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Janet Carr Hull's lyric narrative poems about love and family are rich and varied. Ms. Hull gives us a sense of place and perspective on a woman's life in the South - a place with 'Fuschia sunset, blinding moon,'... where 'heaven sifts on downward/As we plan and plan and plan,' is the same place where 'The piano was brought to the camellia garden....' Delightful!" --Marjory Heath Wentworth, South Carolina Poet Laureate and author of Noticing Eden

These beautifully crafted poems will make your heart sing with the sheer joy of the language! --Cassandra King, author of The Same Sweet Girls

These poems sing with a vibrancy that few poets come by naturally. Janet Carr Hull's voice is strong, her insight is incisive. --Kay Day, author of A Poetry Break, and Killing Earl

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The future in space may be wondrous and unimaginably high-tech, but it's likely also to be messy, rebellious, and dangerous. “Gravity” is the first of several shorts that take place among the wild-and-wooly miners of the Asteroid Belt out beyond Mars. The story is my homage to Robert Heinlein's cheerful, no-nonsense, inspiring tales of plucky heroes, high danger, and ingenuity in the face of surprise. Also, I wondered what would happen to a spaceship marooned near a large asteroid: how long before the moonlet's small gravity drew the craft against it in a crushing embrace?

Are Humans Obsolete? How to Deal with What May Come May, 2002; 158 pages What will become of us when machines can outthink and outperform us -- all of us -- in the workplace? Will... Read more

Jim Hull wanders the world of arts and letters the way some people wander the earth. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz; he has lectured and performed international music and dance at schools and concert halls in California and Canada; lately, he teaches music and current events at The Braille Institute in Hollywood, where he also narrates books for the National Library Service. Jim has appeared on television and radio, written copy for businesses, edited books, manned a suicide hotline, traveled with the Celtic music band Wicked Tinkers, and narrated eight poems for the audiobook The 100 Best Poems of All Time. He skis, races sailboats, dances, plays piano and chess, and of course he writes: his book Are Humans Obsolete? is a futurist look at our evolving world society and economy, and is available at Amazon.com. Jim has also published dozens of essays at Jimhull.com. His mother, Suzanne W. Hull, was a well-known author in Women's Studies, and his uncle Gordon White was a reporter for the New York Times … so writing is in his blood.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   1 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Asteroid Colony Rebels, September 8, 2007 By  John C. Pulver (Burbank, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    In his brief bio we learn that "Jim Hull wanders the world of arts and letters the way some people wander the earth." Reading that one cannot help but wonder how he wanders. Does he shuffle barefoot past dusty hovels or bolt down asphalt strapped in the seat of a nitro burning dragster? We may not know the answer about Mr. Hull's wandering, but in "Gravity" we meet journalist Robin Jackson who enjoys the "noisy little thrill ride of acceleration" in a spaceship. The people of the asteroid colonies are trying to break away from the Mars government. In search of a scoop, reporter Jackson finds himself in the midst of fight aboard a battle cruiser of the asteroid rebels. Seeing casualties up close, he comes to question the romance of journalism. It's a fun read though a disturbing comment on the futility of war which seems unchanging even when humans have colonized more of our solar system. Enjoy. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews