During the invasion of Fantasia in the @literunico I want to talk about a book that I recently read: "O Timbre Magista", by Cuca Nuñes, published by Legendari, with 184 pages.
“ ‘Man is a well’, he said Aara in golden times. If someone looked at Sigurd, the well, and observed the stony part above the ground, where the bucket was bound, he would see a man bored, and that man would say that the reason for it is because he was not interested in inferior beings like those around him. If he looked a little deeper and touched the water with the fingertips, he would see that, in fact, he was jealous of all those magicians graduated from major teaching institutions when he himself was expelled in his first year of education. Now, if you crossed the water limits and reached the wet ground, in the bottom of the well itself, and dug with a spoonful of yogurt, you'd find that Sigurd didn't like it there because, where everyone was wizards, he was just one more. ‘What the hell, he likes the spotlight!’ a little voice in the unconscious of man would say.
This is a short passage from the fourth chapter of The Magist timbre, by Cuca Nuñes. It's not how the book starts, but for me, it might as well be. It is not, because it does not give the exact tone of the book, which is much lighter and funnier, however, it caught me so much that when I finished this paragraph, I could only ask myself: “Po***, Cuca! Why did you stop?” This is the moment when we begin to understand the real protagonist. The author prefers to give us gradually the nuances of the character, and I found it so strong that I decided to start this review by this passage. One can infer so much about Followerd through this passage that he hardly needs explanations. Followerd is vain, resentful and insecure, even blasé — a pit of insecure women. Cuca was great when he wrote it.
With short and numerous chapters (there are 45 in total), Cuca offers us a quick and dynamic reading.
The author doesn't waste any time. On the first page we are presented to the great secret of Sigurd: he is an illiterate and incarcerated wizard. He lives isolated from the Magist society in his tower until the day he receives a letter from a distant friend. With his magic, Followerd hears it, and here begins the acid humor of the author: after hearing the letter, Sigurd believes he has discovered his own destiny.
From the beginning of the first chapter, the personal difficulties of Sigurd are present, but the narrator tells everything lightly, which tears us smiles as we read. He's debauched, ironic, and he makes his own little jokes.
In fact, when it comes to jokes, the whole book can also be seen as a light joke with all kinds of medieval fantasy. While I was reading, I couldn't help but remember the 3D&T sessions I played in my teens (playing RPG players will understand me and love this book). In the book, one does not see or speak of elves and dwarves, but we have a dragon of chapisco, for example; we have the dogons (a reference or inspiration to Minecraft, perhaps); we have the polaris, creatures of the tribes that inhabit the icy regions, and other interesting and, say, differentiated manifestations of magic itself. There is a nonsense that permeates the world built by Cuca, a kind of chaos that does not confuse, but compels to want it more. At the end of the journey of Sigurd, when he discovers his true destiny and potential, there is that taste of want more; that desire to know how the old cranky created by Cuca will face the future obstacles built along The Magist Timbre (yes, that is a confession that I want a sequel, although I do not know if there will be one).
One of the passages that marked me the most, even in the third chapter, happens when Followerd, then at the beginning of his journey, comes across a talking stone. The passage is deep, full of meaning — and hilarious.
Timbre Magista is a work aimed at children and young people and is easily a gateway for those looking for a light (comfortable) reading of fantasy and that escapes some of the patterns that today saturate the works of the genre. The author does not bother to tell an original story. The idea of a powerful wizard but not seen as such is not exactly new, although it is no cliché, but is not the point here. The point is a well executed story, well told, well written, that amuses and entertains without getting lost in the process, which Cuca easily achieves in this which is his debut novel.
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Here's another science fiction story I've enjoyed writing.
History was born of a process. It didn't come to my mind immediately; I was looking for an idea that didn't take so long to write, because I was looking forward to publishing it; I thought I needed to publish something fast, to be seen. When I started writing it, I had an idea in my head. It came from a specific chapter of The End of Death by Cixin Liu. The chapter has five pages, and to me it is one of the most philosophical of all trilogy. At the same time, I was studying and doing research on Voyager-1, and Carl must have gotten into my head with his "realistic optimism", because the first version of my story had a much darker ending than the one that ended up going to the final version.
