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date submitted 30.07.2009
date updated 06.11.2011
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2150 Total Integration

Michael Gray

A cryo scientist, trapped in his own invention, is found alive 130 years later. He confronts his mentor and alien species to survive.

 

Mika Gerey, a cryogenic scientist, is buried in his newly developed cryo chamber during a 21st century super storm. He's found by 22nd century archaeologists and revived with considerably advanced medical science.

His dream of being born in the future becomes a reality. He quickly adapts but struggles with his new friend's ambition to exploit technology in the human body as he visualises the destruction of humanity and other galactic species as the end result. He finds new love but she's more than just beautiful, she's 22nd century!

Humans achieve deep space travel and become visible to friendly and aggressive species. Mika's psychology retains primitive instincts which he employs, along with 2150 science, to defeat attacks upon Earth. His leadership is seen as humanity's saviour and he's made world leader. His imagination takes humans out into the galaxy to become members of the highly evolved Galactic Seniors Partnership.

Technical science makes humans invulnerable, which again draws the interest of the 'Gohdamma'. Meeting this species reveals they are the originators of human evolution. Their revelations shatter fundamental beliefs and they leave humanity in awe of their knowledge and power.

 
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child wrote 495 days ago

This could so easily have been dry and dusty - a sawdust read. Instead, it is pacy, intelligent and a thoroughly good read. Well written to the extent, I who doesn't understand Cryogenetics in the slightest, was intrigued. The reader is not bombarded with with scientific blah that sometimes seems to be a platform for just how brilliant the authors knowledge of his subject, this author gently feeds us what we need to move the story along and leaves out the mechanics of high-tech information that is not needful and, which I personally, find boring.
Highly recommended. I have backed your book and wish you every success with it.

Child - Atramentus Speaks

Jack Hughes wrote 510 days ago

This is a seriously impressive novel that, by rights, should become a bestseller within a short time of its release. The technological nature of the plot is not overbearing, there is a wonderful human element at the heart and the writing is succinct and very descriptive. An exceptional story for the intelligent minded reader.

Backed without reservation.

Jack Hughes
Dawn of Shadows

D.S. Williamson wrote 598 days ago

Great first chapter, Mr. Gray. You know how to write. What I paricularly liked about the opening paragraph is that it "feels" like voice-over in what promises to be a very good film. In other words, you "show it" even though you're "telling it".

This probably doens't make sense but I read screenplays from some of my "movie' friends out here in L.A and that's what it sounds like. On my watchlist.

Mach100 wrote 126 days ago

Hello Michael,
I really like your whole concept - the foul weather (personally I think the whole global warming hype is a load of horse) which was credible and the future setting is equally believable even though I think we might go the other way and lose everything like previous civilisations have done.
Couldn’t find faults in first two chapters but I will be reading and commenting more.
I hope that you will rate and comment on one or more of my books – ‘Accident’ is the one I’d like to promote the most.
Best wishes, Charles Dyer (Mach100)

mdws77 wrote 132 days ago

I have just finished reading your entire book and I did like the way you were able to keep my attention. While I don't agree with some of your conclusions and philisophy, I did like the way you presented the subjects. There are some minor punctuation issues that made it a little hard to follow who was saying what at times, but overall this book was a very good read.

Gareth N wrote 213 days ago

SF42 - I've read the opening chapter and will return later to read more. Initial comments are -

This chapter is brimming with a lot of excellent ideas about the changes to technology over the time Mika has been in stasis. I like the fact you've thought about the social and economic changes of new inventions. The pace of the plot slows somewhat in the second half of the first chapter as you introduce all these new technologies to us. If I'm honest I'd like to have seen them gradually integrated into the plot. That might just be me though.

I enjoyed the opening and I'm keen to find out how the story unfolds. The writing is very good but I'm having a bit of a problem believing that some of the dialogue is spoken by real people. Sometimes it sounds like it should be narrative rather than dialogue. I guess that it's a bit tricky since you've adopted a first person narrative. Anyway, it's not likely to be a problem with the story telling and it's only my point of view in any case.

I'll return later.

alex wrote 235 days ago

I have added this to my watchlist. I think its a great premise well executed and I look forward to reading more chapters.

Billy Young wrote 255 days ago

After reading the first chapter I have some minor issues with the story so far. If the lab complex is built into the side of a mountain then would a super storm be a real threat to it? If you were to describe the base more and have most of it above ground and only the main lab below then this would negate this problem. I also felt that you moved onto the future to quickly before you had fully introduced your main character. There is no harm in using minor characters from the twenty first century that you could refer back to in memories to give more depth to your main character later in your story. Good luck with this.

