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Seeing Through Sampson Eyes Step in another shoes and the journey begins Made for Me Book 2 edition by Pamela Schloesser Canepa Literature Fiction eBooks

A few months ago I read Pamela's first book in this Made For Me series. I gave it four stars.

This second book was more difficult than the first for me to read. I thought it would be about the individual who received Sampson's eyes. That individual was only a bit player, easily dismissed. I was mildly disappointed. However, I continued to read. The story moved back and forth between mother and daughter. It took me a few tries to recognize the transitions.

The daughter, Norrie, smart enough to collapse a four-year bio-ethics degree into two years heads off to find her real parents. She finds her real father. It was never clear to me how this moved the story forward.

Finally, Pamela moved to the point of this tale. What makes us human? How should we treat machines capable of thinking and feeling? How should we treat others who are not like us?

I finished this story and gave it four stars because I can see great potential. The author could weave a tale of humans interacting with androids from the human perspective where androids are machines made for a variety of purposes. Moreover, from the androids perspective of machines, physically perfect but with the ability to think and feel. The author could add in the Makers' perspectives as they become aware their machines are, in a sense, living. It could become a tale rich in philosophy and morality.


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Seeing Through Sampson Eyes Step in another shoes and the journey begins Made for Me Book 2 edition by Pamela Schloesser Canepa Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

This is a fairly short, “Coming of Age” science fiction story using a bit of a mix of Blade Runner androids on limited time, The Eye’s possessed corneal transplant theme, and any number of “Where’s my daddy?” and “Who am I?’ plot lines. A lot of “Story” is packed into its 100+ pages, maybe a little too much in the sense we can only skim over most of these plot points.

This is Book Two of the Made For Me series. And though I hadn’t read the first in the series, I was not lost in the setup of this book. It is a full and complete storyline. And yet, I would have liked to have seen it a little more filled out.

Personal issue I’m not a great fan of First Person “I” POV and just my luck, I’ve read two books in a row, this being the second one, in First Person POV. I always feel a little hollow after a book written in First Person. I, I, I, … seems so narcissistic! LOL but that’s just a personal thing, nothing to really negatively impact the story if that doesn’t bother you. But I did get the small impression that I was missing out on a lot of reactions and reactions to actions… but again, that may just be me. Keep an eye on the chapter headings to see who’s POV you are in, whether it’s the daughter’s or the mother’s at any given time.

My one big issue with the story is that the ending had nothing to do with a.)the beginning! LOL (the mother doesn’t have a resolution to finding the man who has her dead husband’s eyes except to leave him alone and go marry the man, Bill, who is okay with being the woman’s second fiddle substitution. Why is Bill even in the story? Maybe because life is never neat and tidy, but this kinda made the mother a little less sympathetic to me. And b.)the resolution of Dr. Henry Brigginsworth not being allowed to oversee or contribute to any future robotics projects seemed like it was going to happen anyways (the guy was a narcissistic jerk! LOL) and not because of the daughter’s intervention. So, for this reason, the ending seems a little antic-climactic. Like it was just a natural progression of the history of the times, (like abolishing slavery in American History, depending on who’s story you are reading) and not a DIRECT result of something Norrie, the daughter, did. Yes, she had her say at the symposium on ethics in bio-engineering and robotics, but I would have preferred some BIG CLIMACTIC event like if Bedlam (an android) had to save the Dr.’s life from some sort of “Something” Climactic that made a more Eventful Resolution and showed the world the worthiness of Androids everywhere. As it was, it just seemed like the ending dwindled down to The End.

So, why DID I want to read this story? Why was I drawn to these characters at all? Call me weird, but I am completely fascinated by the stories of the black Americans being able to pass as whites in the slave days. The genetic roulette table of chance that allowed these people, after forsaking their families, and running where no one knew them, and then taking on a whole new persona of whiteness, of being able to not only survive, but sometimes thrive, all while rejecting any sympathy or empathy for any of their fellow brethren on the awful chance that it would out them. Did they become what they pretended? Prejudice? Racist? The conflicted story of pretending not to be something, and if found out, the complete and utter destruction of everything they were, all because of a chance alignment of chromosomes that made lighter verses darker skin tones, always appealed to my social conscience. The “What If” question.

This story, "Seeing Through Sampson's Eyes," is that same conflicted drama, cloaking every second hand citizen into the generic persona of an easy to substitute android, disguised in a future setting, but hitting all the timeless key notes of rightness verses wrongness.

“The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?” – Bentham (1789) – An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
Some formatting needed in the front copy, but otherwise displays nicely on electronic reading devices both legacy and new. Felt as though the story could have been elaborated but the dialogue was entertaining.
Once again, Pam's style of writing is perfect for the genre. She continues to explore a future world that is quite different from ours, yet similar in many ways. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed the first one and look forward to the next one!
The author's second book in the Norrie series is just as intriguing as the first (Made for Me). The futuristic world Shloesser Canepa created for her characters is rapidly changing and not necessarily for the better. Through Sampson's Eyes is darker with a dangerous edge to the story. Norrie is out there in a tough situation she brought on herself. How she handles this life makes for a good read!
A few months ago I read Pamela's first book in this Made For Me series. I gave it four stars.

This second book was more difficult than the first for me to read. I thought it would be about the individual who received Sampson's eyes. That individual was only a bit player, easily dismissed. I was mildly disappointed. However, I continued to read. The story moved back and forth between mother and daughter. It took me a few tries to recognize the transitions.

The daughter, Norrie, smart enough to collapse a four-year bio-ethics degree into two years heads off to find her real parents. She finds her real father. It was never clear to me how this moved the story forward.

Finally, Pamela moved to the point of this tale. What makes us human? How should we treat machines capable of thinking and feeling? How should we treat others who are not like us?

I finished this story and gave it four stars because I can see great potential. The author could weave a tale of humans interacting with androids from the human perspective where androids are machines made for a variety of purposes. Moreover, from the androids perspective of machines, physically perfect but with the ability to think and feel. The author could add in the Makers' perspectives as they become aware their machines are, in a sense, living. It could become a tale rich in philosophy and morality.