A new novel by Torn MacAlester Preview Available: Thunder Moon Tussle
World Building for Science Fiction
Image 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 part of the reason […]
Cold Contact
Written for: The Fiction Fountain 4 Aug 2019 Photo by Min An from Pexels Frank ‘Cooter’ Ross looked at his books, trying to find information about first contact. Where the hell is it? He thought. I know there is some information here somewhere. “What’s going on Frank?” said the female voice over the computer […]
Virtual Book Expo
I look forward to read from my new novel “Thunder Moon Tussle” on Saturday April 4 at 6:30 EDT (10:30 GMT) at fictionfountain.com/3d
It’s All About Power
Image by Pixabay available on Pexels Part 3 of World Building for Science fiction In case you’ve missed the previous posts in the thread, Part 1 begins here. The previous post in this thread, Part 2 is here. The Kardashev scale measures the technology of a civilization. It expresses the details in one parameter: […]
It Starts with a Paradox
Part 2 of World Building for Science Fiction Part 2—It starts with a paradox Photo by Rakicevic Nenad from Pexels The Fermi paradox tries to answer: Where are they (the aliens)? It looks at how fast travel is across the galaxy. It says by inference the time to explore the 100 billion […]
Lunar Prospector’s Tenet
The Science of “Golf and Outgassing”
Republished from APRIL 14, 2018 * SPOILER ALERT * It’s difficult to talk about the science involved in a story without actually discussing some of the aspects of the story. So as a forewarning, I recommend that you read the story first and come back to this article. I’ll continue with the article in the […]
The Science of Morgan’s Road
Republished from DECEMBER 14, 2017 * SPOILER ALERT * It’s a little hard to talk about the science involved in a story without actually discussing some of the aspects of the story. So as a forewarning, I recommend that you read the story first and come back to this article. I’ll continue with the […]