Review: Amish/Sci-fi is Addictively Appealing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
I forgot how much I enjoyed Michael Bunker's Amish/Sci-fi world until I started reading Pennsylvania 2, then it all came back to me in a flash. The juxtaposition of the low-tech Amish world with the usual futuristic setting of Sci-fi rationally does not seem to mesh, but in Mr. Bunker's hands it turns into a world that is addictively appealing.  Jed, the young Amish man innocently headed for a new Amish colony on a different planet, is suddenly turned into a pawn in a battle he does not understand.  In this portion of the story, he finds a clue that tells him all is not what it seems, and he has to try to find a way to hold on to what little he knows is true.The way the story is told makes it seem like something that could happen in the not too distant future.  We become curious about the Amish today because their way of life is so different from our own.  They exist independently in so many ways.  Will that become a threat in the future?I am eagerly awaiting the next installment of the Pennsylvania series.  Maybe it will give me some clues.