As I studied the content, the form, the Voyager-1 missions, my desire to include the voices of all those people grew ever greater; even though I understood that for some readers this part could get a little tiring, such was my longing that it became almost a necessity. I couldn't leave them out. I admit the emotion at the time of writing. While I was scrutinizing, I heard the songs sent on Voyager’s disc – including, for those who like music and music history, there is the recommendation; there is music from all over the world (although we still see more American works than any other country).
Voyager-1 is the most distant human object and the first to leave the "border" of the solar system. And this fact is quite well known; there are a handful of stories that start from the same motivation found in The Traveler – there are a dozen books in which aliens find Voyager in the interstellar environment, but not just wanted to tell an original story. I wanted to pay tribute. Not the probe, but the engineers and scientists who made it happen. To me, Voyager is one of the most symbolic, most emblematic and significant achievements in all of history.
To me, she's a metaphor. My first publication might have another name, but I'd get away from the travel vision I have of this writer career I'm trying to build.
I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Leave in the comments what you found.
Here's another science fiction story I've enjoyed writing.
History was born of a process. It didn't come to my mind immediately; I was looking for an idea that didn't take so long to write, because I was looking forward to publishing it; I thought I needed to publish something fast, to be seen. When I started writing it, I had an idea in my head. It came from a specific chapter of The End of Death by Cixin Liu. The chapter has five pages, and to me it is one of the most philosophical of all trilogy. At the same time, I was studying and doing research on Voyager-1, and Carl must have gotten into my head with his "realistic optimism", because the first version of my story had a much darker ending than the one that ended up going to the final version.
As I studied the content, the form, the Voyager-1 missions, my desire to include the voices of all those people grew ever greater; even though I understood that for some readers this part could get a little tiring, such was my longing that it became almost a necessity. I couldn't leave them out. I admit the emotion at the time of writing. While I was scrutinizing, I heard the songs sent on Voyager’s disc – including, for those who like music and music history, there is the recommendation; there is music from all over the world (although we still see more American works than any other country).
Voyager-1 is the most distant human object and the first to leave the "border" of the solar system. And this fact is quite well known; there are a handful of stories that start from the same motivation found in The Traveler – there are a dozen books in which aliens find Voyager in the interstellar environment, but not just wanted to tell an original story. I wanted to pay tribute. Not the probe, but the engineers and scientists who made it happen. To me, Voyager is one of the most symbolic, most emblematic and significant achievements in all of history.
To me, she's a metaphor. My first publication might have another name, but I'd get away from the travel vision I have of this writer career I'm trying to build.
I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Leave in the comments what you found.
Boudicca
A figure of resistance against foreign oppression, Boadiceia, as was called by the Romans, was one of the most significant women of antiquity.
His husband, King Prasutagus, in order to establish a position of understanding with the Empire, articulated an agreement with the Romans. In his will, he left the Roman emperor as co-heir of his lands along with his two daughters. However, after the controversial death of Prasutagus (some say he was poisoned by the Romans), the procurator Cato Deciano ignored the will and appropriated the entire inheritance of the icens. Through brutal acts, they began to control the region directly and definitively. There was protest, but Rome overtook him quickly. Rome's response to the protest was disproportionate. The queen was flogged in a public square; her two daughters were raped. Infuriated, Boudicca started a revolt. Extremely charismatic, the queen sewed alliances between the British peoples surrounding her.
The Boadicea Revolt occurred between 60 and 61 A.D., and some historians say of the time that she committed all kinds of atrocity in her uprisings against Rome in the name of a goddess named Andraste and, under her leadership, the rebels took three major cities controlled by Rome. About 70 to 80 thousand Romans lost their lives in the attacks promoted by Boadicea.
Historian Dio Cassio says of her: "Boadicea was tall, terrible to look at and blessed with a powerful voice. A waterfall of red hair reached their knees; it wore a golden necklace composed of ornaments, a multicolored robe and on it a thick coat bound by a brooch. He carried a long spear to frighten anyone who laid his eyes on him."
