J. Z. Colby
Författare till NEBADOR Book One: The Test: (Medium Print)
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- Kelso, Washington, USA
- Kort biografi
- Born in the Mojave Desert, J. Z. Colby now lives and writes deep in a forest of the Pacific Northwest.
He has studied many subjects, formally and informally, including psychology, philosophy, education, and performing arts, but remains a generalist. His primary profession as a mental health counselor, specializing with families and young adults, gives him many stories of personal growth, and the motivation to develop his team of young critiquers and readers.
All his life, he has been drawn toward a broad understanding of human nature, especially those physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual situations in which our capacity to function seems to reach its limits. He finds fascinating those few individuals who can transcend the limits of our common human nature and the dictates of our cultures.
In his spare time, he flies helicopters and airplanes.
Medlemmar
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The NEBADOR young-adult scifi series i Hobnob with Authors (november 2012)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 21
- Medlemmar
- 161
- Popularitet
- #131,051
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 49
- ISBN
- 86
- Favoritmärkt
- 2
ut tui ipsius quasi arbitrarius honorariusque plastes et fictor,
in quam malueris tute formam effingas”
Pico della Mirandola (Oratio de hominis dignitate)
“We have made you (Adam) a creature neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal or immortal,
in order that you may, as the free and proud shaper of your own being, fashion yourself in the form you may prefer”
(Oration on the Dignity of Man)
The quote that better describe Nebador book four (Flight Training) is:
“If Kibi - or any of you - … can’t learn to use your feelings as guides instead of masters, then you must like slavery more than you realize.” (page 27)
Five boys and girls, after being chosen as Ilika’s crew, have to grow up facing happiness (such as love stories, learn a lot of interesting stuff), and difficulties (growing up is always a sloping path).
“So … by passing those tests back at Doko’s Inn, I was applying for the hardest job in the whole … universe?” (page 69)
So Kibi understands which is the hardest job: not only the test per se, but becoming adult.
For the same reason Ilika suggests that “Going into space is pretty complicated, … Yes, it’s one of the biggest tests a civilization goes through before … growing up. For you five, it will mark the end of your lives as simple people from a little kingdom, and the beginning of your adventures in the vast universe.” (page 255)
We have made you a creature neither of sky nor of earth in order that you may, learning from your feelings and proud shaper of your being (sculptor - plaster, potter - fictor, painter - pictor), fashion yourself in the form you may prefer.
… (mer)