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Author | Fritz Freiheit |
Original Title | Dispensing Justice |
Nova Genesis World 1 | |
Cover Artist | Matt Howarth |
Cover Design | Fritz Freiheit |
Interior Illustrator | Matt Howarth |
Interior Design | Fritz Freiheit |
Publisher | Liberty IV Publishing |
Word Count | 80,000 |
Nova Genesis World | |
Narrator | Michael Gurick |
Dates |
May 3rd, 1984 through December 7th, 1984 Epilogue February, 1984 |
Publication | |
Ebook Publication Date | December 5th, 2011 |
Ebook Formats | epub, mobi, pdf, lrf, pdb, rtf, txt |
Ebook Available | Kindle |
Print Available |
Amazon CreateSpace |
Print Publication Date | January, 2012 |
Print ISBN | 0984795537 |
Print Formats |
Print (trade paperback) Ebook |
Pages | 416 |
Nova Genesis Series | |
Series Number | 1 |
Next | The Red Rook |
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"Taking a page from Robert Heinlein’s classic juvenile novels, Dispensing Justice is a story set in a science fiction/superhero universe and features a clique of smart and likeable teenagers grappling with complex (adult) issues."
-- Adventure Time review by Eric Searleman at SuperheroNovels.com
"The characters are entirely grand [ . . . and ] The setting is also a huge amount of fun."
-- Dispensing Fiction a review by Scott Slemmons at HeroSandwich.net
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Author(s) | Fritz Freiheit |
Cover artist | Matt Howarth |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Series | Nova Genesis World |
Publisher | Liberty IV Publishing |
Publication date | December 5th, 2011 |
Media type |
Print (trade paperback) Ebook |
Pages | 416 |
ISBN | 0984795537 |
Followed by | The Red Rook |
In 1947, a near-Earth supernova's wavefront washes the solar system with cosmic radiation. Thirty seven years later, high school freshman Michael Gurick's father is killed by supervillains. Michael takes up his father's super-identity to seek justice --- or will it be revenge?
Dispensing Justice is a young adult, science fiction novel featuring original superheroes in an alternate history setting. Cover art and interior illustrations by Matt Howarth. It is the first book in the Nova Genesis World series.
Where you can get Dispensing Justice[edit]
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Ann Arbor Area[edit]
- Bookbound -- 1729 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, (734)-369-4345
- Fun 4 All -- 2742 Washtenaw Ave., Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, (734)-434-7440
- Stadium Cards and Comics -- 2061 Golfside, Ypsilanti, MI, (734)-434-0283
If they are out of stock, please contact me me using this wiki page or you can email directly me at this address: fritz (at) acm (dot) org.
Author Interview[edit]
- Sherlonya Turner interviews Fritz Freiheit at Ann Arbor District Library
Reviews[edit]
- This Year’s Highlights – Top Five Books and Movies by Jenny on December 14th, 2011
- Amazon reviews
- Review by Bob Brill
- Adventure Time a review by Eric Searleman at SuperheroNovels.com
- Dispensing Fiction a review by Scott Slemmons at HeroSandwich.net
- Review of Dispensing Justice -- Goodreads by Phillip Murrell at Goodreads
Reviews listed in chronological order.
Jenny's mini-review[edit]
Dispensing Justice – a superhero tale told in an alternative 80s world, this book moves fast and is full of delicious fight scenes. Part of the joy for older readings is finding 80s pop-culture references, but younger readers will love it just the same for the characters and actions. Recommended for YA readers who love superheros, the 80s, and saving the day. You’re welcome to read the first chapter for free.
Paul Turnbull's review[edit]
Review of Dispensing Justice by Paul Turnbull -- 5 stars at Amazon -- 2011/12/21
Bob Brill's review[edit]
Bob is a friend and fellow writer. Here's his review of Dispensing Justice. -- Fritz 11:31, 23 December 2011 EST
-- Bob Brill
Awards[edit]
Dispensing Justice preview chapters[edit]
Read Dispensing Justice preview chapters here.
Cover and interior art by Matt Howarth[edit]
Description[edit]
In 1947, a near-Earth supernova's wavefront washes the solar system with cosmic radiation. Thirty seven years later, high school freshman Michael Gurick's father is killed by supervillains. Michael takes up his father's super-identity to seek justice --- or will it be revenge?
Dispensing Justice is a young adult, science fiction novel featuring original superheroes in an alternate history setting. Cover art and interior illustrations by Matt Howarth. It is the first book in the Nova Genesis World series.