The revolt ended after Rome found a suitable battlefield for his cavalry. Even in the Numerica, the empire managed to destabilize Boudicca's army in a decisive confrontation. Decided not to risk being captured by Rome again to suffer even more severe punishments, Boudicca would have taken his own life after defeat.
Boudicca's fame took on legendary proportions in England centuries later. He won a bronze statue next to Westminster Palace; a film in 2023; appeared in electronic games and will now appear in Águas do Ara pyau, my first novel, which will come out this year. I just hope my version of Boudicca is up to the Boudicca of real life.
A figure of resistance against foreign oppression, Boadiceia, as was called by the Romans, was one of the most significant women of antiquity.
His husband, King Prasutagus, in order to establish a position of understanding with the Empire, articulated an agreement with the Romans. In his will, he left the Roman emperor as co-heir of his lands along with his two daughters. However, after the controversial death of Prasutagus (some say he was poisoned by the Romans), the procurator Cato Deciano ignored the will and appropriated the entire inheritance of the icens. Through brutal acts, they began to control the region directly and definitively. There was protest, but Rome overtook him quickly. Rome's response to the protest was disproportionate. The queen was flogged in a public square; her two daughters were raped. Infuriated, Boudicca started a revolt. Extremely charismatic, the queen sewed alliances between the British peoples surrounding her.
The Boadicea Revolt occurred between 60 and 61 A.D., and some historians say of the time that she committed all kinds of atrocity in her uprisings against Rome in the name of a goddess named Andraste and, under her leadership, the rebels took three major cities controlled by Rome. About 70 to 80 thousand Romans lost their lives in the attacks promoted by Boadicea.
Historian Dio Cassio says of her: "Boadicea was tall, terrible to look at and blessed with a powerful voice. A waterfall of red hair reached their knees; it wore a golden necklace composed of ornaments, a multicolored robe and on it a thick coat bound by a brooch. He carried a long spear to frighten anyone who laid his eyes on him."
The revolt ended after Rome found a suitable battlefield for his cavalry. Even in the Numerica, the empire managed to destabilize Boudicca's army in a decisive confrontation. Decided not to risk being captured by Rome again to suffer even more severe punishments, Boudicca would have taken his own life after defeat.
Boudicca's fame took on legendary proportions in England centuries later. He won a bronze statue next to Westminster Palace; a film in 2023; appeared in electronic games and will now appear in Águas do Ara pyau, my first novel, which will come out this year. I just hope my version of Boudicca is up to the Boudicca of real life.
At the height of an alien civilization, the Weaver faces a devastating moral dilemma: pressing a button that will end the war between two worlds, but at the cost of destroying one of them. Reluctant, he yields to the inexorable logic of his society, beginning a sequence of events that will reverberate for ages.
Millenniums later, the fragment of the planet destroyed by Weaver crosses interstellar space and finds its destination on a small planet, then dominated by biodiversity. The collision, the result of the decision of a being at a distant point of the cosmos, marks the end of an era of continuity in the history of the planet.
The tale follows the moments before, during and after the devastating impact. Through the eyes of primitive creatures the reader witnesses the destructive power of the asteroid that sealed the fate of the young planet.
As the world plunges into fire, darkness, and cold, we accompany life’s survival effort. A symbol of resilience adapts to new hostile conditions and perpetuates its lineage until millions of years later its descendants take control of the planet.
With a narrative that alternates between micro and macro, "Chicxulub" connects the collapse of an alien civilization to the event that transformed the Earth and shaped the future of mankind. It is a reflection on the impact of choices, the power of nature and the cycle of destruction and renewal that governs the cosmos.
Millenniums later, the fragment of the planet destroyed by Weaver crosses interstellar space and finds its destination on a small planet, then dominated by biodiversity. The collision, the result of the decision of a being at a distant point of the cosmos, marks the end of an era of continuity in the history of the planet.
The tale follows the moments before, during and after the devastating impact. Through the eyes of primitive creatures the reader witnesses the destructive power of the asteroid that sealed the fate of the young planet.
As the world plunges into fire, darkness, and cold, we accompany life’s survival effort. A symbol of resilience adapts to new hostile conditions and perpetuates its lineage until millions of years later its descendants take control of the planet.
