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Sub-Human (Book 1): A Science Fiction Novel (Post-Human Series) Kindle Edition

by David Simpson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When World War III strikes, Dr. Craig Emilson is sent to take out a powerful artificial intelligence. Unexpectedly, he becomes the greatest hope for humanity. He must choose between saving mankind or saving himself as he faces impossible odds and an army of super soldiers on a mission to destroy him. "Sub-Human" is the first book in a new series of page turners that will keep you guessing until the very end. A mix between action thriller and science fiction, this novel will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. First in a new series!
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The complete collection of the Post-Human Series by David Simpson

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"Wow! Reads like an action film is reeling off in your head!" -JOANNA DANEMAN [#1 HALL OF FAME] [TOP 10 AMAZON REVIEWER]

"A Better Read Than Many of the Big Names in the Genre." -By Michael J. Crow (VINE VOICE)

About the Author

Futurist/Feature Film Director/Bestselling and Award-Winning Author/Film Composer/Actor/TEDX Speaker/Advisor for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),-- just some of David Simpson's professional passions. His TEDX presentation, "Our Post-Human Future," has over 1.7 Million views on Youtube and his debut feature film, a psychological thriller titled, Dangerous to Know, had its World Premiere in London, England in October, 2020 where it became the first 3 hour film ever selected for the prestigious Frightfest, Film Festival, (the largest genre film festival in the English-speaking world) where David's debut film was compared favourably by critics to such film luminaries as David Fincher and Stanley Kubrick. Meanwhile, the Sixth book in the Post-Human series, Superhuman, was released in late, 2020, and, equal in length to Stephen King's epic, The Stand, Superhuman has taken its place as one of the longest science fiction novels ever written.

Sometimes David Simpson sleeps...but not often.

Check out our website for more news: post-humannovel.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008XS3BNY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Post-Human Media LLC (November 16, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 16, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 987 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1478343982
  • Customer Reviews:
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Futurist/Feature Film Director/Bestselling and Award-Winning Author/Film Composer/Actor/TEDX Speaker/Advisor for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),— just some of David Simpson's professional passions. His TEDX presentation, "Our Post-Human Future," has over 1.7 Million views on Youtube and his debut feature film, a psychological thriller titled, Dangerous to Know, had its World Premiere in London, England in October, 2020 where it became the first 3 hour film ever selected for the prestigious Frightfest, Film Festival, (the largest genre film festival in the English-speaking world) where David's debut film was compared favourably by critics to such film luminaries as David Fincher and Stanley Kubrick. Meanwhile, the Sixth book in the Post-Human series, Superhuman, was released in late, 2020, and, equal in length to Stephen King's epic, The Stand, Superhuman has taken its place as one of the longest science fiction novels ever written.

Sometimes David Simpson sleeps...but not often.

Check out our website for more news: www.post-humannovel.com

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Wanda Tillman
5.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent action series
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2014
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Sub-Human can be enjoyed as an action-adventure sci-fi novel. But for those who enjoy stretching their minds and mulling over age-old questions searching for answers that mankind still has not found to questions that we are just beginning to recognize, this book will stimulate your neurons and make those synapses spark with the challenge of keeping up with the leaps and changes of direction the author provides for your mental stimulation and enjoyment.

This is a compelling read that can be appreciated on multiple levels. There is enough action, conflict and blood to please all but the seriously twisted; enough not-too-speculative edgy science to make this truly a science fiction novel; a dash of irony and a pinch of humor for seasoning, all in a single well-done package. The best part is that it took me by surprise. I did not anticipate when I started reading, where this book would go. I was expecting a pleasant escape for a few hours and in addition found food for much thought. It sent me to an encyclopedia a time or two as well. Well-written, well-researched and fun. It doesn't get much better. Thankfully, I have the rest of the series to look forward to so the fun isn't over just yet. I just have to decide whether to read them all right now, or stretch it out and savor the pleasure.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
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The characters were very believable and the plot was of on. I'm very much waiting to read the next book. Seldom do I read a book that seems so real
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Mr. Book Bookman
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun and quick read
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2013
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I read this book over a snowy weekend. It is a quick read. Alot of action, yet does not get bogged down in great detail. The book is about an army soldier who has AI (artificial intelligence) put into his brain after he had been killed on a mission to destroy such technology. He awakes 14yrs later to discover that all he has known has been turned upside down. His former platoon mates are hunting him through parallel universes hoping to kill the AI that he has been harboring. As he travels through various universes he comes upon tragic incidents in history (Titanic) and he tries to change the outcomes even though the AI in his head warns him of "changing history." Like I said, the book is good, yet I grew to dislike the main character to the point that I was hoping the special op super-soldiers succeeded in killing him and the AI. I not sure at this time whether I will read the other books in the series, but I may, just not now.
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Mike Cataldo
5.0 out of 5 stars Best In A Long Time
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
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Until 24 hours ago I had never heard of David Simpson. Then I saw a review on YouTube with the actors and how they had created the world of Post Human. I bought the book and I'm already on book 3 of the series. It is nice to read fresh science-fiction that isn't predictable.
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Brian Driver
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting Sci-Fi that promises more for this series
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2022
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Sub-Human

I love sci fi, and there’s a lot to recommend about this novel, especially if you’re into this genre for its interesting concepts, action sequences, thrills, and so on. If you’re into tightly written prose or well developed characters – well, then, not so much.

