Realities

About the Book

Realities is the fictional biography of Sam Turner, who has a PhD in theoretical physics; is a Nobel Prize winner; is a senior faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey; is Time Magazine’s Man of the Year 2018; and is the codeveloper of the Turner-Simcock Propulsion System (TSPS), which will enable mankind to travel to the stars. He is also a lover of beauty, especially but not limited to, the feminine kind. Dr. Turner lives in five realities—one “real” and four virtual, or so he thinks at first. But are the virtual realities virtual realities or alternate realities? Is his “real” reality just one of many alternate realities, all equally real? Not even Dr. Vihaan Patel, inventor of the Patel VR Theater, can answer these questions. As Dr. Turner says, “The beauty is, we will never know.” The realities Dr. Turner lives in are inhabited by a group of women whose various histories are interwoven. These are Nancy Swann, the most beautiful woman Sam has ever seen; Becky Alsace and Sarah Burke, fellow students with Sam at Columbia University, linked with him for life; Caroline Williams, director at the New York Museum of Modern Art; a Catholic nun in Tanzania; the Vietnamese trio, Pham Thi Hua, Mai Thi Lan, and Nguyen Thi Tran, all of whom are involved with Sam in the final days of the Vietnam War and alternately in Manhattan; and Pam Windham, botanist and widow of a panda expert. You will wonder, along with Sam, what is and what isn’t real. You, along with Sam, will have to come to your own conclusions. And you will enjoy, along with Sam, the entire adventure. Start reading and meet Nancy Swann.

About the Author

Realities is Jim Farrell's fifth novel. He has also published two collections of short stories. He is retired and lives with his wife, Marianne Collinson, in Palm Coast, Florida.