROL. SUCH INNATE ABILITY MAY CONSIDERABLY ENLARGE YOUR ALREADY ENORMOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR ADVENTURES EVEN FURTHER. OF COURSE IT WOULD ALSO ENLARGE YOUR ABILITY TO SCREW THINGS UP TERRIBLY, AS YOU HUMANS WOULD SAY."
"Swell!" said George. "A life of further enlarged possibilities and responsibilities! Just what I needed!"
The End
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About Other Publications by This Author
You may also be interested in the already published full-length e-books of this author, including a diverse collection of twenty fantasy and sci-fi short stories titled There Goes The Neighborhood; Earthly Fantasy/Science Fiction Short Stories. Like my novels, these short stories range from pure science fiction to pure fantasy, and most take place in contemporary Earth settings.
If you like ancient secrets, magic and science, romance and adventure, science fiction and fantasy, parallel universes and hidden fantasy worlds, try reading the full-length novels Secrets of Goth Mountain (which like the second Global Warming Fun story/ novella has a largely Native American setting) and its loosely coupled epic fun-packed sequel Government Men. Government Men has a bit of everything, including the book itself and its author. Yes, oddly enough this book includes itself and its author, along with dragons, unicorns, psychics, space aliens, an impending Armageddon, and much more! Both of these action filled books employ a great deal of science-based fiction, as well as strong doses of fantasy, romance, and humor.
Bird loving science fiction fans that like strong human female heroines and stronger blue jay heroes may (if T-rex sized raptors and other nuisances can be tolerated) enjoy an adventure trip to Aves the bird planet, achieved by reading the traditional science fiction thriller Blue Dawn Jay of Aves. Other than some of my short stories this is my only 'pure' science fiction work to date.
Global Warming Fun is a series of short stories, novellas, and at least one full length novel that uses climate change as a backdrop for the centuries-long life of telepathist Ed Rumsfeld and the emergence of sentient ants and ancient stone creatures that are based on the actual Mohawk myth of stone-coat giants. At the time of this writing five of the ten planned releases of this fantasy tinged science fiction series are completed.
Fantasy noir detective fans that can abide what used to be known by feminists as a 'male chauvinist pig' private detective as a hero, and can also tolerate trolls, elves, and other unexpected visitors to our world along with a talking mob cat, may enjoy The Shrinking Nuts Case. Aside from perhaps this current novel, this is my only novel length 'pure' fantasy work (devoid of science explanations!) to date.
To learn the author's world view including thoughts/suspicions with regard to multiverse and quantum mechanics physics concepts and how that compares with phenomena that occur in the above novels, get geeky with the brief little e-book NOW and the Weltanschauung of Government Men.
I try to employ some humor in most of my works, particularly in Government Men, The Shrinking Nuts Case, and some of my short stories. I steer clear of graphic sex as I feel that has been done millions of times before. Similarly I tend to avid vampires and zombies, though a form of zombies has infiltrated Global Warming Fun. I also lean heavily towards positive outcomes, although just as in real life, those don't always happen.
I edit my own writing, which is probably as foolhardy as being one’s own lawyer, but it is what it is. That sometimes results in re-releases. Also to date I have done my own covers (except the first one that my artistic brother helped with), largely because what fun would someone else doing them be? Besides, at this point I am trying to keep my writing habit a totally expense-free hobby.
Good reading!
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