Thalassa this, Thalassa that…yes, my version of Proxima Centauri’s potentially habitable planet (speculative, but based on real science!) is a fascinating place, but what about the rest of the system? Proxima is just one part of a triple-star system…two of which are some of the … Continue readingWorldbuilding Alpha Centauri
I’ve already done some worldbuilding for my planet “Cerberus” and the surrounding system (Sirius B), but what about the Dog Star itself, Sirius A? We wouldn’t want it to be boring, but we also want to keep it scientifically plausible, yet not duplicative of the … Continue readingWorlds of White
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.” So said Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Star Wars: A New Hope”, right after the Death Star destroyed the planet Alderaan, as he reeled from … Continue readingStar Wars: The Dark Theory
Well…I was planning to go live in France, but plans change, and as the French would say, “c’est la vie”. Oh, I could get the visa to be a long-stay visitor, but what about how much the rent on anything nice costs once I get … Continue readingGo South, Young Man!
No, I’m not being pretentious enough to compare my own books to “2001: A Space Odyssey” (though my stories are good; you should check them out! hehehe). But I’ve given some thought as to the stages of life my characters Decca, Georgia, and Henrietta are … Continue reading2065: A Hair Odyssey
I know it’s a direct follow-up from my last post, but why not? After all, Sirius B’s companion world is a fascinating place in my science-fiction-cum-space-opera setting. I now have hard numbers, which dictate tidal locking, the question of it being a moon, the orbital … Continue readingMore Thoughts on my Planet “Cerberus”
“Will, if we’re not on Mars, you tell us where we are?” “I’m not sure yet, we might even be on Cerberus.” Cerberus? So asked Penny Robinson to her older and brainier brother Will Robinson in “Lost in Space”. For a long time I wondered … Continue readingCerberus: A World Like No Other
I’ll confess, I’m getting bored: Los Angeles has been an adventure, but after eight months of being on America’s West Coast full time, I think it’s reaching a natural conclusion. I’ve tried getting into real estate, music, acting, modeling, and now dance…and none of it … Continue readingNo, We Won’t Go Back!
In the course of brainstorming the story I’m intimating at in (among other posts) “Crash Dive, Auntie!”, I’m wondering about the main characters’ hair color, how their aesthetic might have evolved in the eighteen years since the previous story; I know it might seem silly, … Continue readingManes of Metal
I’ve been giving some more thought to “A Bolt from the Blue”, mostly to various directions I could take the characters in the eighteen years between the start of the climate changes (as covered in the story that centers around the Great Christmas Blizzard) and … Continue readingCrash Dive, Auntie!