Kenneth Edward Lim wrote 263 days ago

Michael,
"2150 Total Integration" is an intellectually stimulating piece diifficult to put down. What it does is open up a realm of possibilities the human ken is capable of and that very fact is where the attraction lies. I followed Mika's progress as a human transplanted into a future world, and he in turn. through lucid prose from a first person POV and just as informative a dialogue with Jodi, fed me information not in my normal diet. Thank you so much for this delightfully educational read.

Kenneth Edward Lim
The North Korean

stephen racket wrote 268 days ago

This is very imaginative and well-written, as good a Sci-Fi story as I've read on Authonomy. The advances in technology are beautifully described, the damage inflicted on the planet by global warming unnervingly realistic. Added to my WL for further reading and generously starred. Good luck with this.

PD Casteel wrote 282 days ago

Nice work. I always struggle with descriptions of technology in SciFI. You resisted the temptation to go too deeply into the description of technology. That made this a much better read than many of the works I come across. I thought the transition from the past to the new present was jarring. That was the moment my interests peeked.

writingbear wrote 303 days ago

Michael,

I put your fine book on my shelf today! Please take a look at my two novels DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS or MY GENTLEMAN FRIEND for a possible backing. Your help will be appreciated! Good luck and happy writing.

Dwain-Thomas

David Whelan wrote 331 days ago

Really like the story, has a great premise and the characters seem easy to relate to. The desciption for the scientific parts are also well done, I reckon this could be a published book no bother. Top quality work

David Whelan
The Silent Chronicles Book 1: Desolate

writingbear wrote 336 days ago

Michael,

I checked out your fine SF book today. I liked it! So I backed it! If you could take a look at my two novels, DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS or MY GENTLEMAN FRIEND for a possible backing it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you, good luck and happy writing.

Dwain-Thomas

yellowdog wrote 347 days ago

Mike,

I'll try again to finish.

`...the team wasn't large. It didn't need to be....' - either new sentence at `it' or qualifier such as `nor did it'.

`....youngest in our tem, sat at his desktop workstation he looked up from his screen and grinned.' - run on sentence - suggest new sentence at `He'.

`When are we testing it for real boss?" John easily...' - here the speaker is John, but the comment or thoughts are Mika's. Should go to new paragraph.

In the paragraph beginning `Although I was being reconciled....' You have Mika aking a question, and Jodi replying. Even though Mika prefaces Jodi's reply by saying it was surprising, there is separate dialogue so should go to new paragraph. It makes it easier for reader in any case. If you wanted Mika to relate converstation as a `report' then perhaps single quotes and you could maintain as is, but I think it would be better split up.

That's all from me today Mike. It is too hard to provide edit commentary on the site. I lost these comments twice.
If you want me to edit (to my best ability - I am no expert) the chapter you could send it to my email as a Word doc. and I will mark it up.

I agree with one of your comments re the woods. Yes, it doesn't seem to matter how many times I go over a text, someone will find something I missed. Sort of like domestic blindness.

All the best

Brian

yellowdog wrote 347 days ago

Mike,

This is the last time I do this. I have already trascribed items I was commenting on to Word and then typed into here and then I accidently hit the chapter 6 and lost it all.

Okay. Sentence `Made no difference....' - end of sentence doesn;t gel with start. Sense not clear. Suggest `That I was pathological etc. made no difference as house empty nobody etc)

`...project was (all) time consuming...' - suggest omit

`....everyday life in (this) the research....'

rhine wrote 347 days ago

chapter 1: excellent mechanics. My main comments are pacing/flow related.
missing apostrophe: brain[']s
opinion: I would put the sentence "Leading a cryo" at the very start because it defines the character, and first chapter more than the weather or day of the week.
I would also put a chapter break after the word survival to emphasize the magnitude of the world transition and give the reader a cesura.
Suggest you dedicate more than one paragraph to the cryo prep, as it is the primary macguffin in your story.
Perhaps even worry if X fixed that problem with Y yet that killed the poor monkey.

Scott Rhine (Foundation for the Lost)

yellowdog wrote 347 days ago

Hi Michael,

An excellent read and extremely well written. I am truly jealous. THe character narrative is well handled as are the actions. I read through to the end of chapter 2, so it is definitely engaging. You have crafted a wonderful modern world with the advent of intelligent materials and antigrav technology. This is all presented in an easy manner by Jodi. I appreciated the deft of touch when dealing with the narrators incredulity in such a situation.

