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Alan Cash

Alan Cash

About

Alan Cash is a literacy teacher, teaching English as a foreign language.

He traces his love of telling stories to his mother, who used to invent wondrous tales of Pink Chicken and The Marmalade Cat.

He has been writing ever since he could hold a pencil, and when he discovered science fiction there was no holding him.

He has been a member of the Birmingham SF and Fantasy Writer's Group since its inception over 27 years ago.

He has written loads of short stories, one of which was broadcast on the BBC.

He is now looking for a publisher for his latest novel "The Xandra Function", an SF techno-thriller, set in the world of computer gaming.

For further information just type in The Janus Effect Alan Cash into any search engine, which will take you to his website.

Not writing would be unthinkable!

Peter and the Whimper Whineys Coloring Book

Peter and the Whimper Whineys Coloring Book

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<p><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;">This coloring book version of the best-selling “whine-stopper” children’s story was designed for kids to enjoy reading the rhyming, as well as being able to illustrate their own version of Peter’s nocturnal adventure into the woods.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;">Peter’s mother warns him that if he doesn’t stop whining and crying, he’ll have to go live with the Whimper-Whineys. His adventure continues as he later hops into the woods and finds lots of frightening Whimper-Whineymen! He discovers that the Whimper-Whineys are very ill-mannered and rude, and that everything is sour in Whimper-Whineland. He decides his mother was right. If only he can get back home!</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather, Georgia, serif;font-size:14px;">According to a recent critique, “I cannot imagine any parent or guardian not wanting to read this book to their child! ... Parents everywhere applaud you!”</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

The background to "The Xandra Function" is the ever increasingly competitive computer games industry, and what may happen when a computer programme absorbs enough human input from the next generation of totally immersive game playing involving complete human brain and computer memory interface. What will happen then? Can a computer differerentiate between what is "real" and what it thinks is "real"?

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Fran McCallister is an intriguing creation- part geek, part female James Bond.The novel rattles along at an ever accelerating pace.<br />Recommended for anyone who enjoys intelligent imaginative thought provoking science fiction.<br />High level of suspense.<br />Less Sci-Fi- more a Romance