lafroste
Since Aug 13, 2000

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  Hello and thanks for stopping by. I am a professional engineer by trade specializing in water infrastructure. I am an expert in the field of ozonation and have several patents and inventions to my credit in that area. I am a huge fan of Freerepublic, spending at least one or two hours here every day. I have been and am impressed with the depth of thought from many Freepers and I know for a fact that several influential people lurk here. I have even been lucky enough to be closely paraphrased (plagerized is too strong a word in that happy instance) in the LA Slimes by a national figure, much to the chagrin of a flaming liberal national figure (hehehehe). Perhaps some day I will be lucky enough to find a thread devoted to ozonating water so I can show off a bit.  
     
  I am an entrepreneur, and along with my gracious wife and a loyal band of fanatics, I am in the throes of starting my own company dedicated to the advancement and science of ozone. You can check on my progress at Atlantic Ozone Corp.  
     
  I am also an aspiring (and somewhat frustrated) writer. In order to address that frustration, and armed with the knowledge that professionals of all stripes inhabit FR, I am offering up my first novel to any who wish to read it and give me some feedback. It really is quite good, and is worth a look (IMHO). Below is a little graphic I whipped up to trumpet the book, my apologies in advance to those more acustomed to the professional quality of Registered's work...  
     
     
What would you do with immense physical power?

What Should you do?

"I have heard it said that interstellar exploration must await the next great Breakthrough in Physics, perhaps 500 years distant. They are wrong. That great event is upon us now, knocking gently on the door even as we speak."

"Also for now, I have the power and I am going to use it."

- Jeff Hopewell

 

 

 

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"It was the most lopsided war ever fought: a war between the littlest nation on Earth, a Nation of One, and the greatest nation on Earth."

- from Nation of One

 

 

Blimps...

The Original Anti-Gravity Machine

 

Incredibly Imaginative!
- C. Rocchio

The ultimate "feel good about the future" story!
- D. Huet

The next 'Atlas Shrugged'!
- L. Shelnutt

     
     
  To access the novel, please download the Prologue and Chapter 1 in HTML format. This document also provides links to chapters 2 through 7. Each chapter of the book is contained in a single HTML document and contains chapter tags for easy navigation to the other chapters. Once you have read the first seven chapters (approximately 150 pages, 40,000 words, representing roughly 1/3 of the entire book), like it, and want to finish the Novel, just send me an email requesting it using your real name and email address so I know who has requested it. I will send you the next 2/3 of the book via file attachment. All this is absolutely FREE; however, I may decide to withdraw this offer at any time. Feel free to contact me with any comments you have regarding Nation of One!  
     
 
An e-mail link for the author (me) is also provided along with a Link back to FreeRepublic.
 
     
 
I strongly encourage literary agents and publishers to have a look!
 
     
 
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