Paradigm

Written by cycleguy on November 4th, 2014

Remember this name: Elijah Quinn Carlson.

Remember it and remember you heard it here. If my judgement of someone who has a lot of potential is correct, you will be hearing more of Eli in the future.

I know Eli personally. He has attended the church I pastor since it started. His mom and dad are a vital part of our church life. What you don’t know about Eli is he was a top-notch swimmer who, if he had had the drive, could have swam on scholarship anywhere in the country.

While he was skilled at swimming (setting numerous records); writing was his passion. Ever since I have known him, Eli has loved to read, dream, and write. His specialty was fantasy.

Enter Paradigm. (Aside: the first time I saw that word I pronounced it pair-a-dig-em. Yeah…real smart. That was a few years ago) 🙂

 

paradigm

Paradigm is a futuristic-type novel where humans and the Wynt (Eli’s own creation) are at odds. Various nuances play a big part in their rivalry/hatred/ mistrust for each other. Various personalities are introduced with different agendas and just when you think you have it figured out…BAM he changes the playing field. He threw enough twists to keep the plot moving along without “the expected outcome.”

Eli introduces some unique aspects to his book. First, I know he wrote a whole new language (Wynt) for his book. He also has done some (what I will call) “scientific dreaming.” I can’t say much more or I would give it away. He also includes a Codex (dictionary of sorts) as an appendix.

Oh…Eli wrote this for a Senior Class assignment called Patriot Expo which all seniors at our local high school must participate in to graduate. More writing and editing has brought it to publishing status. He had it self-published.

If you like the scifi/fantasy genre, you ought to pick up a copy. Oh…and look out for that ending. It isn’t what you would expect.

 

14 Comments so far ↓

  1. Daniel says:

    Cool beans! I will check it out.

  2. Jacci says:

    Very cool!!!!

  3. Karen says:

    I’m anxiously awaiting my copy from Barnes & Noble. Of course you can order it on Amazon, too. Eli’s mom assured me I could get it autographed. How cool is that?

  4. jeff says:

    As I work for company that published the book I only hope it sells and sells and sells.

  5. Quinn says:

    Thanks for the review, Bill! Glad you enjoyed it!

  6. I always said “pairadijum” too. Good luck to Eli!