|
ALIEN FRINGE
Author:
George
LoBuono
I
have a confession to make: I am an
alien. I was born in Athens, Greece
when my mother and father were
stationed over there, about
thirty-nine years ago. To paraphrase
Robert Heinlein, "they were
strangers in a strange land."
In
Alien Fringe, LoBuono's
stories, the characters are angry,
disenfranchised, humorous, heroic,
paranoid, and tragic. We see their
worlds as a working-class universe,
from tree planters in Clearcuts,
to struggling artists searching for
adventure in Indonesia in Nobodies,
to homeless people looking for a
little nourishment in A Memory of
Small Mercies.
LoBuono
observes his characters from an
odd-angle lens: whether they are
aliens from another world or men and
women who are simply alienated from
society. It's a refreshing journey to
visit with these people. Their dreams,
triumphs, and struggles against the
status quo that constantly collide
with their universe. Yet, most of them
survive.
In
For the Love of Ami we see a
love story from a distance. A simple
gesture or a smile becomes a danger in
a world, where misunderstandings lead
to disaster. It's a sad reminder but
the smile remains as a measure of the
only love a person can offer.
After
reading George LoBuono's Alien
Fringe, you'll gain a new
perspective of the universe. People
are not as different as they seem to
be, whether from Florida, the Pacific
Northwest, Indonesia or the Martian
Sea, now living in Los Angeles. We're
all part of this body eclectic called
earth.
~ Joel L. Young, Author & Poet
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This
collection of mainstream,
philosophical stories and poems is
imaginatively done. If you're looking
for a well-written non-genre book, by
all means try Alien Fringe. The
stories will stay in your mind long
after you finish reading them.
~ Jane Toombs, Mainstream Fiction
Reviews
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alien
Fringe
by G. LoBuono is a highly entertaining
collection of fiction. For the Fiction
collector, Alien Fringe is a
must. On those dreary days when you
want to curl up in front of the fire
and read, you'll be able to pull down
one of your favorites. Escape reality
and imagine the world as it could be,
one unbelievable challenge after
another.
~ Kim Gaona, Kim’s Reviews |
