Review: "Whatever the mind can believe..." - 4 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2012
Jack Stonewell lived more for his futuristic dreams than he did for the present. With a turbulent home life and not quite fitting in at school, you couldn't blame him for dreaming about another world, a happier place for him. When he unexpectedly has the opportunity to actually enter the world created in his dreams, he makes a fateful decision that will dramatically change his life.With the length of a short story, "The Rise of Planet Rubicon - Part One" serves as an introduction to a series about Jack's creation, the planet named Rubicon. As it turns out, Rubicon isn't exactly the idyllic place that it should have been. There are those on Rubicon who oppose their creator, and this episode sets the stage for conflict in the subsequent books in the series.Based on the writing style and content, I think the primary audience for the Planet Rubicon series consists of pre-teens through middle-teens. It's a nice introduction to science fiction for younger readers. The story's concept was reminiscent of Planet of the Dreamers, a 1950s sci-fi classic that I read years ago as a teenager.With "The Rise of Planet Rubicon - Part One," The Rubicon series is off to a very promising start.