You have interspersed the exposition and the introduction of the alien visitors and the double trip to the spacecraft spell an evolving storyline for me.

You might want to restrict paragraphs to the one speaker. Several times I was confused when an action by one character followed anothers speech e.g. `He grinned.' I also noticed a couple of run oin sentences in the first chapter, but I can't go back now and tell you exactly which ones.

Well written, a great imagination at work. I'm ranking you five and as soon as I find a spot you're on my shelf.

If you get a chance please have a look at my novel - Future Crime.

All the best

Brian

Francene Stanley wrote 356 days ago

This is really good. I love the topic and have often wondered about whether it could happen. The writing is good and the story flows well. The tension builds well.

I'd be happy to back this and star rate it well. I'd be honoured if you would return read.

Francene. Still Rock Water.

Hampstead wrote 369 days ago

Great story, written in a conversational style which makes it even more readable. I can see this book, with a bit of good marketing on the side of the published, becoming a bestseller.

Michael Clifford

Sometime in Andalusia

www.ten-minute-stories.com

Hampstead wrote 369 days ago

Great story, written in a conversational style which makes it even more readable. I can see this book, with a bit of good marketing on the side of the published, becoming a bestseller.

Michael Clifford

Sometime in Andalusia

www.ten-minute-stories.com

Hampstead wrote 369 days ago

Great story, written in a conversational style which makes it even more readable. I can see this book, with a bit of good marketing on the side of the published, becoming a bestseller.

Michael Clifford

Sometime in Andalusia

www.ten-minute-stories.com

Woodville wrote 384 days ago

Great title.

sean.bazaar wrote 403 days ago

Excellent writein on the first chap. I'm thouroughly intrigued to see if Mika's mind can be equiped with the modern tech, if not.....He's in for some wild experiences. 5 star rating, will back in a day or two.

Leslie Rocker wrote 406 days ago

Sci.fi. is not my field, but I am impressed with this. I have only read a couple of chapters each at the beginning and end, but it is imaginative and well written. It also seems to be backed with a degree of scientific knowledge.
I am happy to back it and invite you to read I, Said the Rook.
Leslie Rocker

Beval wrote 420 days ago

A Brave New World indeed! I loved all the technology and the idea that mankind has made it to the stars.
"Mika wants to explore? Hell, I want to explore along with him!
Underneath all this is the feeling of mankind grown soft, nothing to fight against any more and the edge that made us hack our way to the top of the food chain has gone. Mika, product to a rougher tougher time is going to be either a shock or salvation.
Highly readable and most enjoyable "
That was what I said when I first read this. On taking a second look, I went deeper into the story, reading chapter further on to see how the plot developed and how your brought it to a conclusion.
The technology is a joy, exciting and believable and I thought you handled the alein creator theme very well, I had a feeling of Arthur C Clarke, someone I haven't read in years, but there was a feel of him here.
You also raised some very topical questions about what is being done to the planet which gives this a very "now" feel. The message is there, but its not advanced at the expense of the plot.
All in all, I think I agree with me...always nice to discover one has been right:-))...this IS enjoyable and readable.

Dave Goodenough wrote 433 days ago

Very, very cool! In fact, outstanding! I'm putting this on my watchlist so I can back it as soon as a couple obligations are cleared. Meanwhile, I'm going to ask my friend Kristi to back your book. I'm sure she wil like it.
Dave Goodenough

ccb1 wrote 434 days ago

Backed 2050 Total Intergation. SciFi is not a genre we read often, but glad we took time for your book. Good job. Hope you will take a look at Dark Side.
CC Brown

J.S.Watts wrote 436 days ago

Intriguing premise and some nice writing.

I thought the opening paragraphs were too full of back story/explaination/description of who and what. To me it felt like you were cramming it all in before the earthquake. Had you thought of beginning with the earthquake or some other more dramatic event and filtering in the back story as a gradual reveal? Just a thought.

I noticed a few typos, like: "..but a lot of talent, he had a bright future..." which I'd write as: ..but a lot of talent. He had a bright future.... Also "brains ability" should be "brain's ability" and shouldn't your MC be worried about being a Twenty First Century ignoramus???

J.S.Watts
A DARKER MOON

PATRICK BARRETT wrote 440 days ago

Fascinating idea and pitched with authenticity. I will definitely come back for more because the early leads you supply can take this story anywhere. Obviously well thought out and extremely well written. Patrick Barrett (Cuthbert-how mean is my valley)

ccb1 wrote 441 days ago

Don't usually read SiFi, but this looks interesting. Placed 2150 on our watchlist.
CC Brown
Dark Side

Benjamin Dancer wrote 461 days ago

I wanted to be offended. Went to ch 15. By the second paragraph, I was hooked—the overpopulation bit. Here are my notes as I read:

EarthII made me laugh.

