Review: When  your only source of news is Foxx, what do you get? TSN Epiphany.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2013
TSN Epiphany has all the elements to make an interesting book - an interesting backstory, the opportunity to introduce alien sized menaces of almost any description and size, and a great take on alternate Earths. Its tec is also fun butt... it's a flop in oh such a special way.First up the issues aren't with the fact its self-published or with the editing - these are surprisingly good. No.It's the special way the writer views America, his uninformed hatred of Islam adn his golly-gee George W take on life.I'd guess the writer had never left the US, expect perhaps to serve in Iraq. In essence the author takes an interesting yarn and turns it in to an anti-moselm polemic.Those guys are just primitives yay se? The bane of the civilised world. Americans by contrast are "very empathetic" as are Australians (lucky them - lol). American exceptionalisim is trumpeted on just about every second page.If I could do one thing for the author it would be to buy him a passport and let him see the world. Or better yet, force him to study history to find out just why so many countries in the middle east hate America so intensely.I do accept his proposition that America has overall been a force for good in the world and I for one hope they don't withdraw in to the isolationism the writer promotes.But my God! Just how ignorant of the causes of so many of the worlds conflict can the writer truly be?If you are the writer and do read this review, try reading some real history - and given the topic of your first book, start with how the Ayatollah came to power in Iran.If I told you that the US helped over throw a democratically elected government there and helped the Shah destroy what was left of Iran's civil society, I don't doubt you'd  go "Huh?"  Iran ended up with its current nut-bars because we, the West, helped destroy democracy there in exchange for oil. Thousands died in torture rooms and prison camps - and so in desperation the people turned to something that turned out to be worse. That's why they hate us.And let's not forget Iraq - 200,000 dead after we invaded their country on a lie? And you wonder why they hate us?Enough.So TSN Epiphany? I'd give it a 4 for fun. But for the writer's prejudices?  Not a zero, its just... sad. But maybe, just maybe the writer will get a passport or possibly study a little history. He's got talent but simply no understanding of the world outside womb Foxx news.So I'll hold off that 0 for the moment.  The writer has talent,  - I will be following the next instalment.. but the writer needs to understand that ignorance and prejudice, even un-intended doesn't do the writer of an otherwise good story due service.