Welcome to Green Comet

There have been over 50,000 downloads of the stories in the Green Comet trilogy. If you’ve read any or all of them, then please drop a note in the comments below. I love to hear from readers, whether it’s a question or a compliment or a criticism, constructive or otherwise. Whatever you want to say, I want to hear it.

Are you interested in lucid dreaming or ball lightning? How about the feet of geckos or spiders? The aquatic ape? Cave art? Maybe you like clouds. You might have a fascination with out-of-body or near-death experiences, collective nouns or synesthesia. You can find all that and more here. Just use the handy little search bar.

There’s a lot of interesting stuff here, but mostly this website exists as a place for the Green Comet trilogy and my other novels to live. Please sign the guest book.

These free novels, Creative Commons licensed Green Comet, and its sequels Parasite Puppeteers and The Francesians, tell an expansive story of love and adventure on an inhabited comet. To learn more about the trilogy, and for samples, visit the Welcome page. To download the books, visit the Books for Free page. The novels The Plainsrunner, The Prime, Sunward and the Vin Stone series are available through the Books for Sale page. To listen to the Okanagan Reader, visit the Audio page or the YouTube channel.

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YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Thirteen

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Dempster reveals his duplicity.

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This reading is chapter thirteen of The Francesians, the third book in the Green Comet trilogy. Dempster thinks that by coming aboard with weapons he can take the Prime and its resources. Should we have pity on him for his lack of vision? I don’t think so. Especially since they want to kill Buzzard and Archie.

rjb

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Not My World – Nearing Release

This is Not My World, text version, is almost ready for release. The final presentation version waits until after I record the audiobook. One last pass of proofreading and, hopefully not much, editing. Reading out loud not only slows you down, it also lets you know if there are any awkward bits that will make the reader stumble. One does not want one’s readers to stumble.

This has been an enjoyable experience. After five Vin Stone novels, setting off on this different course was both refreshing and challenging. As things stand now, it doesn’t look like I will be visiting with Rod Fenwick any more. At least not with him as the main character in a novel. You never know, though.

I might have time for a small ARC (Advance Readers Copy) cycle, so if you want to read the book and tell the world about it, let me know here or email me at arjaybe@greencomet.org.

Soon I will be able to get back to Vin and his friends.

Cheers

rjb

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YouTube – The Francesians – Chapter Twelve

Time to leave the Prime, their home for so long.

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This reading is chapter twelve of The Francesians, the third book in the Green Comet trilogy. Archie has decided that he will accompany the Prime when it takes the remaining resources back to the two-planet system. The rest will be heading back to Green Comet, but it looks like there will be a delay. They return to the Ball to find armed men.

rjb

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