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On a hotter and more volatile earth in the twenty-third century, humans like Clare and Jon live in utopia, hunting and gathering in small tribal bands, engaged in daily art and ritual, reunited with old friends like the shaggy mammoth and giant ground sloth. Even better, they still have solar- powered laptops and can communicate with each other around the world. The understanding of physics has also advanced. When scientists first cloned extinct species from the Pleistocene, they discovered that many of them were telepathic—that consciousness travels in waves. For most people, animism has become the preferred religion, a panpsychism compatible with the laws of a fractal holographic universe. As Clare tells one of her students, the return to an older, Paleolithic lifestyle is “one of humanity’s greatest achievements.”
It’s too bad that utopia had to come at such a cost: a genetically engineered super-virus that wiped out most of earth’s human population. Humanity was shaken by that event, and humanity vowed to change. Now, on the 150th anniversary of that catastrophe, a small group of men and women—as well as a smarter-than-average dire wolf and saber-toothed cat—are suddenly faced with decisions in which the stakes are higher than ever before. Will earth repeat the cycle of unbridled hubris? Or is humanity’s destiny even stranger than that?
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- Sales Rank: #292403 in eBooks
- Published on: 2016-01-12
- Released on: 2016-01-12
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
“Is there anything Sharman Apt Russell cannot do on the printed page? A triumph of the imagination; a brilliant and mesmerizing addition to the sci-fi canon." —JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Damnificados
“This conflicted postapocalyptic tale of sparse but still civilized humans in a world of cloned mammoths and telepathic saber-toothed tigers tries to find the balance between preservation and progress. Clare, a hunter and writing instructor, guides Brad, a lab rat who discovered an important principle of the universe, on a wilderness quest. It leads not to enlightenment but to bigender loner Luke/Lucia and mutated dire wolf Dog. Wishing for fame in a world that frowns on individual aggrandizement, Brad takes peyote, links minds with Dog, and discovers the long-sought secret of how DNA broadcasts consciousness. Aided by Luke/Lucia and Dog, he constructs a device that can resurrect the dead, including Clare’s baby daughter. Russell happily sets up a “Paleoterrific” primitive utopia and then allows the gritty reality of dying young and the discomfort of conforming to social norms in a small community to wear away at an eco-friendly life with nature. Big cats may mentally howl “I love you,” but they still want to eat you.” —Publishers Weekly
“There’s a spin on this story that is unlike the others I have read. I liked it enough that I read it all in one sitting. . . . I essentially inhaled this book. It has a wonderful flow.” –Geeks of Doom
“A dazzling and hallucinatory myth…Beautifully written and vertiginous—Castaneda jacked into the Matrix, Einstein crunching numbers on the walls of Lascaux, a druid with a sickle and a laptop.” —Andrew Todhunter, author of A Meal Observed and Dangerous Games
“Russell’s intelligence and imagination shine.” —Eric C. Otto, author of Green Speculations: Science Fiction and Transformative Environmentalism
"In classic science fiction style, Russell presents a devastated world reformed into a seeming paleolithic paradise… [a] suspenseful and gripping tale” —William Seager, author of Natural Fabrications: Science, Emergence and Consciousness
“Like Ursula K. Le Guin and Kim Stanley Robinson, Sharman Apt Russell tells stories of human reorientation within a radically reanimated world… an urgent story that immerses the reader in the agonizing entanglements and wonders of being.” —Gib Prettyman, Pennsylvania State University, Associate Editor, Resources for American Literary Study
“Sharman Apt Russell’s vibrant new novel will enthrall readers with its vision of a future in which animism, panpsychism and hard science come together to show us how the forces shaping consciousness and the universe are one and the same.” —Imre Szeman, co-author of After Globalization
"An intriguing and compelling tale of humanity struggling to recover its indigenous allegiance to Earth and Earth Law despite the genie of physical science having well and truly escaped from the bottle." —Freya Matthews, author of For Love of Matter: a Contemporary Panpsychism
