5/21/2023 0 Comments Terra by mitch benn![]() ![]() ![]() The Extrapolator is the biggest and most powerful computer in the galaxy. This is not found acceptable by his friends and colleagues, but their opinions must be set aside when the all-knowing Extrapolator chooses to make a decision about the child. The bioscientist has no idea if the parents will ever return, and afraid to leave a helpless baby in the middle of nowhere, he takes the child home with him. ![]() The panicked parents make a run for it, completely forgetting the tiny baby strapped to the car seat in the back. In Terra, a bioscientist finds himself in a strange position when he accidentally frightens the parents of a baby on a road in the middle of the night. This may have helped sell copies of Terra, but also causes it to be just that little bit disappointing. Benn’s first novel, Terra, has been lauded by none other than Neil Gaiman himself, who compares it to the work of writers Roald Dahl, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett - all of whom set the bar so, so high that no one can ever compare. And then he wrote one, combining his love for comedy and science fiction. One ordinary day on Twitter, he was invited by a publisher to meet up and pitch a science fiction novel. ![]() Mitch Benn is better known as a musician and a comedian, often combining the two in his performances of comedy rock songs. ![]()
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