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1NG4: A Long Short Story by [Berthold Gambrel]

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by Berthold Gambrel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Gunnar is part of a team studying a powerful new energy source aboard the seaborne platform Ryojin. But their work is interrupted, first by mysterious attackers, and then by a visitor from the sea even stranger than the new technology...

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50 pages
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English
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January 11, 2019
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16 - 18 years
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507 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MJW422J
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 11, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 507 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 50 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,411,375 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5,390 in 90-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #7,673 in 90-Minute Teen & Young Adult Short Reads
- #22,509 in 90-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads

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A Future on the Ocean

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2022

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It’s the future, and more people are living on the ocean. Climate change is real, and the oceans are taking over. Humanity must adapt to survive. There is a new energy source, and no one seems to understand it. Conspiracies abound, and people die. Then, a mysterious object emerges from the sea, and more people perish. Who will survive in the end, and will they discover the mystery of that energy source they are investigating? Will they find out the mystery behind what emerged from the depths of the ocean? I enjoyed this short, futuristic science fiction story. I love finding stories I can consume in one sitting, and this futuristic story with suspense and mystery fit the bill.

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Peter Martuneac

Not actually that long but certainly entertaining

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 17, 2021

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"1NG4: A Long Short Story" was a fun little read! I'm usually not a fan of short stories because the overall length leaves little time for truly connecting with characters and getting a feel for their world, so I take that into consideration when I do choose to read one and try to be fair in my review.

This one is told in first-person from the point of view of the main character, Gunnar. He's a scientist aboard a kind of 'water-station' out in the middle of the sea. It was a little confusing at first, but it seems in this world there's several communities that form and live permanently out on the ocean due to overpopulation on land. This resulted in a new international governing body called the Maritime Authority overseeing things.

Anyway, this water-station wasn't for a large community but rather seemed to be a government owned and operated platform where they conduct top secret research, which in this case was a strange cube that generated power from just a little bit of water, which of course would be a game changer.

But enough about the plot. It was an exciting read that offered political intrigue as multiple interested parties tussle over control of the cube and the very knowledge of its existence. There's shadowy government agents, mercenaries, and one creepy android.

The ending was left open with not everything explained, particularly the cube. And that's the kind of ending I prefer for a story like this, leave me with some mystery.

All in all the writing was good, the dialogue never cringey, and the story fun. A great read for sci-fi fans!

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H.R.R. Gorman

Wonderful Worldbuilding

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 5, 2021

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1NG4 was an intriguing story (was it a short? I think it was more of a novella) with a great setting. While people think that science occurs in its own vacuum, I very much appreciated the way money, politics, and science overlapped in this near-future sci fi short.

Gambrel imagines a unique dystopia in which water has swelled over the shores and the oceans are bigger. There’s new supernational governments (and thus funding sources), and there’s lots of mystery. I’m also very impressed at how quickly he could build an entire world in such a short space.

Also impressive was how he was able to include a full plot alongside the worldbuilding within the space. He was able to feed information smoothly between all the other pieces of information. Before the titular character 1NG4 shows up, we meet a couple of scientists investigating a mysterious object that can generate nearly infinite energy. They’re not told where it’s from, what it’s about, or what they’re really supposed to understand – but they’re doing it, because it’s a job. Like real scientists would.

Twists about what 1NG4 really is, what’s going on, and the alignments of the professors kept the story moving. If you’re looking for a short sci-fi in an interesting and political world, this one is a good option for you.

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T.Painter

What an adventure ride!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 15, 2020

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What an adventure ride! Set in a future where people live and work on ocean rigs (land is hard to come by due to high sea levels), you're immediately thrown into a situation where a crew member has been killed, a mysterious research project is being conducted, and a very creepy object has just been puled form the sea. And that's barely a quarter of the way into this fast-pace story!

This is a short work (about 50 "pages") and could be read in one sitting. I didn't, but I did find myself eager to keep picking it up and jumping back in. For such a short work, there's plenty going on, but it never seems like too much is going on or like the author was trying to rush things. It's told in first person and that was a perfect choice because I really did feel the narrator's sense of confusion and worry and discovery.

Great job and highly recommended!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 10, 2020

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This quick read is a brief foray into future history, with all kinds of traitors trying to get their hands on a new energy technology. The tension is kept up because the narrator, a young research assistant, doesn’t know where the technology came from or how it works, so he can only tell us what happened, not why. Meanwhile, a powerful entity (android? robot? AI?) comes aboard the research platform, her origin as mysterious as the technology’s. Personally, I agree with Prof. Ogaki - extraterrestrials are definitely involved. How could anybody want it to be anything else?
The book is too short for character development and there are a lot of characters who can easily get confused with one another, but this doesn’t prevent the story from being an absorbing and entertaining read. It would be best read in one sitting, I think. Recommended.

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Richard L Pastore

Worthwhile Read for SciFi fans

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2020

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Although this is a short story, Berthold manages to deftly squeeze in a number of futuristic concepts without sacrificing the storyline. It reminded me of other short stories from classic SciFi writers which eventually spawned full-length novels and series from them.

I also found it interesting that the reader is presented with a setting in the not-too-distant future that would have been the standard stock of a post-apocalyptic tale with society in tatters and people reduced to feral states. But not so here, refreshingly. Yes, a major destructive event occurred, but people have adapted and life, and society, go on in a reasonably normal fashion.

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