Intro[edit]
Setting[edit]
Characters[edit]
- Michael Gurick (the narrator)
- Penny Riggs-Armstrong
- Kim Kinnison
- Cleo Fox
- Character relationship diagram as of May 2nd, 1984, Nova Genesis timeline
Supporting Characters[edit]
- Achilles and Andy Riggs-Armstrong (a.k.a. The Terror Twins)
- Agent Sellers
- Diana Riggs-Armstrong
- Doc Styx
- Hank Riggs-Armstrong
- Liz Gurick
- Sensei Fox
Members of the Nova League (Galacticity Branch)[edit]
The Demolition Squad[edit]
Glossary[edit]
Dispensing Justice Glossary of Terms (free of major spoilers)
Selected terms from the Dispensing Justice glossary[edit]
Demolition Squad[edit]
The Demolition Squad is a supervillain team composed of the four cyborgs: Bang Galore, Chainsaw, Dragline, and Wreckingbar. The were created by Doctor M in 1963 effectively making them Second Generation.
Galacticity[edit]
Galacticity, or GC, is a city on the south eastern shores of Lake Michigan, established in 1948 shortly after the arrival of the Galactics' Arcology.
Chapters[edit]
Dispensing Justice preview chapters
- Chapter 1 - Doctor M's Robotic Hordes Attack or Mom Interrupts the News - (linked)
- Chapter 2 - Friday Night in the Lab (Watching the Superhero News Network) - (linked)
- Chapter 3 - Penny Drops In
- Chapter 4 - Zircon Man vs. the Demolition Squad
- Chapter 5 - The Suit
- Chapter 6 - 1947A
- Chapter 7 - I Saw You Die
- Chapter 8 - Penny Keeps Her Cool
- Chapter 9 - Mom Burns a Roast
- Chapter 10 - Diana to the Rescue
- Chapter 11 - The Twins Are Ejected Before Diner
- Chapter 12 - The Vow
- Chapter 13 - Consequences of Killed in Action
- Chapter 14 - Soccer Socks
- Chapter 15 - Dr. DuQuane's Office
- Chapter 16 - Doc Styx
- Chapter 17 - . . . And The Magician
- Chapter 18 - The Remains of a Chess Game
- Chapter 19 - The Titanium Titan
- Chapter 20 - The Brain Trust
- Chapter 21 - Where Do Your Powers Come From?
- Chapter 22 - I Express the Desire to Learn How to Fight
- Chapter 23 - 'Dad' and I Have a Chat
- Chapter 24 - The Black Lagoon Dojo
- Chapter 25 - A Kick to the Head or Is It Love?
- Chapter 26 - Hypothesis and Confirmation
- Chapter 27 - Promoted to the Advanced Class
- Chapter 28 - Kinnison's Bruises or Double Trouble
- Chapter 29 - Sellers' Advice
- Chapter 30 - Cosmic Bowling Crash
- Chapter 31 - After the Prom
- Chapter 32 - I Am Legion's Blog
- Chapter 33 - Death at Bayside
- Chapter 34 - Mom's Cleaning Jag
- Chapter 35 - The Riggs-Armstrongs or Home is Where the Twins Swing
- Chapter 36 - Who's Afraid of the Ragnarok Machine?
- Chapter 37 - The Ninja Twins Attack
- Chapter 38 - Safe Harbor at the Kinnisons'
- Chapter 39 - Kinnison's Dice Luck Explained
- Chapter 40 - Dad's Memorial
- Chapter 41 - A Visit to the Lab
- Chapter 42 - And a Submarine
- Chapter 43 - Under the Psi-scope
- Chapter 44 - Of Names and Supersuits
- Chapter 45 - Almost a Date
- Chapter 46 - Kinnison and I Dine with the Foxes
- Chapter 47 - Tsunami and Lady Lightning
- Chapter 48 - Doc Styx Makes a Request
- Chapter 49 - A Question of Powers
- Chapter 50 - Secrets and Lies
- Chapter 51 - An Outing to the Galacticity Library
- Chapter 52 - Is It Aliens?
- Chapter 53 - The Cylinder's Contents Revealed
- Chapter 54 - The Silver Archer
- Chapter 55 - Gathering Intelligence
- Chapter 56 - Following Achilles and Andromeda
- Chapter 57 - A Slammer in Hand is Worth Twins in the Ducts
- Chapter 58 - Into the Bowels of the Library
- Chapter 59 - A Ride Into the Dark
- Chapter 60 - Discussing Strategy and Tactics (Mind If I Call You Pots?)
- Chapter 61 - The Twins Run to Ground
- Chapter 62 - Does Everyone Have a Mask?
- Chapter 63 - Trapped in an International Ballistic Shipping Facility
- Chapter 64 - The Twins' Fury
- Chapter 65 - Take Down
- Chapter 66 - Reboot
- Chapter 67 - The Automated Shipping Blues
- Chapter 68 - Dispersing the Cloud
- Chapter 69 - Wake-me-up
- Chapter 70 - Breakup on Launch
- Chapter 71 - High Speed Rails
- Chapter 72 - A Conversation on the Train or What Did You Do During the Riots?
- Chapter 73 - Arrival in D.C.
- Chapter 74 - Happy Birthday to Us!
