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rank 2790
word count 64260
date submitted 07.08.2011
date updated 13.09.2011
genres: Fantasy, Popular Culture, Comedy, G...
classification: universal
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The United States Of Atlantis (sequel to The Atlantean Way)

Ostercy Janson De Couët

Somehow Jacqueline Natla survived until the 21st century and now she feels that it is her duty to begin her run for President.

 

Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for senators: 1) each senator must be at least 30 years old, 2) must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years, and 3) must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state he or she seeks to represent. Jacqueline Natla claims to be over 100 years old, a citizen of the USA since 1945 and a former inhabitant of Atlantis. But if you bribe the voters of New Mexico with free genetic engineering, grow the ideal husband in a bottle and become a hero to the local Native Americans, you have a campaign plan. But what of the press, and Candidate Natla's "memories" of her life in Atlantis and her suspicion that aliens are about to invade? Do New Mexicans really care if their local representative is a certified nutjob? Does they really care if they are living at the end of days? And why is the symbol of New Mexico the Sun, and what on earth were those dang Nazis up to in Antarctica all those years ago? A sequel to The Atlantean Way.

 
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aliens, atlantis, jaqueline natla, nazis, new mexico, politics

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Clive Bone wrote 271 days ago

A most interesting book, it's thoughtful and addresses issues of importance today. I hope that it is soon published.

I tried to start reading the book, but I found it incredible dense and complicated.

Like many fantasy books you have tried to describe the background world it's set in, or the main character is, but you end up by confusing me with detail and I have nowhere to recognise and identify with, before launching into the story.

In Film making it would be said you have no establishing shot for the viewer to start with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Establishing_shot

It's therefore hard to even get into the story at the start.

The idea of using someone out of time to criticise a present day (or future, or past) situation is common and I like the idea about using it to critique modern American Politics, but until I have somewhere to identify with, the idea doesn't work with me.

There needs to be more (understandable) description of one world before we compare it with another.

May I suggest you have a look at classic tales, such as Rip Van Winkle, A Conneticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, or Stig of the Dump, and think about setting out one world for the characters, before you move them into the other, or introduce one character from another world, in a "believable" way without confusing the reader straight off before you can even get into the main plot and story.

As you try to get them to believe two different worlds at the same time to start with when they have no recognition of either.

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