Books by Grand Unification Monastery
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Minimum Safe Distance (2022, fiction, novel, sci fi, X. Ho Yen)
“A thoughtful, inventive SF fable.
Our Verdict: GET IT“ — Kirkus Reviews
4/5-rating from Foreword/Clarion
8.75/10-rating from The BookLife Prize (of Publisher’s Weekly)
5/5-stars from The Wishing Shelf (also 2023 book cover contest finalist)
”There is a lot to like here.” numberless review from BlueInk Review
5/5-stars from Readers’ Favorite
Carried in the Arapahoe County Library System
Two transbiological aliens are in a fight over what to do about a dire cosmic threat. They stealthily involve humanity, but things don’t go as planned. An AI expert channeled her autism for science. A violent zealot is her nemesis. Laurence and Matt must reach minimum safe distance from human nature itself to decide the fate of the world.
Available to local bookstores via IngramSpark, but not yet returnable.
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Custodians of the Future (2023, fiction, novel, sci fi, X. Ho Yen)
5/5-stars from The Wishing Shelf
5/5-stars from Readers’ Favorite
https://XHoYenAuthor.com/cotf
Irena wants to fit in, and she needs the job, so she doesn't rock the boat.
But discovering strange, potentially deadly stuff in Stockholm's wastewater knocks her fellow janitor squad members off the rails.
Their whacky assumptions and accusations lead to mayhem, threatening the lives of their innocent targets. It's New Year's Eve, 2099.
Can Irena get to the bottom of the wastewater mystery while keeping her teammates from doing more harm, staying out of prison, and avoiding the retributions of Luxembourger street vendors, Buddhist monks, and the dreaded Canadian Space Agency?
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“Custodians of the Future” is the first book in my “of the Future” Un-Series, with a touch of whimsy and my usual irreverent, subversive social commentary. This adult, hopepunk, grounded sci fi mystery-romp-chase will ring bells among fans of The Blues Brothers, Star Trek, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Red Dwarf, Alien/Aliens, and other iconic works of pop culture.
Available to local bookstores via IngramSpark, but not yet returnable.
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Books by Grand Unification Monastery
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Metathinking: Judge For Yourself (2005, non-fiction)
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Why do we force each generation to reinvent the wheel? Why do we think learning is only for children, developing our world view at around age fourteen and stopping there? Why do our elders only teach us what they know and believe, not teaching the next generation to think for themselves? This book does not offer an interpretation lens promising happiness and wealth. It's a straight-shooting, rational breakdown of the lessons and pitfalls of human existence, and you will be challenged by its densely packed, objective presentation. But you don't have to reinvent the wheel!