“A voice keenly in tune with the discourses of science, ecology, rhetoric, and spirituality. . . . Russell’s vision of tomorrow imagines sobering consequences—and pathways to possible solutions—to the crises we face today." —Michael R. Page, author of Frederik Pohl and The Literary Imagination from Erasmus Darwin to H.G. Wells: Science, Evolution, and Ecology
“Russell has a knack for fast-paced action and poetic turns of phrase, and readers will turn the pages quickly so they can follow along with the adventures of Brad, Clare, Dog, and Luke as they journey through this new world. Fans of post-apocalyptic science fiction will find this a wild and enjoyable ride.” —Stephanie Vie, author of (E)-Dentity
“What a great read! Bringing back the animals—and reminding us of animal powers and minds—is an important message for the here and now. An engaging—and thoughtfully-informed—post-apocalyptic novel that stays with you for weeks afterward. Sharman Russell has a clever and also provocative imagination that leads the reader into deep reflection on who we are and who we might become.” —Margaret Conkey, co-author of Ancient Goddesses: the Myths and Evidence and co-editor of Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory
“With compelling characters, a driving rhythm, and a rich plot, the novel smoothly navigates between the principles of biology and physics, the mystique of animism, the politics of posthumanism, and the tropes of science fiction.” —Keren Omry, American Studies, University of Haifa, Science Fiction Research Association, Vice President
“She's earned a spot next to Margaret Atwood and Daniel Quinn for sparking readers to reflect on the tensions between the natural environment and our ever-evolving technology.” —Sean Murray, author of Composition Incorporated: Turbo Capitalism, Higher Education, and the Teaching of Writing
“Russell’s implementation of panpsychist theory brings this book to life as one of the most extraordinary sci-fis of our time . . ." —Jack Symes, author of "In Defense of Strong Emergentist Panpsychism"
“A syncretic approach where hard science and the hard problem of consciousness merge into a welcome addition to the science fiction canon. What’s more, this is a piece of storytelling at its best!” —John M. Gist, co-author of Angst and Evolution: The Struggle for Human Potential, author of Lizard Dreaming of Birds
“A gripping read—I couldn’t put it down, but I didn’t want it to end! Sharman Russell knows how to pay tribute to the great traditions of science fiction storytelling—and how to make them new for the twenty-first century.” —Lisa Yaszek, author of Galactic Suburbia and past president of the Science Fiction Research Association
“Russell’s novel remains steadfastly optimistic. A refreshing alternative to near-future dystopias, she offers a glimpse of a ‘future primitive’ in which people live more sustainably and equitably, sustained by a sense of wonder when nature turns out to have been panpsychic all along.” —Melody Jue, author of “Vampire Squid Media”
About the Author
Sharman Apt Russell is a longtime professor at Western New Mexico University and Antioch University in L.A. She is the award-winning author of numerous essays, short stories, and books, including Hunger and An Obsession with Butterflies. Additionally, she was the recipient of the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, the New Mexico Zia Award, and the Rockefeller Fellowship. She lives in Silver City, New Mexico.
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I further enjoyed Russell’s depiction of Clare
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door Review
Knocking on Heaven’s Door, a novel by Sharman Russell
Yucca Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing 2016
266 pages
Sharman Russell does not back down from the fundamental human questions of our common origins and shared future in her dystopian sci-fi novel Knocking on Heaven’s Door. She confronts the impulses and instincts entwined in our DNA that no amount of reasoning and spiritual practice could deny. The human quest to dominate, to take charge of our world, rather than surrender to the truth of our interconnected existence is our undoing.
Set in twenty-third century New Mexico in the wake of an era known as the Return where a super-virus crippled the human population on earth, Russell depicts a “Paleoterrific” society living in the midst of ruin. The protagonist, Clare, is an online writing teacher who connects with students from the three remaining human civilizations in Russia, Costa Rica, and the American Southwest. She is also a guide for Brad, an employee of the lab responsible for DNA experiments that tend to be questionable in this fragile new world. He is on a requisite quest that he has delayed for quite some time. He and Clare strike up an unexpected relationship that leads them both to question everything they have known.
