The Penthean Problem is one of my favourites among my post 2000 reading scheme titles. The brief was to write a story about multicultural food, so I invented Seekla, a young Penthean, who is sent by her superior to suss out planets for a new Penthean colony. The ray that is meant to make Seekla look like the locals goes a little wrong, letting her third arm show through, and even after it is adjusted, Seekla has problems. On Earth, she meets Beatrice and William, who are researching a multicultural food project. They, and Seekla, are introduced to a great many foods, but Seekla is confused. How can there be fifteen fruits when she knows of only one? When she makes her report to her superior, he accuses her of imagining things and exiles her to earth for ten years as a punishment. Seekla, who has decided it's not quite cricket for her species to take over the Earth, decides to spend her exile eating.ABOUT THE BLOG
Sally is Sally Odgers; author, manuscript assessor, editor, anthologist and reader. She runs http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com and Prints Charming Books. (Sally is me, by the way, and I am lots of other things too, but these are the relevant ones for now.)
The goal for 2017 is to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist. If you enjoyed a post, or want to ask about any of my books or my manuscript assessment service.
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