Obamacare Dinosaurs Red Necks And Radicals

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Obamasaurus is a fictional political satire relaunched with a new twist formerly published as the 2013 Irwin Award winning short story, Obamacare, Dinosaurs, Rednecks & Radicals. This political satire is written to remind free people who believe they were created by God and those who wonder if it's possible that a few evil men and women could conspire to wipe out humanity by 90%. Is it possible that wealthy people who join secret societies conspire to manipulate each person's God-given DNA in order to hookup human bodies and minds to the internet. Could every survivor be controlled by AI and turned into mindless zombies who don't procreate or think for themselves? Imagine mindless people walking around with erased memories or without emotions. This would be the end of freedom for humanity if Artificial Intelligence had the capacity to control our minds. - God Bless, Rose M. Colombo

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A provocative dystopian thriller set in a future that seems scarily possible, FLASHBACK proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers. The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn't care: they're addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom's wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he's lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. Nick may be a lost soul but he's still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor's son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.