Russell is a true lover of knowledge whose affinity for anthropology, history, physics, biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, geology, botany, basket weaving and so much more come together in this book. One of the most mesmerizing scenes is the death of Dog, a cloned extinct species from the Pleistocene era who has gained consciousness via telepathy. As he lays dying in Chapter 11, the omniscient narrator leaves no detail behind:
In those last moments, his body was deliriously busy, bladder emptying, heart pumping, right and left atria filling with blood, priming the ventricles, ventricles contracting, propelling blood to the lungs, aortic and pulmonary valves opening atria—then not filling. Where was the blood? The heart waited to contract (111).
I further enjoyed Russell’s depiction of Clare, a strong female character who has misgivings about her pregnancy because of how she might be received by her tribe given that the father is not one of them. Via Clare’s experience, Russell confronts issues regarding family structure that manifest in our current patriarchy and into the future.
This interesting and well written novel proved to be a challenging read for me. As a fan of documentary, realism, romance, and young adult fiction, the combination of trying to understand the nature of the post super-virus world and the vocabulary associated with it made for a slow read. In the first half of the novel, I felt uncertain of the setting and I found myself re-reading a number of passages to nail down the basics.
Once that unsettling feeling passed, I was able to grasp Russell’s vision of a future that is daunting on the one hand, but essentially optimistic. Human beings gain the capacity to communicate with plants and animals and ultimately construct a reality with the benefits of being able to a hear one another.
Knocking on Heaven’s Door is not for the faint of heart. Be ready for a wildly unexpected look at the twenty-third century and all that it takes to thrive in this new world.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A quest at many levels.
By Sonnie
I have to admit, I had to start this story twice before it captured me. In the first couple of chapters, I couldn’t connect to the juxtapositions of modern laptops and the worldwide web to the hunter-gatherers of The Return to Paleolithic animals that could communicate with humans non-verbally. By the fifth chapter, though, the pieces were starting to fit into the puzzle through the consciousness of Dog.
The story line follows the lives and actions of several characters. It takes place a couple of hundred years after a catastrophic event that wiped out most of the humans on the planet, leaving only a small number of people to recreate lifestyles, rules and technology. Clare lives as humans did before technology, cities and global civilization, valuing the abundance and community of her hunter-gatherer tribe. Brad is a “lab rat,” working and living in the remaining center of technology, responsible for maintaining the world-wide web. Clare serves as Brad’s guide on his required “quest” into the wilds to test his survival skills. There’s Luke, an old guy who’s been living wild for a long time, though he started in the lab himself years ago; there’s a connection between Luke and Brad to be explored. And then, there’s Dog. Dog is a direwolf, one of the Paleolithic-era creatures recreated from genetic materials before the great catastrophe; these creatures, unlike most humans, survived the decimation of the human population. Dog is an absorber of scientific information and is fascinated, even obsessed with DNA. He leads Brad and Luke down the path to new, untried territory that taps into consciousness and the collective unconscious.
Sharman has tapped quantum science, Einstein, Marcus Aurelius and the Stoics, the ancient Greeks, the pre-history and culture of ancient peoples, and modern nanotechnology; she has channeled all of that, confusing as it sounds, into a coherent story that challenges our beliefs about what is possible. All set in the thirsty, fire-scorched, magnificent Southwest. She asks the unholy question: should we do what we can do without considering ‘why’ and 'whether'? Through the characters’ actions, she explores the pursuit of a scientific experiment when we haven’t considered the consequences. Her quest comes together in the end in recognition of our immutable humanity and the interconnected-ness of all life.
The keys to enjoying this story are to suspend belief from page one, and read patiently until the juxtapositions begin to resolve into a single focus. The quest Sharman takes us on is worth that time and attention.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Brilliant!
By JJ Amaworo Wilson
Is there anything Sharman Apt Russell cannot do on the printed page? Knocking on Heaven’s Door is a lyrical, superbly written tale set in the future. In the midst of the great ruin of Earth, brought about by ecological catastrophe and a supervirus, the remnants of humanity wander in their ravaged Eden. Communing with nature, taking only what they need, the heroes do everything that humans have always done: fall in love, fight, procreate, and try to survive. Apt Russell’s is a singular vision that includes a host of stunning ideas – a gender-hopping bush-dweller, telepathic animals, and ways of revivifying the dead. Knocking on Heaven’s Door is a triumph of the imagination, a brilliant and mesmerizing addition to the sci-fi canon.
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