With a narrative that alternates between micro and macro, "Chicxulub" connects the collapse of an alien civilization to the event that transformed the Earth and shaped the future of mankind. It is a reflection on the impact of choices, the power of nature and the cycle of destruction and renewal that governs the cosmos.
The theme of the book supporting today's #desafio is:
29 - Talk about a book of war!
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I read it a long time ago, but I remember the excitement of every page I read. For those who like war history, “Azincourt” is a full dish; it is the “classic” Bernard Cornwell that we all love and, I must say, an excellent gateway for those who want to meet this author.
“Azincourt” is a reliable representation of one of the most striking and emblematic periods of the Hundred Years’ War — the famous war between England and France — from the point of view of one of the English archers. The strength of "Azincourt" lies in its ability to combine historical facts with a fictional narrative in a way that only Cornwell can do. It's almost a history class. It depicts the brutality and glory of war (if any), with clarity of envy; it practically throws us in the middle of the battle as we read and, believe me, suffocates just by reading the scene. The final battle of this book is a punch in the stomach (remember the “Battle of Bastards” in Game of Thrones?, is similar). The historical precision, the research (Cornwell took care to access the Archives of the Library of England to collect the true names of the archers who participated in the battle), the narrative and the characters are impressive. I highlight the “mentor” of the main character. A hilarious guy who swears and swears like only Cornwell could imagine. It's just that kind of supporter who steals all the scenes he's in.
To sum up, because I don’t want to give any spoiler, “Azincourt’ is one of the books I carry for life, and it’s certainly one of those that influenced my career in writing.
29 - Talk about a book of war!
#Link365TemasLivros
I read it a long time ago, but I remember the excitement of every page I read. For those who like war history, “Azincourt” is a full dish; it is the “classic” Bernard Cornwell that we all love and, I must say, an excellent gateway for those who want to meet this author.
“Azincourt” is a reliable representation of one of the most striking and emblematic periods of the Hundred Years’ War — the famous war between England and France — from the point of view of one of the English archers. The strength of "Azincourt" lies in its ability to combine historical facts with a fictional narrative in a way that only Cornwell can do. It's almost a history class. It depicts the brutality and glory of war (if any), with clarity of envy; it practically throws us in the middle of the battle as we read and, believe me, suffocates just by reading the scene. The final battle of this book is a punch in the stomach (remember the “Battle of Bastards” in Game of Thrones?, is similar). The historical precision, the research (Cornwell took care to access the Archives of the Library of England to collect the true names of the archers who participated in the battle), the narrative and the characters are impressive. I highlight the “mentor” of the main character. A hilarious guy who swears and swears like only Cornwell could imagine. It's just that kind of supporter who steals all the scenes he's in.
To sum up, because I don’t want to give any spoiler, “Azincourt’ is one of the books I carry for life, and it’s certainly one of those that influenced my career in writing.
5 Microtales
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Movement
— The drone has stopped, Commander.
- Reason?
— Movement ahead.
Life?
- Negative, but still moving.
The signal went down and the cabin plunged into the dark. Then Yukka's commander felt his ship move alone.
Alexa
- Alexa, tell a joke.
— How many humans does it take to change a light bulb? None. Because humans are no longer needed.
Testimony
" We were flying over Kepler-PR/1035 in low orbit when the panels distorted before us. Monitors, buttons, levers, everything! Same with the stars. Then everything went dark. That's when we lost control of Einstein. When the lights came back, the system restarted and everything went back to normal, except for the date. I was wrong. In 17 million years."
True.
50 years after leaving the solar system, Latifah remained silent. On Earth, most flight controllers would have forgotten it, except for one, who was fascinated by its history. When the log finally arrived, through the only transmission made by the ship, he was the first to read the single sentence of the entire document: "If you saw the Truth, you'd close your eyes." Latifah never returned.
Orphan
I never had a mother tell me every night before bed that monsters don't exist. However, even if she had, she'd be wrong.
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Movement
— The drone has stopped, Commander.
- Reason?
— Movement ahead.
Life?
- Negative, but still moving.
The signal went down and the cabin plunged into the dark. Then Yukka's commander felt his ship move alone.
Alexa
- Alexa, tell a joke.