What the title refers to specifically is not clear. Since the later books in the series have titles like POST-HUMAN and SUPER-HUMAN, I would guess that this introductory phase has our species at its most “unenhanced” stage of human development – that is, along the characters’ foreseeable future. Not that there aren’t enhancements: nanotechnology, time-travel, parallel universes, artificial intelligence – these are heady science advances that take place within this work, though only to a select few individuals.

There are indeed some interesting conundrums presented here:
If we can go back to tragic events such as the sinking of the Titanic and find we are in a position to reduce the number of casualties, is it “right” to do so? Is it dangerous to consider what harm we might be doing to our present, and our future worlds?

What enhancements are okay, and which are dangerous? If nano-robotics can cure a disease or repair a serious injury, most would find that okay. But if we “gift” our future selves with telescoping eyes or super-strength or any other such powers, when is enough too much?

Do we have the right to bring back people from the dead? Certainly, it’s one thing to argue that it might be that we are assuming the role of God, but mightn’t that opinion change if it were your own child or spouse?

Should we even consider such far-out “advancements” as parallel universes, time travel, and the like?

Okay. In terms of heady topics, these do pretty well. The only problem with this narrative, though, was that the author tried too hard to create action sequences without accounting for keeping those lean and logical.

Our central protagonist was Dr. Craig Emilson, and he is both a trained soldier and a medical doctor. Yet for all his advanced intelligence and experience he sometimes makes bone-headed decisions that were pretty frustrating to this reader, especially when the artificial intelligence he acquires warns him repeatedly ahead of time that these things were likely to happen. I understood the first one; he believed in a particular man and could not perceive him to be anything but trustworthy. But he doesn’t make this mistake once … he makes it repeatedly – each time with the AI telling him he was making a mistake, and each time his swearing he knows better.

If I had a nickel for each time he was flat on his back due to his not fully casing out a dangerous situation … well, I wouldn’t be rich, but I could buy a soda or two. And this from a man who (SPOILER ALERT: I’m telling you something, but it’s from the first few pages of the book) has come back from the dead.

So, yes, this is an interesting book and, if the author’s POST-HUMAN TEDx Talk is any indication, he will be giving expression to some interesting thoughts on our future in this six–book series. I know I’m going to read the next book for sure.
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Carla M. Proffitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting Sci-Fi Thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2012
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This book was awesome, I read it in one sitting. The quality of the writing is very good, the dialogue is well-written, but not too long-winded. The characters, even the main villain are believeable. The character's personalities and motivations are understandable. The pace is brisk and non-stop, without being confusing and the plot makes sense. The technology is explained in enough detail to make sense, without beig boring. While integral to the story, it is not the focus; it is evenly balanced by the plot, the dialogue and the characters. There are blessedly few typos, wrong words or incorrect grammar to detract from the story. Although this book could stand alone, it is billed as a prequel to a series. This is the first work I have read from this author; it won't be the last. I downloaded it for free, but the writing convinced me that this author is definitely worth spending my money on.
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Bob Forder
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Read
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2021
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This was an interesting g read, it was almost believable in the way the author put it forward. It had you trying to anticipate what would happen but never really guessing it.
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Claudia
2.0 out of 5 stars It could've been great
Reviewed in Mexico on March 26, 2020
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I found this on Bookbub as free Kindle download and, as it often happens with free stuff, I really wanted to like it, unfortunately, that was not the case AT ALL!

Sub-human is a contrived sci-fi story, plagued with cliches and underdevelopped characters. It is supposed to read as an exciting action-adventure, but by the second part of the book I lost all interest since it became obvious that all the main characters are pretty much invincible.

There's also interdimensional travel, which was a completely unnecesary and cringy self-insert fantasy.

The overall impression the book gave me was that of a work in progress. The characters were outlined, but never truly explored; there was minimum world building and the plot needed more work to avoid being so one dimensional and predictable.

The reason I'm giving it two stars instead of one is that the author somehow subverts the "A.I. is evil" sci-fi trope in a way that could've been challenging if we were given more to dwell into the issue (instead of forcing interdimensional travel into the story, for example)

So, will I keep reading the Post-Human series? No, book one gave no reason to do so.I have no further interest on the characters nor the story.

Will I recommed "Sub-Human? Maybe for younger audiences (13-15 year olds?) as it is very easy to read and could serve as an introducction to the genre.
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SA S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Never knew what was going to happen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2020
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Fast paced story with an interesting plot. I love a story where I never know what is going to happen next and this delivers that in spades. Nor was I really sure who were the good guys/ bad guys.
The only thing is that ending tied up all the loose ends so nicely that I’m not sure I want to read any further!!
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David Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 1 of 6
Reviewed in Australia on October 19, 2022
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Imaginative and 2000's sci fi
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NT Kova
4.0 out of 5 stars A good popcorn flick
Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2020
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i actually really enjoyed Sub-Human by David Simpson. It was fast paced, action filled, and enjoyable to read. It had quite a few tropes and clichés, but that said, I think the book handled them well.

It is a popcorn flick, and if you expect something more, you’ll be disappointed. However, if you’re looking for something to read something like an 80’s Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, this might be it.

It’s fun and interesting, as long as you don’t think about it too hard. I actually couldn’t put the book down at certain times because I was glued to the action and what might happen next.

Not all sci-fi needs to be grandiose, some of it needs to be an action packed adventure. So, as long as you have the right expectations, read it!
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