| "The
Sphere of Transation" - the final part in the TSOT series... |
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The
Sphere of Travel (TSOT2) ended with the sphere being repaired, but a
mystery hanging over Paul's fate. John and crew said goodbye to
the Gharjians and headed home. When they arrived home, however, John and Debbie went to
John's house, Debbie set off to the local shops to get something to
eat, whilst John was about to enter the house, when he saw someone at
the window. When the door opened he was greeted by Debbie
with two children. To find out what happens next you just have to
buy
the CD and listen. See below to find out what others thought about the series and the third book in particular. In addition to getting the whole series on the CD, you also get the outtakes (obtainable from no-where else). See below ("I Bought the CD and found:" and also "Rory Says:") for feedback from some of our purchasers.... |
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| Here's
What Some Of Steve's Fans Have to Say about the TSOT series..... |
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| sputniksrevenge Says: Very cool clean ending to the TSOT series. any chance that the astronaught will make another appearance in any other stories? sputniksrevenge Replies: mmmm i never made that connection, now i must also take another listen at that to :) |
Steve Says: Time travel being what it is, perhaps he already has, have you caught my book "The Gateway", if you have, check out the last chapter. Let me know what you think. |
| I Bought the CD and
found: You
droped an empire strikes back on us
(if you don't know what I'm on about check
out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2GmBkkaTU);
the only difference is I don't have to wait 3 years,
especially now I have bought the CD set, the rest for me is just a file
transfer away.
Good story so far. You do a great job of dropping adult romance into the story with out preventing it from being a kids tale. |
Steve Says: Oh I see what you mean (yes I had to follow the link, been some time since Star Wars). Well I couldn't keep my loyal listeners waiting 3 years could I? Glad you're enjoying the story. Thanks also for your other feedback, which I didn't include as it would give away some of the plot, but glad you enjoyed my twists and glad it had desired effect. Thanks for confirming the aspect regards romance element. The test audience of TSOT1 wanted more people interaction and one requested a romantic interlude, but having got the older kids interested in TSOT 1, I didn't want to disappoint them and ditch them in favour of the romantic theme. So nice to know I achieved my aim successfully. |
| Mekala Says: I am, as ever, so
impressed with your writing skills and how you are juggling all of this
( don’t know how you do it ! ).
I cant believe you don’t want to write more than 3 books in the TSOT series – you sure you’re not changing your mind ?? I am an ardent fan and a keen marketer of your talent! |
Steve Says: Thanks Mekala for your praise and for your efforts in "marketing" my stories, it's obviously working (listen to SteveSimonsToday Show 2 for latest subscriber figures). I'm absolutely sure that I will only write 3 TSOT books, otherwise it becomes stale. But fear not there are plenty of other stories in me yet. Especially with fans like yourself encouraging me to go onwards and upwards. I hope the marketeering doesn't include selling CD's on a market stall.... just joking! |
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Anonymous Says:
In the first book "The Sphere of Time" the SS Alabama is in the right time frame, but there was little difference in the speech of the American characters and John Latham. |
Steve
Says: Thanks, it was a
coincidence that there is actually a ship called the Alabama, I piucked
the name out of the air. Yes I agree looking back at the story
that the dialogue was a bit lacking. I concentrated too much on
the storyline.
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| Jenny Says: The characters
were rather flat in the first book "The Sphere of Time", but I am
really enjoying the love
interest in the second book "The Sphere of Travel" I hope there is
more. Like the fact that there are a lot of characters in this
one.
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Steve Says: Glad you're enjoying the second book more than the first. You are right the characters are rather flat and 2 dimensional in the first book. I concentrated more on development of the characters and the interplay between them in the second and third books. As for the love interest, you'll just have to waiut and see. |
| Anthony Says: I liked your story "The Sphere of Time", but I listened to it on podiobooks.com and because I listened to it one right after the other while I was driving, the same song going in and going out ; it got to where I actually almost hated that song even though it was a good song. In my opinion I would put an opening song and then a second song going out and keep them actually shorter just 10 or 15 seconds. Other than that I liked the story and enjoyed it and thank you for doing it. |
Steve Says: Thanks Anthony for your constructive criticism (although this appears low down in this list was received as I was working on publishing TSOT2). I have taken it into account in TSOT2 ("The Sphere of Travel") and even in TSOT3. On the MP3 CD version the music is kept to a minimum and vastly reduced in duration. I thank you for that feedback, it helped me change things to keep my audience happy. Thanks also for your encouragement it IS MUCH appreciated. Nice to know that people enjoy what you work hard at and it is hard work I can assure everyone. |
| Rory Says: I found the series most entertaining and well worth the money spent to get the last part :). I wonder if at some future point we might get to hear something of "Paul's Story" I am chomping at the bit. :) I might have to spend this evening listening to audio books that are not by one Steve Simons. Not sure how I'll cope with that :) |
Steve Says: Thanks, glad you enjoyed the 3 books and found it worthwhile paying for the final book. Regards Paul, I referred someone else to the last chapter in "The Gateway", is this Paul? Even I don't know. Watch this time and space. There's no pressure on me then? Ha Ha! |
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Timothy
Callahan (the writer) Said:
Hey Steve,
just got done listening to the Sphere of Time and at the end you asked
where else you'd like them to go, well it seemed pretty obvious to me,
that they need to head into the future now! Maybe 80 years into
the future, could be a fun story to think about.
Then Timothy replied: Nice to hear there will be more from you, I did enjoy the first one but it really sounded almost like a teaser story, not a full thought out story, almost like part one of a bigger story. Nothing wrong with that of course, I got the feeling you were testing the Podiobook waters, sounds like you did and enjoyed the swim! Keep the intro short and lose the song, or at least limit it to 30 seconds or less. I hate doing intros, which is why I don't really do any for Arwen (although I might have to start since people were complaining) . |
Steve Said: Thanks, Timothy, for the suggestion, at the time you wrote this I had already started TSOT2 and as you'll know by now, I decided to go in a "less obvious" route (no dig intended there as I know you're a fantasic writer and I'm honoured that you took the time to make the suggestion). The title of TSOT2 is the clue as to the direction I took, "The Sphere of Travel". I did consider taking John Latham into the future, but my creative and twisted mind took me somewhere else. For those who haven't heard the book yet, you'll just have to listen to it to find out where they went. Steve Says: Spot on regards The Sphere of Travel, it was a "toe dip" into the world of writing SciFi for serious and for Podiobooks and yes I is hooked now. Good point regards the intros. Have done so in TSOT2 and more so in TSOT3. As for the direction of TSOT3, well you'll just have to listen to that. I'm loving your Arwen series by the way. |
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