Harry Heyoka

"The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful." -- Ken Kesey

The biggest, holiest ass in SF is the galactic empire, sometimes called (for good reasons) its most ridiculous idea ever. Contrary Harry wondered what innovations might make a real galactic empire possible, and so created his Spiral's Realms future history; but is "possible" desirable?

"Dismissing SF as serious literature is a dangerous mistake," Harry writes. "It's the only genre consistently prodding folks to look farther down the road to the future. We need that, if we're to have a future."

A refugee from rampant deforestation, Harry Heyoka has spent his adult life in Hawaii, Europe, and North America. Though mute, he is literate in several languages and holds a BS in BS. He loves raw foods and craft ales, and lives with "his" cat outside Helen Gone, Oregon.

Harry also loves good music of all kinds. Check out his Pandora stations at
http://www.pandora.com/people/oregonlibertarian

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• Strip Tease Fantasy - Romance Short Story on March 17, 2010
  
  With credible characters and good pacing and plot development, this short story kept me interested despite a few typos and punctuation errors. 3 thumbs up!
  
• 101 Degrees Fahrenheit on March 17, 2010
  
  Hot and sticky, and an enjoyable read.
  
• Hole on March 30, 2010
  
  I hate to contradict the eminent Dr Winkie, who has posted nothing here but his bad review, but I disagree completely. As a lifelong grammar geek, I spotted only a couple of incomplete sentences -- no great sin, since their meanings were clear and they fit the story's mood. This is no rambling essay, but a stream-of-consciousness short-short. That form precludes extensive explanations, and the answers to Winkie's questions are less important than the story's emotional impact. I liked it on first reading. After reading Winkie's review, I read the story again and liked it even more. I hope to see more from David Lovato. Three thumbs up!
  
• West of 89 on June 05, 2012
  
  The best "first novel" I've read in ages, "West of '89" made me laugh so much that the cat abandoned my lap. Then Greigh brought tears to my eyes, and a minute later made me laugh again. Only a first-rate storyteller can do that to me. Greigh's alternate history starts diverging from ours in 1810, when West Florida secedes from Spain and is annexed by the USA. That leads to New England's secession in 1814, a major fork in the historical road. The story is set in 1989, in a North America with no Canada. The States are bounded in the southwest by the Republic of Texas, a bit of Mexico, and the Confederated Republics of California (CRC). To the north lie the Inuktik Circumpolar Enterprise (ICE), the Republic of Quebec, and the Commonwealths of Atlantis (New England and what we call the Canadian maritime provinces). A 1922 revolution turned Dixie (east of the Mississippi River and south of the northern borders of Tennessee and North Carolina to the tip of Florida's peninsula) into the Citizens' Collective of Communal Provinces (CCCP); but the States include the Caribbean islands and Central America as far south as Costa Rica, bounded by Gran Columbia (which still owns Panama). Richly and plausibly detailed, Greigh's greater "California" is populated with highly believable characters, including some real people you'll recognize (despite altered names) from our own time line -- ID-ing them was a lot of fun for me. Greigh has fun with the language, too, incorporating regional dialects both real and extrapolated. His pacing makes it hard to put the book down after the first couple of chapters, but a few times (after particularly disturbing scenes) I found I had to take a short breather. The tension builds steadily, knitting subplots together, to a credible and satisfying conclusion. Why not 5 stars, then? I'm so tough a grader, the only SF novel worthy of 5 stars that springs to my mind is "Stranger in a Strange Land." But even as a lifelong fan, I'd give Heinlein's first book "For Us, The Living" only 3 stars. "West of '89" leaves me eager to see what Gene Greigh will write next. Buy it!
  
• Making Mina: The Best Revenge on Jan. 27, 2013
  
  This story is everything an erotic short should be -- well written, plausible, and very hot! Graves is a real talent, and left me eager to see more of her work. Four thumbs and another appendage up!
  
• Rock & Roll (Vol. I of the Savannah Rossi Chronicles) on Jan. 27, 2013
  
  Good writing, a strong and believable heroine, and a very hot story -- what more could you ask? This one gets four thumbs and another appendage up.
  
• Double Penetration in the Desert: An Interracial Cuckold Story on Feb. 09, 2013
  
  Short erotica doesn't get much better than this. Well written, plausible, and extremely hot! Four thumbs and one other appendage up.
  
• His Lucky Break on March 02, 2013
  
  Short on plot and characterization, but well phrased and hot. Three thumbs and one other appendage up.
  
• My Criminal Lover: Part 1 on June 30, 2013
  (no rating)
  Bad spelling, bad grammar, bad rape fantasy. No characterization, almost no plot. I can't believe any self-respecting woman could write this crap; "Denise" is probably a misogynist Dennis.
  
• Taylor A Tale of Seduction Part 1 on July 09, 2013
  
  I can't wait for the next part. Three thumbs and one other appendage up.