This article is the first follow-on to a series on first contact. This is part of a series of articles about science fiction world building: From the moment the first experiments with radio began, the possibility of detecting alien transmissions became real. If there was an advanced civilization on Mars, it would be […]
In the sub-genre of hard science fiction, an attempt is made to ensure that the science in the story is somewhat correct. One issue that I have been following is the possibility of life on exoplanets. Anton gives a wonderful update on the DMS possibility on K2-18b. — Even though the detection has been questioned. […]
So can we colonize space like homo sapiens moving out of Africa in the stone age, or like the Pilgrims colonized Massachusetts in the 1600s? How about crossing the land bridge to the Americas during the ice ages? The success of those efforts built upon two things: The stuff they brought with them, and The […]
First contact is one of the mainstay themes of science fiction. In fact, it would not surprise me if it was the most common theme in all science fiction. To the scientist in me, I’d like to understand many of the aspects of first contact and figure out what the most likely case of contact […]
World Building for Science FictionImage by Snapwire on pexels I wanted to share some insight into the world building process that I am using in my science fiction stories. First off, most would call my science fiction as ‘Hard’ science fiction because of my use of scientific rigor when developing my stories. For myself, it’s […]
It’s All About PowerPart 3 of World Building for Science fiction: This is the definition of the Kardashev Scale. Since it is a measure of the power generated by a civilization, it is titled: All about Power. In case you’ve missed the previous posts in the thread, Part 1 begins here. The previous post in this […]