Ghosts of the Multiverse: Foiling Nuclear Terrorism with Love and Physics: Volume 1 - Softcover

Hansen, Harald

9780985729608: Ghosts of the Multiverse: Foiling Nuclear Terrorism with Love and Physics: Volume 1

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ISBN 10: 0985729600 ISBN 13: 9780985729608

Verlag: Harald Hansen, 2012

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Jeremy Fade is a desperate man. An engineer turned salesman, a father and husband, he sees ghosts. He would like to resist reality, but reality has a forceful way of intruding itself. Finally, a ghost speaks to him, and his life changes forever. These are ghosts of science fiction, born of the human mind, lingering presences that reinforce human survival strategies. Fade’s middle daughter Angua needs help; his oldest has begun on a bad path, while his young son, he finds, is a mystery to him. But how does he address these problems when a ghost brings him news of a Islamist terror plot? A new nation has arisen from the dust of central Asia. Led by a Great Leader, they have nukes, a fresh Islamic agenda and are considering destroying San Francisco, the most evil city in the world. Under cover of receiving an award from the prestigious University of the East Bay, the Great Imam sends his men out into the city to gather intelligence. A shocking mix of cultural misunderstanding and horrific sex lead to what might be the manifest intervention of God. In the best traditions of Tom Sharpe and Neil Gaiman, Harald Hansen has tried to tell a story in the style of Neal Stephenson. Failing at that endeavor, something unique resulted: a novel that is clearly science fiction and yet also a novel of ideas that emphasizes the central role of love.

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Despite his artistic bent, Harald Hansen has always worked in a world of numbers. A currently serving CFO, he worked in Finance his entire career with a detour into entrepreneurship. He spent seven years as a work-at-home dad, learning the ins and outs of being a primary caregiver in a tense universe of highly invested moms. Surviving this harrowing experience, though just barely, he remains close to his teenagers. Divorced after a 23 year marriage, he met some remarkable women, from whom he learned much of life, love, and the horror that other people often are. Norwegian born, Harald Hansen lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of Ghosts of the Multiverse and its sequel were first imagined on the slopes of Mount Diablo. Through long wandering he believes he has found the meaning of life. He refuses to tell anyone what it is. Partly, because he is afraid of being laughed at and also because it is too banal to just say it straight out. He has to say that the evil, awful CEO in Ghosts of the Multiverse is definitely not based on a real CEO, he has to say that.

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