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Category: science fiction
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Windows into the Past
A pair of papers came to my attention this last week, and they are fascinating to me on several levels, as a scientist, a writer, and one who dabbles in history. Science and technology working hand in hand have been advancing mightily in the last few years toward being able to see more and…
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Space Dragon
Between the bulk of their own ship, and the vast formation of Others, which was slowly breaking apart and heading for them, it appeared out of the empty space. Streamers of light and not-light undulating in an eerie coherence, the vast body of it coruscating as it moved between them, the Bouler’s Dragon never even…
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Flash Fiction: Ghillie
I was listening to a song, and suddenly I had an urge to write. The song was Saboton’s Camouflage, and this snippet of flash fiction was what fell out of my head today. Ghillie The mud stank. Private Jonah Staedler buried his face in it anyway. Overhead, the deadly whine of bullets snapped past his…
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Putting the Story in Science
One of the biggest challenges I face as a science fiction writer – and one of the biggest reasons I tend to write Space Opera rather than Hard SF – is staying ahead of the science. As a scientist, most of my work is very industrial. I’m not in research, nothing bleeding-edge is going on…
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New Military Science Fiction Book!
Not mine! No, this is a book I have been waiting for. I’ve been peripherally involved in it for a very long time, and after a long wait, it’s finally here! By Dawn’s Early Light is a shimmering addition to the stars of science fiction, especially for fans of MilSF. If you like military science…
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Space Art
For a few years now, I’ve worked at creating fun and somewhat-realistic space art through various digital media. It’s not only a means to an end for me, the author, to have unique art for the covers of science fiction books and to sell to cover art clients, but it’s another way to tell stories.…
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Phytoremediation and beyond
Let me preface this with: Science fiction, for me, is the wild-eyed imagining of what comes next. What lies over the horizon? We can extrapolate from what we know now, into what is probable, or even slightly improbable, but still known-possible. Or we can just start throwing stuff out there, sometimes called handwavium or unobtanium……
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GreyDawn
The writing brain is back online, with a vengeance. Forty minutes, 1300+ words, and I have no freaking idea what this is, only that I had to write it. Also, if you’re curious, it’s in the same universe as Eternity Symbiote. Which I thought was dead, and gone, and had planned to pull that work…
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In Memoriam: Christopher Stasheff
We lost a legend of science fiction and fantasy just a few days ago. I’d had the honor of meeting him in person, and he was a sweet man who’d written many wonderful books that left their mark on the world. I thought the best thing I could do to honor him here was to…
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Science Flights of Fancy
Ever considered using your hair for tapping into the internet? Or as an antenna? Or…? Personally, I’ve used my hair as a weapon, having worn it as long as past my waist, and put up into a whip-like braid. Long enough to sit on! If I dyed it with graphene, in the new process that…
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Let’s You and Him Fight: Autoimmune Disorders and Parasites
In a forum of smart folks I’m part of, a science fictional conversation came up: if we could terraform another planet, picking and choosing what species we’d put on it, why would we bother with parasites? People bandied around things they’d love to do without, like mosquitoes, poison ivy, ticks, fleas, and various disease-causing bacteria.…