J. Brian Clarke to Read From New Release 'ALPHANAUTS', Wednesday, June 14 at The Sentry Box, in Calgary, Alberta.

"SF could ask for no better ambassador. So, sit back, relax and enjoy." - Robert J. Sawyer
J. Brian Clarke
'Alphanauts'
Book Reading and Signing
Wednesday June 14th
The Sentry Box
1835 - 10th Ave SW, Calgary
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Join us for a special opportunity to hear J. Brian Clarke read from his novel "Alphanauts", newly published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing.

About 'Alphanauts'

After nearly fifty years in suspended animation a crew of human space explorers, known as the "Alphanauts", return to Earth; only to discover that a medical side effect of their faster than light travel prevents them from remaining on their home planet. Now, in a desperate bid for survival, they must return to space and attempt to colonize an alien world under an alien sun.

Along the way, they encounter the descendants of another space traveling species, symbiotic cat birds, and an evolving malevolent computer intelligence that threatens to destroy everything the Alphanauts work so hard to build.

Their greatest challenge, though, is still to be faced as a hoard of refugees from a ruined Earth are fast approaching, determined to set up a Fascist utopia on this new world.

Can they survive? Can they find the "right stuff" to fend off the control of their Earthly invaders?

Discover the answer in J. Brian Clarke's stellar new space adventure - 'Alphanauts', now available at The Sentry Box in Calgary.

About J. Brian Clarke

J. Brian Clarke is best known for sixteen stories published by ANALOG magazine ... five were 'cover' stories ... one of which, 'Dinoshift', was nominated for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Nebula award.

Clarke's stories have also appeared in GALAXY, EXPANSE and ON-SPEC. 'Earthgate' was the lead in Donald A. Wollheim's 1986 annual WORLD'S BEST SF. 'Testament of Geoffrey' appeared in the Russian publication INVENTOR AND INNOVATOR. Another story has been translated into Spanish for 'Editorial Serio' in Spain.

About Clarke's Writing
Clarke writes about scientists and engineers, about people who think and do, about problems that have to be solved and the men and women who roll up their sleeved and get the work done.

His characters are the "scientists-as-heroes" that were the mainstay of the Golden Age of science fiction, and are brought to life again through Clarke's powerful abilities as a story teller.

J. Brian Clarke is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society - as well as past president of the Calgary chapter of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
He lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Book Details:
Alphanauts by J. Brian Clarke
ISBN10: 1-894063-14-7
ISBN13: 978-1-894063-14-2
5.5" x 8.5" - Trade Paperback
$14.95 US - 18.95 CD - 325 Pages
Read Chapter One:
http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/alphanauts/an-sample.html

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For further information please contact:
Janice Shoults, Marketing Director
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
P.O. Box 1714,
Calgary, AB, T2P 2L7, Canada
780-460-1756 (marketing office)
403-254-0160 (EDGE office voice)
403-254-0456 (fax)
http://www.edgewebsite.com