I can geek out on the wormholes, time travel/pseudo-science

The story kicks off a million thoughts in my head. From biology/overpopulation to astrophysics. It’s really fun to read.

The relationships are interesting. But I confess I’m focusing on the scifi, piecing the science and new ecosystems together.

I got pulled into the story and forgot to document my thoughts for awhile—I guess that’s a good sign.

By the way, I’m not offended—but intrigued about the theology or aliens.

Balance parameters: what makes this interesting to me is the ethics.

Pretty cool universe you’ve conjured up, and pretty relevant to the universal problems I live with day-to-day.

rab14 wrote 469 days ago
rab14 wrote 469 days ago

There are some minor editting issues to address but although, I used to read a lot of Sci Fi and haven't read much lately, I still found this an intriguing concept. Cryogenetics has been used as a plot tool before ,nevertheless you give it a new twist by taking your protagonist from the climatic changes the world has to deal with in 2010 and dumping him unceremoniously in 2150 along with shapers and brain implants. A pacy well told tale. I wish you luck with it. K.J. Rabane According to Olwen

Roman N Marek wrote 469 days ago

I like this. It needs a little polishing of the spelling and grammar, but has a fine beginning that is intriguing enough to keep one reading. Good old-fashioned SF. My only worry with the story was that Jodi is the only person Mika interacts with for quite a long time. There appears to be a reason for this, but wouldn’t this have bothered Mika? How/why has Mika been assigned to this one individual and why aren’t there others monitoring him, interested in him, meeting him, etc. Wouldn’t Mika wonder whether Jodi has any friends? In Chapter 3 he enquires about a wife but this is after 2 weeks of acquaintance. Is Jodi a total loner? Wouldn’t he at least have introduced Mika to other people? Also, perhaps more could be made of the mystery surrounding Jodi’s real job to beef up the tension a little. The encounter with the Cracians in Chapter 7 is practically skipped over. Yet I would have thought that would be as dramatic as waking up 130 years in the future. Apart from these quibbles, which I think could be fairly easily addressed, it’s a very enjoyable read and I wish you well with it.

tecmic wrote 471 days ago

High time for a stable bookshelf ... Now that Authonomy is changing, I decided to look through the 300+ books I've read on this site for my favorite five. '2150 Total Integration' made my list. I suggest you give it a look.

Frank Calcagno
The First Human War



Frank! I wrote it, but thanks anyway.

Mike.

Frank Calcagno wrote 471 days ago

High time for a stable bookshelf ... Now that Authonomy is changing, I decided to look through the 300+ books I've read on this site for my favorite five. '2150 Total Integration' made my list. I suggest you give it a look.

Frank Calcagno
The First Human War

JM Miller wrote 473 days ago

I liked the way you kept the action coming, and dove right into the plot. It reminds me of the heyday of SF.

Backed

JM Miller wrote 473 days ago

I liked the way you kept the action coming, and dove right into the plot. It reminds me of the heyday of SF.

Backed

Robert Craven wrote 475 days ago

Hi Michael,

This has an assured touch throughout and weaves your research into the measured pace without losing the reader's interest.

backed

Rob

GET LENIN

Frank James wrote 482 days ago

To Michael Gray (Total Integration)
Great Piece of writing, well thought out and I have a feeling your book will climb the pole to quite a height. I'm BACKING your book and have a spot for it on my bookshelf. Good luck with your writing in the future. I do'nt know what happened to my first communication, but if you have any problems please contact me.

Frank James (The Contractor)

Frank James wrote 483 days ago

To Michael Gray (2150 Total Integration)
Great piece of writing, well thought out and I have a feeling your book will climb the pole to quite a height. I'm BACKING your book and have a spot for it on my shelf.

Frank James (The Contractor)

Chris_hstrswy wrote 486 days ago

Really intriguing Synopsis, I'd be happy to exchange reads/backing if you are game?

child wrote 495 days ago

This could so easily have been dry and dusty - a sawdust read. Instead, it is pacy, intelligent and a thoroughly good read. Well written to the extent, I who doesn't understand Cryogenetics in the slightest, was intrigued. The reader is not bombarded with with scientific blah that sometimes seems to be a platform for just how brilliant the authors knowledge of his subject, this author gently feeds us what we need to move the story along and leaves out the mechanics of high-tech information that is not needful and, which I personally, find boring.
Highly recommended. I have backed your book and wish you every success with it.

