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William C. Tracy writes tales of the Dissolutionverse: a science fantasy series about planets connected by music-based magic instead of spaceflight. This series currently includes a three-book epic space opera cycle. It also includes five novelettes and novellas, including a coming of age story, tales of political intrigue, a Sherlock Holmes-like mystery, a Jules Verne style adventure. Several books include LGBT-friendly elements.

His first epic fantasy from NineStar Press is Fruits of the Gods, about a land where magic comes from seasonal fruit, and two sisters plot to take down a corrupt government.

William is a North Carolina native and a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. He has a master's in mechanical engineering, and has both ...more

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	Of Mycelium and Men (The Biomass Conflux, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 139 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seeds of Dissolution (Dissolution Cycle, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To A Fungus Unknown: A Space Colony Exploration Series (The Biomass Conflux Book 2) 4.11 avg rating — 57 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tuning the Symphony (Dissolution Cycle, #0.5) 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spores of Wrath: A Space Colony Exploration Series (The Biomass Conflux, # 3) 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merchants and Maji (Dissolution Cycle, #0.7) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits of the Gods 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Five Hive Plateau (Dissolution Cycle, #0.2) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facets of the Nether (Dissolution Cycle, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Dissolutionverse 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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SPSFC 2021

Just a quick update that I will be a judge/reviewer for the first ever Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC), going on now! We’ve got over 300 entries, and through the next year, we’re going to be whittling them down to the top 30, then the top 10, then the one winner next July!

So stay tuned. I’m going to start posting reviews to this site as I read through books, and hopefully I’ll find

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Tavern (Dargath Chronicles, #1)

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Physical Magic: A Martial Arts Progression Fantasy (The Shifting Lands Book 1)

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This is a post-apocalyptic story, with some elements of traditional fantasy fare. There is a king, the court, and a strict hierarchy, but there are also cell phones, and hover cars, and vaccines. But the m Read for SPSFC Semifinalists!

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This is a post-apocalyptic story, with some elements of traditional fantasy fare. There is a king, the court, and a strict hierarchy, but there are also cell phones, and hover cars, and vaccines. But the main thrust of the story concerns Nate and Kitty, two people thrown together by a strange affliction: their touch heals each other, while others touching them burns their skin. Most of the story concerns their journey, which had some interested elements, but I would have liked a little more worldbuilding, especially at the beginning, and I wasn’t really happy with a cliffhanger-ish ending.

Plot
Most of this book concerns the long journey Nate and Kitty take to find a cure for their affliction, learning about each other, and coming closer together. It’s got some good romance elements to it, but I felt they were hampered a bit by the lack of some steeper challenges. Most hindrances to them are solved with little permanent danger to either party, until near the end of the book, where a lot of things start to change. I understand this is the beginning of a larger series, but I felt like the ending came rather abruptly, while I was waiting for Kitty to get out of her latest predicament.

Setting
This was definitely the weakest aspect of the book for me. I’ve read a lot of scifi and fantasy, and the beginning was still pretty confusing for me until I started to catch up to the ways this world works. I felt like there was a bit of a disconnect right at the beginning as well, with some of the reasons they were originally afflicted with their condition simply not stated until later in the story, when it was relevant to finding a cure. I would also have liked more information about the mutants and rabids (I’m still not sure if they’re the same thing) that inhabit the world. Only much later do we learn some of the history of how people hid underground for a long time, and then came back up to repopulate. I felt jarred each time a new technology was introduced, like hovercars or cellphones, because it’s in contrast to the medieval-like setting of the story.

Character
The characters were certainly the best aspect of the story, with both Nate and Kitty developing a lot during the story. I was also happy to see some queer representation in the book, even if it was in passing. I would almost say this story was a romance and a journey first, and then a dystopian novel second, as those aspects were not as important as how the characters changed. Again, I wasn’t really engaged at the end of the book, however, as there’s a sort of Beauty and the Beast dynamic that starts up after most of the characters problems are solved. I wonder if it might have been better to start the second book before that point, and leave some of that conflict out of the first book?

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An interesting dystopian romance, clouded by some worldbuilding issues and an abrupt ending. 6.75/10. ...more "

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“The grasping fingers of the gravity well reached for him.”
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“The original timeline for finishing the colony was ten years, but that was when we thought we would have materials, and didn’t account for the homicidal fugus outside our gates.”
― William C. Tracy, Of Mycelium and Men

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