NINA MUNTEANU

Nina Munteanu is a Canadian writer, who has published fiction and non-fiction since the 1980s. Her SF short stories have been accepted in magazines throughout Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Romania and Greece (including Bram-Stoker award winning Chiaroscuro, Dreams & Visions, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Hadrosaur Tales and Another Realm among others). Her short story, “Angel’s Promises” was nominated for the 2003 Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) Fountain Award (2004) and appears in the SF anthology, “Sky Songs II” (March, 2005 by Skysong Press). Her short story, “Virtually Yours”, is nominated for this year’s SLF. “Collision with Paradise” (April, 2005, by Liquid Silver Books) is Nina’s first novel. For an excerpt of this SF romantic thriller see her website, SF Girl. Her upcoming dark SF romance novelette, “The Cypol”, is scheduled for release sometime in 2005 by Extasy Books.

Nina regularly publishes articles and critical reviews for SF magazines (e.g., The Internet Review of Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, The New York Review of SF, Aoiffe’s Kiss, etc.). To find out more about Nina and her writing see her website, SF Girl, at http://mypage.uniserve.com/~munteanu.

As senior scientist with an environmental consulting firm, Nina regularly speaks at conferences on environmental topics. Nina is also a member of SF Canada and often participates in SF conventions on the west coast. She lives in a quiet suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, with her family and dog-eating cat (only kidding … not really).

COLLISION WITH PARADISE

Nina Munteanu

Liquid Silver Books -- April 2005

When Genevieve Dubois, Zeta Corp’s hot shot starship pilot, accepts a research mission aboard ZAC I to the mysterious planet Eos, she not only collides with her guilty past but with her own ultimate fantasy.

On a yearning quest for paradise, Genevieve thinks she’s found it in Eos and its people; only to discover that she has brought the seed of destruction that will destroy this verdant planet. She also learns that Eos, whose steaming jungles harbour an eerie connection with Atlantean mythology, is not the paradise she envisioned. Genevieve discovers her darkest desires and deepest fears when she is forced to journey through the perilous jungle to redeem herself and save the man she loves.  The jungle lurks dark and moist, its intoxicating breath threatening Genevieve’s very sanity with secrets not only of her guilty past but of ancient Earth. To save Eos and her newly found love, Genevieve must ultimately confront the beast inside her and outsmart each of her crewmates, who have already gone mad, in their own ultimate sexual fantasy.

Click here for an excerpt of COLLISION WITH PARADISE

Laura Givens of Liquid Silver Books

"This story not only touched my erotic side, but also my intellectual side. Ms. Munteanu does not try to change the reader's opinion, but instead presents ideas to be considered. I think any reader would find this an enjoyable read because it touches many levels." --Kathy (Fallen Angel Reviews) 4 Angels

"Nina Munteanu has penned a novel which is extremely sensual. Combine that with suspense and danger, mythology and mysticism, you get Collision with Paradise...Never a dull moment, your interest was captured from beginning to end. I would love to see more stories set in this universe." -- Elise Lyn (eCataromance)

"If you're looking for a taste of a mixed genre, one that consists of thrilling science fiction mixed with erotica, this is definitely one to consider. Don't pass it up...This tale is heady, sensual, and engaging...Munteanu asserts her mastery of the sensual SF romantic thriller. An unforgettable read that's immensely alluring, surprising, and heart-throbbing. The vivid intimate details, colorful descriptions, and wonderfully drawn characters leave one breathless and asking, when and where is the next book coming out?" -- Christine Francine Whitcher (Yet Another Book Review)

"From the start, I was spellbound by Nina Munteanu's perceptive storyline. The heroine's clever portrayal captivated me...Genevieve is lovely, strong-willed, highly sexual, and athletic...memorable. The book's gripping atmosphere always felt compellingly real." -- Ha Nguyen (All About Romance)

THE CYPOL -- eXtasy Books, Fall 2005

In the not too distant future, when AIs take control of the Earth and impose cruel inhuman laws on human behavior, men and women are forced to serve as their subjects. But not everyone is willing . . .  

Krys, a beautiful but reckless idealist, intrepidly accepts the perilous job of delivering droid-interfering parts from the secret Distopian manufacturer to programmer/assembler, in a daring plan to change the way AIs think. Feeling invincible, Krys masks her penalty-by-death activities with another illicit activity: peddling sex-literature (erotic literature made illegal by the AIs). But when she has a run-in with a cypol – ruthless enforcers of the cyber-government and thought to be cyborg hybrids of flesh and machine – she finds out what they really are, and both her smugness and her concept of what it means to be a human is shattered.