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David Batchelor

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David Batchelor is a physicist and science writer. He has been consulted on futurist topics by Wired Online, The Economist, The San Francisco Chronicle, National Geographic Online, NBC Nightly News, and Star Trek Communicator magazine. He also appeared on television shows such as the 2009 PBS special “Science Trek.” His most popular article is "The Science in Star Trek" which has been on the WWW since 1993, and is currently at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology...

Dr. Batchelor is employed as an Astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He has published numerous scientific articles in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal. He has taught at the University of Maryland. The Metalmark Contract is his...more

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The Metalmark Contract
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David Batchelor is now friends with Nicholas Whyte
Jun 17, 2013 06:26am · like
David Batchelor made a comment on Joshua Flenniken's review of The Metalmark Contract "Drafts of 2.5 chapters so far. No release plan yet. Thanks for your interest!"
May 13, 2013 10:32am · see review
David Batchelor liked Joshua Flenniken's review of The Metalmark Contract: " I rarely read sci-fi but I saw some buzz about this book and it sounded interesting enough to pick up a copy on Kindle. I'm glad I did. The premise of the book is fantastic. I feel compelled to steal a line I read on another review of this book- s... " Read more of this review »
Mar 21, 2013 10:48am · see review
David Batchelor voted for 3 books on the list Fantasy Books That Should Be Required Reading Vote on this list »
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David Batchelor voted on a poll in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club January Random Sci-fi Poll He voted for: Brave New World
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David Batchelor rated a book 5 of 5 stars Dead Air (Sammy Greene, #1) by Deborah Shlian read in October, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dead Air is a thrilling murder mystery set in a slice of life at a fictional university in Vermont during the early days of research on a vaccine for the growing AIDS epidemic. The heroine is a spunky student at the university who hosts a weekly talk...more
Oct 26, 2012 12:55pm · see review
David Batchelor is on page 209 of 332 of Dead Air: This is a fine, well-crafted thriller Dead Air (Sammy Greene, #1) by Deborah Shlian progress:	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 22, 2012 11:23am · like · see status
David Batchelor is now a fan of Deborah Shlian and Linda Reid
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David Batchelor rated a book 4 of 5 stars A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A remarkable writer and thinker. Too bad he did not transcend the racist framework of thought in his time. Yet he had many worthy insights.
Sep 18, 2012 07:50am · see review