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An Eighty Percent Solution (CorpGov Chronicles) Paperback – March 7, 2012

by Thomas Gondolfi (Author)
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Mega corporations and terrorism collide in this cyberpunk thriller on a future earth where owning a pet is a capital offense, paying protection money to the police is as inevitable as death and taxes, and using a designer bioweapon to eliminate a nuisance isn’t given a second thought.
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    CorpGov Chronicles
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    222 pages
  3. Language
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    March 7, 2012
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    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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    1938124006
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The CorpGov Chronicles = Classic Cyberpunk

The dark future of the CorpGov Chronicles weighs hundreds of billions of people crammed into the earth where:

- proteins are so in demand that owning a pet is a capital crime,

- police shakedowns are as regular as taxes,

- corporations suborn governments daily, and

- undocumented humans can be killed for sport.

The Green Action Militia, an underground organization of misfits, fights for the rights of all humans everywhere by terrorizing the mega-corporations.

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With few successes against the terrorists of the GAM, the corporations brainstorm to find a mouse that might take eighty percent of the thorn of their nemeses out of their paw. Surprisingly, when they are provided a volunteer, the CEOs have little regard for what might happen to their benefactor.

Tom Gondolfi

The Author

Thomas Gondolfi has written over ten novels, been the executive editor of four anthologies, authored half a dozen plus non-fiction books on writing and the publishing business, and delivered seminars all over the US. In his spare time, he runs TANSTAAFL Press and pampers his wife.

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TANSTAAFL Press continually provides high-quality science fiction, high fantasy, urban fantasy, cyberpunk, apocalyptic, horror, and even superheroine. Come in and stay awhile!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tansaafl Press (March 7, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 222 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938124006
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938124006
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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Thomas Gondolfi, father of three, gamer and loving husband, claims to be a Renaissance man and certified flirt. Raised as a military brat, he spend the first twenty years of his life moving to a new place every few years giving him a unique perspective on most regions of the United states.

Educated as an electrical engineer from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and working in high tech for over twenty years, Tom has also worked as a cook, most phases of home construction, and even as the personal caregiver to a quadriplegic. Tom enjoys games and after nearly thirty years he can still be found most weekends playing some role playing variation, board game and/or Texas hold-em.

Tom Gondolfi has been writing fiction for over twenty-five years and doing it professionally for at least fifteen. Most of his short stories have been commissioned for use in gaming products, such as Babylon 5 Wars and Starfleet Battles. He has honed his abilities through writing well over a million words and having them independently critiqued. He has been a member of and chaired several different “destructive” critique groups.

“Toy Wars,” Tom’s first commercially viable novel, was completed fifteen years ago with a recent polish prior to publication this year. “A marriage, a move, a new job, a new home and three teens – life just got in the way of publishing my work,” he said of the delay.

“An Eighty Percent Solution” is the premiere novel of the CorpGov Chronicles. Tom is already writing book two, “Thinking Outside the Box,” and book three, “Paradigm Shift,” with a total of nine books already plotted out for the series.

In 2012, Tom started his transition out of the high tech jungle by founding TANSTAAFL Press to bring his works and those of other prolific science fiction authors to market. TANSTAAFL Press has three offerings at this time – “Toy Wars” and “An Eighty Percent Solution”, both by Thomas Gondolfi; and “Demon Holiday” by Bruce Graw. TANSTAAFL Press has one book planned for release in fall of 2013, and three more for release in 2014.

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Candance Green
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2016
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I need to get the rest of the story.
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Cheryce Clayton
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story, needs polish
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015
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I enjoyed the story. It picked up a free download when a promotion crossed my fb feed and was pleasantly surprised. The world and characters are good, the writing is (mostly) smooth, and story unfolds well. I can't give five stars and almost gave three because outnumber of typos, the "vintage" pop culture references were jarring for me, the timeline with the story seemed a bit wonky, and the ending was abrupt to the point of annoying. I sat on posting a review for a week, and know find myself much more forgiving of the minor flaws. It is a good story and I'll pick up book two next time I have a credit or gift card.
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Aaron J Fletcher
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic Cyberpunk read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2014
An Eighty Percent Solution CorpGov Chronicles: Book One by Thomas Gondolfi

Tony Sammis is just another insignificant drone on his way to his pointless dead-end job listening to the latest news from the biodegradable cellulose capsule he snagged floating at the ceiling of the rush hour TriMet Transit Bus. Headlines of "Unemployment Plummets to 27 Percent!", "Spiders Trounced by Packers in a 41-14 Rout!" drifted by until "BREAKING NEWS! Third Greenie Bomb this Week!" caught his attention. The Greenies, The Green Action Militia or GAM for short, had bombed yet another Megacorporate entity. The GAM: Heros or Rebels? The Megacorporations: Benevolent bringers of order to a chaotic society or Evil Exploitative Empires? Tony was wondering why anyone would disrupt the normal order of society in an unwinnable war when an ancient-looking grandmother collapsed in front of him. Heart attack. Despite the automated voice of the TriMet emergency service telling everyone to "Please step back from the victim!" Tony steps in and saves the woman's life. He is not heralded as a hero. Instead, the police order him to go home and think over what he did. Before he knows it, he has lost his job, his girlfriend and is facing charges of malpractice of practing medicine without a license. Only the GAM can help him.

An Eighty Percent Solution is an excellent read. The short version of my review is this: Cyberpunk. Mmmmm...Tasty.... OK, now the long version: Thomas Gondolfi does a fantastic job of creating a world of the future full of intrigue and technology. Right from the start the author sets the tone that establishes the story. The characters have distinctive voices and evolve into fully developed individuals by the end. I especially liked the many Corporate entities and the soulless evil they brought to the story. Very realistic. The desciptions are full enough to bring the world into focus without being overdone. The plot moved right along and kept me guessing as the bigger story unfolded. The action sequences brought it all together and gave the world the spark of life. The story was a lot of fun to read and really pulled me in! This was a great start to a longer series and I can't wait to read the second book in this series, Thinking Outside The Box CorpGov Chronicles: Book Two. Thomas Gondolfi is my latest favorite author and I look forward to reading more.

Please Note I read a copy of the Paperback Version of this book. I accidentally posted the review as the Kindle edition by mistake.
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J. Perez
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story, not great, but more than 'Ok". :-)
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2015
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Not a bad story at all. A little simplistic, and the end seems too easy, but not bad. I think most of the value comes from the tech references. I felt immerse in the cyberpunk world. I could feel the corporate indifference, the over-litigation, and the punishment of kindness. Those elements attracted me more than anything else.
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Janet Schmidt
2.0 out of 5 stars Nice rough draft for a novel, but needs editing
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2015
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This book is okay for a first draft of a novel. The plot is interesting, but I wish the author had someone who read through it with a big red pen and crossed out most of his adjectives. You really do not need three or more adjectives - in fact, so many adjectives just make the prose clunky. At least once he clearly failed to change the name of the main character from Carl to Tony. It was jarring to have a name show up that had not been attached to any character in the book, and clearly was meant to refer to Tony. I almost enjoyed the book, but the clunky, poorly-edited prose got in my way at every turn.
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Sherlock Scott
4.0 out of 5 stars Good beging to great possibilities.
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013
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While it took a while to gather the characters together, once we had them all the story progressed rapidly. I look forward to the next installment.
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Ahmea
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2021
It took me a little bit to get into this book, but I enjoyed it. An interesting cyberpunk story. I purchased my copy from the author at a convention.
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