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Cultural Changes of The ‘Purge Plague’ (Part 5)

ByRichard Verry

Cultural Changes caused by The Purge Plague Over the last four segments, I wrote about the roots of the plague and the causal effects on Mona’s community. In this segment, I cover the cultural effects which resulted. It should be noted that while the plague was halted, it was not eradicated. Over centuries, people made many attempts to…

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The ‘Purge Plague’ (Part 4): Physical Changes

ByRichard Verry

Physical Changes caused by The Purge Plague Besides high male mortality rates and a shift in a woman’s difficulty in carrying children, there were other changes to human physiology. The last-ditch gene splicing efforts manifested itself in significant physical changes to the human body. Woman tended to have longer legs, shorter torso, wider hips and fuller breasts….

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Consequences: The ‘Purge Plague’ (Part 3)

ByRichard Verry

The Purge Plague: Consequences Solving the human extinction event wasn’t without its consequences. Besides finding an alternate food source, other changes occurred. The new genome made significant changes to human physiology. Sickness had been wiped out. The common cold, cancer, infections, and the various maladies associated in pre-plague days were nonexistent. Within one hundred years, no…

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The ‘Purge Plague’ (Part 2) : Extinction?

ByRichard Verry

Extinction – The Purge Plague initiates an unstoppable event Resolving the runaway genome infection among human populations was not without its perils. The plague had already caused the extinction of almost all life on the planet. While it was too late to save the other species, scientists at the time saved what they could. It became a…

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The ‘Purge Plague’ (Part 1), What brought it about?

ByRichard Verry

The Purge Plague, can you elaborate on that? The Purge Plague is a speculation that I came up with to justify the culture of Mona’s world. However, it is a speculation that I firmly believe is possible, if not likely, to occur. Most of all, it is The Purge Plague that causes the near extinction…

Magic of Books
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Classifying my books

ByRichard Verry

The last couple of days, I have been writing about how different my books are. I also wrote that I intentionally wanted to write books that were different from others. I wanted them to stand out from the rest out there. To me, this is a good thing. I didn’t want to write something that…

My Home is My Castle
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How are my books different from other books on the market?

ByRichard Verry

Are they different? I certainly hope so. I spent a long time trying to find storylines that others hadn’t already written about. So, yes, they are. First, a little background. I am an avid reader. I’ve been reading since I can remember, somewhere about the age of six. By the time I was in 4th…

Magic of Books
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Good books are friends

ByRichard Verry

My girlfriend and I had chinese food for dinner the other night. I’d like to share with you what my fortune cookie had hidden inside. “Good books are friends who are always ready to talk to us.” For the readers out there, I think you will agree. Good or bad, they talk to us, reach into…

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Mid-Summer Musings

ByRichard Verry

I know it’s been a week since I’ve last posted a note. Sorry about that. I took the time to revise my website, RichardVerry.com, getting it to load faster, and remove some of the bloat that time inevitably creates. If you haven’t been to the site lately, please stop by. One reason to stop by…

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Working Hard

ByRichard Verry

All my life I have strived to do better, improve myself, help the community, love my family, and cherish my significant other. It’s hard work but it’s easy work as well. Seems like a contradiction, doesn’t it? I don’t see it that way. Take for example, the quote I just found. “Working hard for something…