Ray Melnik is a master of exciting science fiction novels, and can also pull your heartstrings. He uses science in a very reasonable way to open up our minds to reach new possibilities.
There are no aliens in his novels, no shooting - no shooting stormtroopers, no spaceship flying at a warping speed. Instead, they are placed in our contemporary world, including ordinary places and people we are familiar with. Often, the plot revolves around one or more scientists who have surprising results that emotionally influence people and change their perceptions of life and love.
Melnik's latest novel, "The Ghost in the Park," followed a similar pattern, but although all his books had a turning point, for me, this distortion was more unexpected than his previous book. In his past works, such as "The Room and Eyes of the World," Melnik used concepts such as string theory and alternative universe to influence the understanding of interpersonal relationships. This time, supernatural phenomena are also the core of story science experiments. The ghost is a topic that most scientists avoid. Melnik realized this and allowed the tone of skepticism to spread to his book in his scientific role, but he also resisted doubts about other characters. View. He then provided an amazing explanation for the ghosts that merged the two ideas, but it was completely original.
The story tells the story of a young graphic designer, Sami, who married a beautiful girl named Amber a few weeks ago. The two lived on Staten Island and just started their marriage, but they have already encountered problems. Amber has been suffering from anxiety and has had a history of childhood abuse; therefore, her problems sometimes overwhelm her, and sometimes Sami finds it difficult to deal with her behavior.
When the novella opened, Amber had died for a few weeks. Her last conversation with Sami became an argument, and then Amber had walked and was hit by a car, driven by a woman who lost control of her car because of a heart attack. The accident was really not the fault of others, but Sami was beating himself for Amber and his last angry breakup.
The second conspiracy involved physicist Dr. Noah Braxton. Noah borrowed equipment from SciLab [a nod to the scientific organization that appeared in Melnik's previous novels]. He hopes to use these devices to understand some of the "ghost particles" or unexplained substances he saw in previous experiments. Like his friend Noah explained his experience, I admit that I don't really understand all the details, but the reader does not need it. If Noah's experiment is reasonable, I will leave it to the scientists. I only know that Melnik did his research, so I suspended my doubts throughout the novel.
As the story continues, one day, Sami is walking home, after Amber has been waiting for his park. He was surprised when he saw her inexplicably. She is more than just a vague ghost; she looks real and so real that he can't believe she is with him. He wondered when her death would never happen. They apologized to each other and Sami took Amber's hand and they started walking towards their apartment. Suddenly, her hand is no longer on him, she has disappeared.
Obviously, readers will find that Amber's appearance is related to experimentation, but readers will have more surprises before the book is completed. I won't give up the ending by saying more, but I assure readers that this is not the story of modern Frankenstein resurrecting the dead, even though this book is as amazing as Mary Shelley and two centuries The ghost of the former reader also touched the reader's heart in the park, because it is like the surreal dream of many of us after the death of a loved one. When we see the person we love and are not dead to him or her, Just to hug him and find that he disappeared. We were shocked when we woke up and disappointed. Melnik is here to delve into the real problems of death and sorrow, and he uses a little desire to achieve readers' attention. Be careful to even comfort them a bit.
Ghost in the Park is a 65-page short story, but I think it's better. I generally like a novel, but sometimes it's less, more, and Melnik's novels are usually the case, because central ideas and powerful climaxes are not as exciting as many extra details.
Melnik often contains comments about the science behind them behind his book, but this time he did something different. He includes two short "essays", which are actually fictitious episodes. The first is a letter from a boy praying to God explaining how his father lost his job and asked God to help his family. This is a strange part in itself, but it is offset by the next article, in which God is a woman, taking over all television broadcasts, screens and social media, passing on information to humans, stating that this is not her purpose. Intervene in personnel. She gave us all the tools to create a better world for ourselves; therefore, we must be self-reliant and focused on not praying for others, but helping them.
These two articles show that Melnik's openness to the greater power of the universe may be beyond the scope of science. When Dr. Noah spoke to coffee shop owner Stewart, this possibility was supported by a novella, Stewart was interested in mysticism and spirituality, and felt that the answer lies there, not in science. Dr. Noah did not advocate or ridicule Stewart's spiritual beliefs, but rationally answering science did not get all the answers, even though it had the best answer. I think Melnik is trying to find common ground between science and spirituality. Although the novella eventually moves in different directions, see if Melnik will spend these ideas or use these two papers as seeds. The seeds will be very interesting. Future book.
In any case, the ghost is a new turning point in supernatural phenomena in the park. In fact, it is a mixture of science fiction and supernatural phenomena, pushing both types of boundaries and creating new things, which explains why Melnik named his site Emergent Novels. I hope that there will be more in his pen.
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