Ask the Author: Dennis E. Taylor
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Dennis E. Taylor
That's one of those things that you do as an act of defiance or bravado. Once the source of pressure for that attitude disappears, so does the behaviour. The Medeiri are (apparently) gone from the galaxy now. Same way air force pilots stopped painting their planes after WWII.
Dennis E. Taylor
It wasn't directly part of the plot since they didn't produce an interstellar probe. However, given the 'consolidation' that was going on globally, it would most likely have become part of a larger nation or league, if only for mutual protection.
Dennis E. Taylor
Yes, I think the series has at least two more books in it.
Dennis E. Taylor
1. They didn't have the tech figured out for non-humans yet (I think this was mentioned in Heaven's River).
2. Yes. In fact it's an idea for a future book.
2. Yes. In fact it's an idea for a future book.
Dennis E. Taylor
It's loosely based on a combination of A World Out of Time by Larry Niven and The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey. But I had to make Bob electronic in order to allow replication.
Dennis E. Taylor
Well, they DID find the mining replicant in book 5. Others could still be found.
Dennis E. Taylor
Lord Miller Productions has the movie rights.
Dennis E. Taylor
It's day to day now. In principle, the ebook and paperback go up the same day. In practice, when Amazon took over Createspace, they introduced a lot of additional complexity. The person in charge of putting up the paperback is working through it one glitch at a time.
Dennis E. Taylor
It's there. There's either a buffering issue or a DNS response issue that affects some people, but the site is up and running. I'm intending to get it moved somewhere else, but I just don't have time to do it myself.
Dennis E. Taylor
As an official representative of the federation, Sheldon would have access to all the resources thereof.
Dennis E. Taylor
There are parts of me in most of the first-gen Bobs. But if I was to pick the life path of one, it would probably be Bob-1.
Dennis E. Taylor
Bob isn't an A.I., he's a replicant. It may sound like pedantry, but an A.I. would be built from the ground up to specs. A replicant (in the Bobiverse) is a copied human mind, so has all the limitations of the original, but is a speed superintelligence, which just means he can screw up faster.
Dennis E. Taylor
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Jan 5th (IIRC), it'll be up on Amazon.
Jan 5th (IIRC), it'll be up on Amazon.
Dennis E. Taylor
The two people who I think my writing the most resembles are Andy Weir and John Scalzi. Not surprisingly, I'd recommend their books. Golden age or less current authors include Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Steven Gould, Jack McDevitt, David Brin. Others, Gene Doucette, Robert Sawyer. And of course Alanson's ExForce series.
Dennis E. Taylor
1. Rare Earth.
2. Physical, but it's a pretty organic process.
3. Good Place by a wide margin.
4. No idea. And I only every played 5-pin, which probably doesn't count.
5. Not in this universe.
2. Physical, but it's a pretty organic process.
3. Good Place by a wide margin.
4. No idea. And I only every played 5-pin, which probably doesn't count.
5. Not in this universe.
Dennis E. Taylor
Text versions always come out 120 days after the Audible version.
Dennis E. Taylor
I think the exploration part.
Dennis E. Taylor
It's possible but a lot of that stuff is outside my wheelhouse.
Dennis E. Taylor
1. I'll talk to my agent about it. This sounds a lot like an agent-y question.
2. Martian. No contest.
3. I'd be heading for the far reaches. I'm not a joiner.
4. No, that was just a bonus. I wanted the Others to be as nebulous as possible. I didn't even have them provide a name for themselves.
2. Martian. No contest.
3. I'd be heading for the far reaches. I'm not a joiner.
4. No, that was just a bonus. I wanted the Others to be as nebulous as possible. I didn't even have them provide a name for themselves.
Dennis E. Taylor
Done.
More words to satisfy the web page. SMH.
More words to satisfy the web page. SMH.
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