— How many humans does it take to change a light bulb? None. Because humans are no longer needed.
Testimony
" We were flying over Kepler-PR/1035 in low orbit when the panels distorted before us. Monitors, buttons, levers, everything! Same with the stars. Then everything went dark. That's when we lost control of Einstein. When the lights came back, the system restarted and everything went back to normal, except for the date. I was wrong. In 17 million years."
True.
50 years after leaving the solar system, Latifah remained silent. On Earth, most flight controllers would have forgotten it, except for one, who was fascinated by its history. When the log finally arrived, through the only transmission made by the ship, he was the first to read the single sentence of the entire document: "If you saw the Truth, you'd close your eyes." Latifah never returned.
Orphan
I never had a mother tell me every night before bed that monsters don't exist. However, even if she had, she'd be wrong.
I did my first post on @literunico \o/ and I already want to do another one. Abrir link
Literary greetings!
Here is a new mining writer of science fiction and historical speculation. Natural of Divinópolis/MG, I write since I was 13, but only in 2023 published my first short story, entitled "The Traveler".
I have an unrequited passion for astronomy, which was born in childhood after my father acquired a simple 700mm bezel and showed me the craters of the moon, Saturn's rings and Jupiter's Galilean moons. After that, my mother's contribution to introducing me to Carl Sagan's Cosmos pushed me even further in this direction. Space fascinates me as much as it frightens me and confuses me. I also grew up playing RPG, which helped develop a taste for storytelling. Not to mention literary influences. I love Tolkien and Bernard Cornwell, but it was Arthur C. Clarke and Sagan who opened my eyes to science fiction. It was after reading "2001" and "Meeting Rama", both Clarke's, that I realized that the stories that were in my head fit into the genre. However, I was a long time away from literature. I didn't write for years because I'd discovered another passion.
The photograph came to me while I was doing social media college in BH. I wanted to work with her. I dedicated myself to her. But it didn't last long. After two years of photographing weddings, I realized that's not what made me happy. Then the writing resumed the place that was rightfully yours. Actually, he never left. I left one form of writing for another, after all. I like to say I'm a writer twice, because, well, photography is written in light.
Today, in addition to "The Traveler", which has a physical version in UiClap, I also published (recently, including) another short story, called "Chicxulub", which is available only in a digital version on Amazon, and I am working on my first novel, which deserves an exclusive post (you're giving me a job...).
Anyway, I hope this new space is a new chapter not only for my career as a writer, but also for all the new writers who, like me, are struggling to grow up and be seen at this pale blue dot...
Here is a new mining writer of science fiction and historical speculation. Natural of Divinópolis/MG, I write since I was 13, but only in 2023 published my first short story, entitled "The Traveler".
I have an unrequited passion for astronomy, which was born in childhood after my father acquired a simple 700mm bezel and showed me the craters of the moon, Saturn's rings and Jupiter's Galilean moons. After that, my mother's contribution to introducing me to Carl Sagan's Cosmos pushed me even further in this direction. Space fascinates me as much as it frightens me and confuses me. I also grew up playing RPG, which helped develop a taste for storytelling. Not to mention literary influences. I love Tolkien and Bernard Cornwell, but it was Arthur C. Clarke and Sagan who opened my eyes to science fiction. It was after reading "2001" and "Meeting Rama", both Clarke's, that I realized that the stories that were in my head fit into the genre. However, I was a long time away from literature. I didn't write for years because I'd discovered another passion.
The photograph came to me while I was doing social media college in BH. I wanted to work with her. I dedicated myself to her. But it didn't last long. After two years of photographing weddings, I realized that's not what made me happy. Then the writing resumed the place that was rightfully yours. Actually, he never left. I left one form of writing for another, after all. I like to say I'm a writer twice, because, well, photography is written in light.
Today, in addition to "The Traveler", which has a physical version in UiClap, I also published (recently, including) another short story, called "Chicxulub", which is available only in a digital version on Amazon, and I am working on my first novel, which deserves an exclusive post (you're giving me a job...).
Anyway, I hope this new space is a new chapter not only for my career as a writer, but also for all the new writers who, like me, are struggling to grow up and be seen at this pale blue dot...
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