- Chapter 75 - The Senate Hearings of the Powers Oversight Committee
- Chapter 76 - The Silver Archer Respectfully Disagrees
- Chapter 77 - Hypernauts Can Be Politicians Too
- Chapter 78 - Penny Volunteers
- Chapter 79 - Mind Fire Confronts the Man-in-Black
- Chapter 80 - Kamikaze Homing Pigeon
- Chapter 81 - Homeward Bound
- Chapter 82 - The Old Lady's Debrief
- Chapter 83 - Penny Loafing
- Chapter 84 - Sophomore Year Begins
- Chapter 85 - Crystals for Kinnison
- Chapter 86 - But What If I Have to Take a Leak?
- Chapter 87 - Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Chapter 88 - Bad-Good Grades
- Chapter 89 - Caught with My Hand in the Cookie Jar
- Chapter 90 - Vending Release Depending on Good Behavior or Houdini in a Can
- Chapter 91 - Kinnison's Tale (An Adventure at the Cowl)
- Chapter 92 - Flight to Destiny
- Chapter 93 - Dial It Up to H
- Chapter 94 - Friday Night's All Right for a Fight
- Chapter 95 - Need a Hand With These Miscreants?
- Chapter 96 - Lights Out
- Chapter 97 - Rust Never Sleeps
- Chapter 98 - Dragon's Teeth
- Chapter 99 - The Slippery Slope
- Chapter 100 - Judo and Kudos at the Black Lagoon
- Chapter 101 - I Am Legion's Scoop
- Chapter 102 - The Last Message
- Chapter 103 - Epilogue (Checkmate of the Red Rook)
Dedication[edit]
To E.R. Burroughs, L.B. Dent, R.A. Heinlein, E.E. Smith, and H.G. Wells, whose superpowers include the ability to travel through time and inspire a sense of wonder.
Acknowledgements[edit]
First, I'd like to give a shout out to Bill "Grandmaster of Flowers" Turnbull, Drew "Captain Justice" Hudson, Eric "Encephelon" Hall, Pat "Psion" Bills, Paul "Human Tank" Turnbull, and Theo "Major Chemical" Freiheit, who were all part of the milieu that brought about the first incarnation of the Dispenser.
To Gretchen Grey, who supported my efforts to write, as long as meals were delivered at regular intervals.
I want to express my great appreciation to John (Chris) Hocking, Joe Miller, and Lane Whittaker for their insightful, thoughtful, and beyond-the-call-of-duty attention to detail over the course of writing and bringing Dispensing Justice to publication.
To the Beta readers, thank you, for all your time and excellent critiques: John (Chris) Hocking, Dave Cross, Jeff Jackson, Jenny Johnson, Jessica Newberry, Joe Miller, K.M. Barrie, Lane Whittaker, Merideth Freiheit, Raghu Tadi, Skipper Hammond, and Stephanie Feldstein.
I would also like to thank the Alpha readers for their critiques and plowing through incomplete and error riddled portions of the manuscript: Adrianna Buonarroti, Bethany Neal, Courtney Conover, Patrick McHugh, Robyn Ford, and Sherlonya Turner.
To the members of the Ann Arbor Area Writers Group (AAAWG), I would like to thank them for their feedback and support during the transformation of Dispensing Justice from an idea for a short story into a novel: Adrianna Buonarroti, Bethany Neal, Bob Brill, Dan Gilbert, David Liu, Dave Wanty, Donnelly Hadden, Courtney Conover, Edd Tury, Elizabeth Van Ark, Jeff Jackson, Jenny Johnson, Jose Mojica, Karen Simpson, Kate Stone, Kay Posselt, Leslie McGraw, Martin Stolzenberg, Matt Bliton, Pat Tompkins, Patrick McHugh, Ray Juracek, Robyn Ford, Shelley Schanfield, Sherlonya Turner, Skipper Hammond, Stephanie Feldstein, and Sydney Bridges.
To Lisa Nichols, for her excellent copyediting, as well as Joyce Charles and Robert V. Frazier for followup corrections.
The staff at the Plymouth and Green Sweetwaters (you know who you are), for supplying me with a steady stream of iced lattes, my preferred mechanism for delivering caffeine.
And finally, to Matt Howarth, who decided to take a chance on a complete unknown. I've been a fan since 1980.
'Nuff said.
Tropes[edit]
Sequel[edit]
Backlinks[edit]
- Dispensing Justice (Nova Genesis World Book 1) by Fritz Freiheit – Books In Sync
- 2013/11/7 Superhero of the Day: the Dispenser at http://matthewe.com/
- Live! In the Link Age 11.16.11 (gone now, apparently a Live in the Link Age page is only up for a month, and is replaced by the next page) at SuperheroNovels.com
- Plug: Fritz Freiheit's "Dispensing Justice" (novel) at Variety SF
If You Like Dispensing Justice, You Might Like...[edit]
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- Dispensing Justice Glossary of Terms
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- Dispensing Justice at Goodreads.com
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