Ascendancies (Ace Science Fiction) By D.G. Compton
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In 1998 as people continue to Disappear at an alarming rate and insurance companies refuse to honor the policies of the Disappeared Caroline Trenchard schemes to defraud the insurers of her wealthy well insured and missing husband Ascendancies Ace Science Fiction David Guy Compton has published science fiction as D. Ascendancies path of exile 2 G Compton He has also published crime novels as site_link Guy Compton and Gothic fiction as site_link Frances Lynch site_link Novels like this are gone Lost If one person on Earth seeks out and reads a book like this any the book temporarily moves from 0 to 1 and then back to 0 for most of its afterlife It slips again through one of the cracks in limbo But I read it I read perhaps THE forgotten novel by A forgotten SF writer And it was pretty darn good 3. Ascendancy kickstarter Written in 1980 the novel depicts a mid 1980s where people just randomly vanish disappear out of existence The harbinger is a weird choral singing and a slightly off scent of not quite roses And then if that is what is going on in your area you are suddenly playing a huge lottery you probably don t want to play Rumour has it that the cities suffer Disappearances than the country but others say that s unproven Stronger than rumour but tough to say for sure is that the vanishings link to that weird grey dust that now falls from the sky every now and then it s called Moondrift and it can be converted into one of the greatest boons of humankind. Ascendancy in a sentence Written in 1980 it s interesting to see where Compton has taken us as of 1986 electric cars and recharging points throughout the city A three day work week So far so goodbut then we still have insurance companies dealing in paper cheques and receipts Music on tape So I think I ve hinted why Avengers Infinity War came to mind of all things although that was just one snap reducing the population in an instant as opposed to the periodic and frightening Singing that kicks in and takes someone out in Ascendancies But the Double Indemnity link occurred to me because this novel starts with a woman and an insurance agent getting together on an insurance fraud heck they even end up among supermarket shelves just like Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck did Add to that what I already alluded to old school cheques and receipts plus house calls plus an awkward romance stemming from getting in too deep together and it was hard not to see Edward G Robinson as our Mr Wallingford s boss But kind of in reverse in terms of his priorities say no say no . Ascendancies poe 2 My mind also went to the film Seconds starring Rock Hudson and also the novel which inspired it because of the secret organization lurking in the background that helps with corpse acquirement or disposal all as it relates to desperate people who want a relative declared dead not just Disappeared so they don t have to wait seven years now we legally declare him her dead finally we will award you your money for any pay offs This blossoms into a very sinister aspect of the novel just when Mrs Trenchard and her duplicitous new ally Mr Wallingford of Accident and General have barely learned to trust desire each other Secret organizations of this sort don t like ripples leaks or mind changingAnd you re wondering now what the eff does this have to do with Science Fiction Well there s the question I mean there s the Moondrift anglethat crazy dust The Disappearances and maybe some new underground tech that can save a person But yah my first thought is If it has to be Hard SF for you run for the hills leave this Dust in the dust. Ascendancies booking If you like SF elements to be the focus and to end up fully explained you may also not lament this novel s own Disappearance On the other hand this weird story got way under my skin way early Yes partly because the Double Indemnity feel sprouted almost immediately and I love that movie Then as the Sinister Society practically out of Seconds got its hooks into things well that was an unexpected and creepy delight All that said things do end quietly at the finish as Compton pulls the curtain down on our near future when it doesn t seem very 1940s noir or 1960s paranoid lovers who make better fraudsters in a dangerous time I guess I have to flag it as barely SF and hard to define once I take that step But I enjoyed it The last D G Compton novel I read was from much earlier in his career and I would say his style had smoothed out and lost some affectation I didn t adore This odd forgotten little novel of his invited me in instead of trying to push me out with style overexertion Distinctive style still but reined in. Book ascendancies Anyway this is about the most I have enjoyed Compton since A Usual Lunacy which sits right beside it in the dark down that same bloody crevasse in limbo 224 It s hanky twister woman s fiction NOT Sci Fi. Ascendancy lrp The teaser text has nothing to do with the title or main subject of this novel and the last line of the teaser text is flat out false It is NOT the story of one who disappeared. Ascendance shaman wow This novel s target audience are middle aged women Why it incorporated any sci fi or supernatural aspects is beyond me They don t belong in this type of novel The mysteries of the sci fi aspects are never resolved which frustrates any reader who was attracted to the novel by the sci fi teaser text. Ascendancy trial poe I inherited a print edition of this book from my father I have no idea why he kept it since he didn t like hanky twisters any than I do I certainly won t keep the thing 224
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.: Ascendancy book G Compton He has also published crime novels as site_link Guy Compton and Gothic fiction as site_link Frances Lynch David Guy Compton has published science fiction as D, EBook ascendancies poe 5 stars rounded down I was not expecting Double Indemnity meets Seconds meets Avengers Infinity War but that s what I got: Ascendancies poe 2 The main subject is about the not quite romance between a rich entitled widow and an insurance man The title refers to social ascendancies in this woman s life