How to Celebrate the Holidays in
Space
Celebrating
the holidays is a very ancient tradition. The Romans celebrated Saturnalia, the
festival of light, in late December and gave each other gifts. The Germanic
peoples of Northern Europe celebrated Yule and
burned the Yule log to welcome back the light. The ancient Slavic ritual of
Koleda was a celebration of death and rebirth. And of course Christmas is a
celebration of the birth of Christ.
I wonder if
our ancestors could have imagined how we celebrate the holidays nowadays. A 100
foot high Christmas tree in Rockefeller
Plaza, New York.
Amazing lights strung across Regent
Street in London.
Millions of dollars spent on holidays gifts. People who spend hours decorating
their homes and yards with hundreds of lights and decorations.
Can you
imagine how we’ll celebrate hundreds or thousands of years into the future?
Wonder no more.
In A GALACTIC HOLIDAY, you’ll see three different versions of future holidays:
In Stacy’s,
HOW THE GLITCH SAVED CHRISTMAS, you’ll see Chicago of the future. There are body
modifications (the hero, Edison, has some serious bod-mods and some serious
sexiness), slick bikes that run on maglev tracks and very advanced androids.
You’ll also
see a mysterious reverse Grinch who’s leaving “old-fashioned” Christmas trees
and gifts in people’s homes. And you’ll see rival police detectives Edison and
Reina rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.
In Sasha’s,
GALILEO’S HOLIDAY, you’ll see the icy moon of
Galileo. There are deep space tuggers, raider ships, a shield-protected station
and scary cryptids.
You’ll see
how the hardy colonists celebrate Holiday.
They bake cookies, read ancient Holiday
stories and know how to be thankful for all they have. You’ll see loner, Riley
adapt to being part of a community and fall for the sexy, protective Leo.
In Anna’s,
WINTER FUSION, you’ll see the distant ice world of Perma. There they have
lingual implants, nanocoatings to stop ice melting, interstellar ships and
fusion crystals.
You’ll also
see how the Permans celebrate their important winter holiday of Yule. They
drink mulled wine, burn an ice Yule log and welcome back the light after a long
winter. You’ll see the hero, Savan—a man from a high-tech world with no
families—collide with Brinn and see what the holidays and family are all about.
So come and
join in our galactic holidays of the future!
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3 comments:
Very cool! I'll have to check those out :-)
Thanks for having us ladies! I feel very privileged to be in this anthology - especially since this is my first SciFi venture. Hope you enjoy the book and Happy Holidays!
Sasha, this book really does sound cool. Even though we get mostly mystery readers here, this is one they would enjoy, too. Thanks so much for playing with us today.
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