Abel Keogh
Autore di The Third
Opere di Abel Keogh
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Utah, USA
- Organizzazioni
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Breve biografia
- Abel is the author of the novel The Third, the memoir Room for Two, and the relationship guides Dating a Widower: Starting a Relationship with a Man Who's Starting Over and Marrying a Widower: What You Need to Know Before Tying the Knot.
During the day, Abel works in corporate marketing for a technology company. His main responsibilities include making computers and software sound super sexy, coding websites, and herding cats. At night and full moons he transforms into a writer which isn't nearly as exciting as it sounds. He also speaks Bulgarian but doesn't get a chance to practice it except when he's cut off in traffic or smashes his finger with a hammer.
To keep his sanity in check, Abel runs 20-25 miles a week. He uses that time for plotting out his next book, fine tuning his plan for world domination, and keeping up with his marathon running wife, Julianna (a.k.a. Marathon Girl).
Abel and his wife live somewhere in the beautiful state of Utah and, as citizens of the Beehive State, are parents of the requisite five children.
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The Third di Abel Keogh
http://staffersmusings.blogspot.com/2011/05/third-abel-keogh.html
In the near future, saving the environment at all costs is the concern of the totalitarian government. Everything must be recycled, the amount of food the public can buy is limited, and the number of children a couple can have is two. Each person has one "credit" they can use to have a child. Should they choose not to have a child, they may sell this credit to a couple who wish to have a third. Ransom Lawe's wife is pregnant with their third child. He must find a way to purchase a credit, or should he trust the people telling him there's a land he can go to out of the city where he and his family can live free?
The Third is a chilling story of government regulation gone bad. Everything is controlled by the government with ration cards and credits. People must stand in lines all day to buy groceries, if there's anything left on the shelves. Alex Keogh has created a world that could easily be taken as a future reality.
Ransom Lawe is a character easily related to, a decent, law-abiding citizen working hard to provide for his family. When his world is turned upside down by the third pregnancy, he has to face a choice between the government and his family. His situation evokes the age-old struggle between good and evil, it's a journey from slavery to freedom.
I enjoyed this book, Keogh kept enough suspense going that I wanted to keep reading to find out what would happen next. One thing I had hoped for that I didn't get was a look at the free civilization that was mentioned. Maybe in the sequel!
If you like dystopian futuristic novels, give this one a try!
*Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley for free. I was not required to write a positive review.… (altro)
The Third is a chilling story of government regulation gone bad. Everything is controlled by the government with ration cards and credits. People must stand in lines all day to buy groceries, if there's anything left on the shelves. Alex Keogh has created a world that could easily be taken as a future reality.
Ransom Lawe is a character easily related to, a decent, law-abiding citizen working hard to provide for his family. When his world is turned upside down by the third pregnancy, he has to face a choice between the government and his family. His situation evokes the age-old struggle between good and evil, it's a journey from slavery to freedom.
I enjoyed this book, Keogh kept enough suspense going that I wanted to keep reading to find out what would happen next. One thing I had hoped for that I didn't get was a look at the free civilization that was mentioned. Maybe in the sequel!
If you like dystopian futuristic novels, give this one a try!
*Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley for free. I was not required to write a positive review.… (altro)
I received a copy of The Third by Abel Keogh through netgalley.com. This is a future dystopia novel told through a third person adult male protagonist, Ransom, with occasional point of view through a female protagonist, Teya, his wife. In this society, food, electricity, water, housing, clothing and other goods are rationed and most things are recycled, even medical supplies like hypodermic needles. Allowable children are limited to two, with the rare third and even rarer fourth or more only allowable by purchasing someone else's child credit or through special case application with the government. Most aspects of peoples existence in this society are painted as meager and uninteresting and it was somewhat hard to believe that there had been no large scale rebellion or widespread stirrings of it as yet in this society.
I liked the ideas in this novel and where it was going but I found the character development somewhat flat and lacking for me to really identify with the characters, to care about them and to really get into the story and want to know what happens to them. I do like this genre enough to read the second story if there is one and I think the writing is good enough that I can see it improving in a second installment. To me the characters seemed almost like drones, and maybe that was what the author was going for, maybe that's how people can be when they are on the border of being starved for food, among other things, but I think that would make people hungry for something else and angry. Instead what I saw here was mostly a lot of complacency and wanting to roll over and give up to the known. Yes, a lot of people do this (one way to explain our government and others) but to have your main characters tend towards this doesn't put a lot of drive into them or the story. I realize Ransom and really, through default, Teya chose to leave the society and the city (which I'm guessing is Spokane, WA for the "green" (free) state of Wyoming) but it seems like they did so out of the tide that swept them there, not because of any real proactive decision on their part.
In sum, this story has real potential and with some work on characterization I think the story will be made much stronger, more believable and compelling and I think the author has the ability to do this given the interesting ideas and premise of The Third.… (altro)
I liked the ideas in this novel and where it was going but I found the character development somewhat flat and lacking for me to really identify with the characters, to care about them and to really get into the story and want to know what happens to them. I do like this genre enough to read the second story if there is one and I think the writing is good enough that I can see it improving in a second installment. To me the characters seemed almost like drones, and maybe that was what the author was going for, maybe that's how people can be when they are on the border of being starved for food, among other things, but I think that would make people hungry for something else and angry. Instead what I saw here was mostly a lot of complacency and wanting to roll over and give up to the known. Yes, a lot of people do this (one way to explain our government and others) but to have your main characters tend towards this doesn't put a lot of drive into them or the story. I realize Ransom and really, through default, Teya chose to leave the society and the city (which I'm guessing is Spokane, WA for the "green" (free) state of Wyoming) but it seems like they did so out of the tide that swept them there, not because of any real proactive decision on their part.
In sum, this story has real potential and with some work on characterization I think the story will be made much stronger, more believable and compelling and I think the author has the ability to do this given the interesting ideas and premise of The Third.… (altro)
I just finished this book last night and thought it was great. I might have been mislead by the cover. I kept expecting a dark, gloomy story, but that is not the case. The story takes place in Washington state in 2065. Ransom Lawe is a recycler who finds out that his wife, Teya is pregnant with their third child. Having more than two children is illegal. Ransom has to figure out how to save his wife and unborn child from a government that claims they are only trying to save the planet.
This book could appeal to a diverse age range. Although the book takes place in the future it is still a tale of loyalty and unconditional love in the midst of a domineering government. I rarely read books from this genre, but found myself pulled into the storyline from the first few pages. I also really liked when the author added little tidbits about life in 2065, like hardly anyone knows how to drive, there are no cars, people stand in long lines for hours for food at Safeway, meters are placed on water facets to shut off after a few seconds, etc.
The story had a good ending and it seems like there could be a sequel. Is there another book coming out? I would love to read more about these characters and how life in 2065 continues on for them. Excellent writing, amazing plot, like-able characters… (altro)
This book could appeal to a diverse age range. Although the book takes place in the future it is still a tale of loyalty and unconditional love in the midst of a domineering government. I rarely read books from this genre, but found myself pulled into the storyline from the first few pages. I also really liked when the author added little tidbits about life in 2065, like hardly anyone knows how to drive, there are no cars, people stand in long lines for hours for food at Safeway, meters are placed on water facets to shut off after a few seconds, etc.
The story had a good ending and it seems like there could be a sequel. Is there another book coming out? I would love to read more about these characters and how life in 2065 continues on for them. Excellent writing, amazing plot, like-able characters… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Utenti
- 57
- Popolarità
- #287,973
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 9