Child - Atramentus Speaks

mike-wolfham wrote 496 days ago

I totally understand about opening changes. I wouldn't change mine (again), so take what i say with a grain of salt and feel free to ignore it. But in your case, the opening is key....climate change brings about this cryo freezing. I think you could really build the readers interest in what happened.

You could also go another path...open with the line: Have you ever slept for XX years with a crick in your neck...I should have been well rested after xx years of sleep....ect.

Within the first few chapters you go back and talk about the extreme climate later on, so you don't necessarily need that right in the beginning, you could start in the future. You could even cut the whole part about the guy checking the weather and just start with the cave collapsing.

Also, feel free to ignore, but I do speak from experience....my first two chapters were actually not part of my original book. But my first couple of readers didn't like the way it opened. I'm much happier with it now. You really want to establish that character, but not in a way that beats the reader over the head. Feel free to bounce any ideas off of me.

mike-wolfham wrote 497 days ago

Very neat idea and you are a good with words. However, I find myself wanting something different in the beginning. The storms are too abstract and sudden, maybe it would be good if the cryo scientist is going to work in the rain and contemplating the current weather situation. It all seemed too abrupt. It might also be nice if you give us something personal about the scientist, some reason that it would be tragic if he travels into the future. All that aside, I do like the concept and writing.

mike-wolfham wrote 497 days ago

Great pitch, looking forward to checking it out.

mskea wrote 500 days ago

Hi Michael,
as promised, some feedback. First a rider - sci-fi is not my normal genre (though I loved John Wyndham), and I'm not particularly technologicaly minded, so please keep that in mind when considering my comments.
Because I think (and hope) it will be most useful to you, I'm going to concentrate on what I felt didn't work so well and would benefit from another look. - I found constructive criticism the most valuable aspect of my early days here.
Although the opening paragraph gave lots of backstory in a very short space (which is good) it didn't quite hang together. - main problems for me - if he is inspired that should produce enthusiasm, not effort. / 'Made no difference that I was pathological..' - made no difference to what? / in what sense did his office sgn indicate approachability? - seemed just normal to me.)
Your punctuation is iffy - especially use of commas (I notice this now because someone was kind enough to go right through my mss and correct it all!)Be careful of repetition eg - 'youngest in our team' + 'team junior' in adjoining sentences.The dialogue in places was a bit stilted - 'Don't worry George, I'd no intention of doing so..' / 'Thank you, now, what was I saying before I was so rudely interuppted?' (which, as well as too long is also a cliche.)
My gut feeling is that ch1 might be better split into 2 - with the early section separate (maybe even a prologue?)
The description of Jodi - 'He wore no jewellery....' etc comes far too late - (in my opinion) it would be much more effective when we first see him - perhaps when you have a reference to his possible age?
This may sound very negative, but on the plus side, as a technophobe I was able to happily accept the technological bits (even if I didn't quite understand them!) and found this easy to read. I am also interested by the premise - of how someone will fit into a completely different culture and the adjustments this requires.
The main value of this site is for all of us to improve through feedback - I hope I've helped in that,
Good luck with this,

Margaret
PS - It did occur to me that it maybe wasn't such a good idea to have your main character with a name so close to your own - just a thought.

Vanessa Darnleigh wrote 504 days ago

I have no issues with the highly original nature of the content but as an English language specialist for the past 35 years, I think I am entitled to point out lexical shortcomings when I see them. Your use of punctuation is erratic and at times the dialogue is integrated into the narrative in an inappropriate manner, interfering with the flow of the text and acting as a distractor to the discerning reader of which there appear to be all too few on this site!
Cheers
Stewart

Vanessa Darnleigh wrote 504 days ago

Great stuff for sci-fi boffins if not for me...I suggest you sort out the dialogue from the narrative.
Cheers
Stewart

Kristen Stone wrote 505 days ago

2150 Total Integration
This is a well written, intriguing book. I loved every word. Backed with pleasure.
Kristen Stone
Kianda Mala - The Monkey Man
Shattered Dreams

Jack Hughes wrote 510 days ago

This is a seriously impressive novel that, by rights, should become a bestseller within a short time of its release. The technological nature of the plot is not overbearing, there is a wonderful human element at the heart and the writing is succinct and very descriptive. An exceptional story for the intelligent minded reader.

Backed without reservation.

Jack Hughes
Dawn of Shadows

Suzalex wrote 511 days ago

Cool premise, Excellent writing, and loved the pitch.

Suz