Riters
Four generations in space searching for a new world and today they learn how their insignificant band came to command a monolithic ship known as Protostar...exactly, one hundred years after stepping aboard. From the depths of the NORAD command center, they trace the passion and sacrifices that lead to a last ditch effort to find civilization a new home.
"Riters" embodies the spirit of works like "Catch 22", and the sixties cult classic, "Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me". Combining the absurd and insightful with the hysterical and tragic, Harris choreographs an unexpected embrace of opposites in a world far stranger than one where machines are conscious.
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Kirkus Reviews:
"In this debut sci-fi novel, one man's journey leads to a group of survivors spending a century aboard a spaceship in search of a new Earth. Indeed, Earth has been devastated by overpopulation, global warming, and a third world war. Dog has taken the place of God. The eventual explanation for this is best left unspoiled, though, it's certainly bizarre. One of the tales strongest points is its treatment of flesh-and-blood intimacy versus the virtual kind. Harris' story is a shrewd genre piece taking place in an expansive universe that doesn't shy away from farce. A sometimes-preposterous, but often profound tale of civilization struggling to survive."
Seattle Book Review: Four stars, reviewed by Glenn Dallas
"Riters is a novel that vaults into its storytelling with confidence and gusto, never letting up for a second. Harris is unrelenting this way, going balls to the wall in terms of ambitious plotting, indulgent tangents, and sumptuous detail, all in the service of describing the journey. It does force a heightened sense of awareness and attention from the reader. Every detail is absorbed and dissected in order to place another key rung into the ladder of understanding as we climb from the depths of the earth and into the sky alongside the characters. This is a world where sex is as casual and negotiable as it is intimate, and the characters indulge in it early and often as a manner of building relationships and exerting power over each other. Riters is a curious book. But it is a fascinating one, a story within a story about the journey one takes, and how it might not turn out to be the journey you expected. I don't want to give away anything more than that."
San Francisco Book Review: Four stars, reviewed by Philip Zozzaro
"Riters is a new type of sci-fi tale that combines aspects of Neuromancer and Mad Max with a bit of eroticism. The sexual Olympics don't take precedence over developing relationships. Characters are creatively carved and unveiled at a leisurely pace. The plot starts up fast and moves gracefully, with nuances and idiosyncrasies of the alien culture soon taking over. Riters is an innovative and interesting vision of a dystopian future. A good read!"
-- Roy Harris