Blue Snow

9781941861936

230 pages

Harvard Square Editions

Hardback $27.98

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Overview

Nature's Confession The tale of two teens in a fight to save a warming planet, the universe . . . and their love “The novel is epic” –The Guardian

When a smart-mouthed teen wonders why the work that needs to be done pays nothing compared to the busywork glorified on holovision news, the search for answers takes him on the wildest journey of anyone's lifetime. Their planet is choked with pollution. They can't do anything about it . . . or can they? With the girl of his dreams, he inadvertently invents living computers. Just as the human race allows corporations to pollute Earth into total desolation, institute martial law and enslave humanity, the two teens set out to save civilization. Can they thwart polluters of Earth and other fertile planets? The heroes come into their own in different kinds of relationships in this diverse, multi-cultural romance. Along the way, they enlist the help of female droid Any Gynoid, who uncovers cutting-edge scientific mysteries. Their quest takes them through the Big Bang and back. Will Starliament tear them from the project and unleash 'intelligent' life's habitual pollution, or will youth lead the way to a new way of coexisting with Nature? Nature's Confession couldn't be more timely, just as the IMF reveals that governments spent $5.3 trillion on fossil fuel subsidies. With illustrations and topics for discussion at the back of the book, JL Morin entertains questions about busywork; economic incentives to pollute; sustainable energy; exploitation; cyborgs; the sanctity of Nature; and many kinds of relationships in this diverse, multi-cultural romance.

Author Bio

JL Morin grew up in inner-city Detroit. She proffered moral support while her parents sacrificed all to a failed system. Wondering what the Japanese were doing right, she decamped to Tokyo. Her debut Japan novel, Sazzae, won an eLit Gold Medal, and a Living Now Book Award. Her second novel, Travelling Light, was a USA Best Book Awards finalist, and her third, Trading Dreams, became 'Occupy's first bestselling novel'. Her climate fiction novel, Nature's Confession, won first place in the Dante Rossetti Book Awards; a Readers' Favorite Book Award; a LitPick 5-Star Review Award; and an excerpt received an Honorable Mention in the Eco-Fiction Story Contest, published in the Winds of Change anthology of eco-fiction. Her second cli-fi novel, Loveoid, is a Cygnus Sci-fi 1st place winner, among others.Her cli-fi novels are on course syllabi at many universities. Ivy League professors have facilitated discussions with JL Morin's writing, and it is discussed in textbooks, such as Science Fiction and Climate Change: A Sociological Approach, by Andrew Milner, ¿and J. R. Burgmann, 2020, published by Oxford University Press.Tuck-a-tuck Dragon, is a diverse rhyming children's book illustrated by children throughout their childhood from the ages of 2-21. Translated into French and Greek, it is an Indie Book Award Finalist, and was longlisted by the Chanticleer Little Peeps Book Awards.Her most recent work, The Zodiacs, is a screenplay showing how the divine in everyday life is hidden in plain sight.JL Morin's writing draws on a breadth of experience. She traded derivatives in New York while studying nights for her MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business; worked for the Federal Reserve Bank posted to the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center; presented the news as a TV broadcaster; and she is adjunct faculty at Boston University. Morin's fiction has appeared in The Harvard Advocate and Harvard Yisei, and her articles and translations in The Huffington Post, Library Journal, The Detroit News, European Daily, Livonia Observer Eccentric Newspapers, The Harvard Crimson, and Agence France Presse while she worked in their Middle East Headquarters.Born in 1966, southwest China, graduated from Nan Jing University of Science & Technology, and Renmin University of China, with background on computer science and journalism. With long term experiences in magazine & book publishing, he had been editor in chief of magazines like PC World China (IDG Group), CHIP China (Vogel-Burda Media), CHIP FOTO-VIDEO China (Vogel-Burda Media), as well as editor in chief of book collections like Find Out More Partworks Chinese Edition (Eaglemoss, UK), Horrible Science Partworks Chinese Edition (Scholastic, UK), etc. He has served as a Director of the China Society for Scientific and Technical Periodical Editors and has been a member of the Expert Evaluation Committee for China's Excellent Scientific and Technical Periodicals Award.Born in 1966, southwest China, graduated from Chongqing University. As an architect, He's been engaged in architectural design, interior design, general constructing management, and real estate development management. In spare time, he's been doing English-to-Chinese translation and literary writing. His translation works such as 'The Recovery Letters: Addressed to People Experiencing Depression' (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) and part of Horrible Science Partworks Chinese Edition (Scholastic), are successfully in hot selling in China.