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November 16, 2014
Horizon - Interview - Blog Tour day 11
To cap off the Horizon blog tour, Marianne de Pierres interviewed me about the book and what's up next
Like a lot of my shorter fiction, Horizon came out of a strong image that popped into my mind. I’d been reading a New Scientist article about suspended animation in frogs and I suddenly saw...
Read more on Marianne de Pierres's blog.
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3 November - Voyager Blog
Like a lot of my shorter fiction, Horizon came out of a strong image that popped into my mind. I’d been reading a New Scientist article about suspended animation in frogs and I suddenly saw...
Read more on Marianne de Pierres's blog.
Follow the Horizon blog tour:
3 November - Voyager Blog
November 13, 2014
Horizon - life, but not as we know it - Blog Tour day 10
Greig Beck writes amazing fiction that often features very strange lifeforms. Over on his Facebook page, Greg has kindly given over some space for me to talk about life on Horizon in day 10 of the blog tour
When I was creating the planet Horizon, the target for my stellarnaut explorers, I imagined what life might be like there, what extinction events might have occurred and how life might
When I was creating the planet Horizon, the target for my stellarnaut explorers, I imagined what life might be like there, what extinction events might have occurred and how life might
November 12, 2014
Horizon - how to build a planet - Blog Tour day 9
Sean Wright has kindly given over some blog space to help me talk about building a planet in day 9 of the Horizon blog tour
The way I see it, there are four key elements in creating a believable world to serve the needs of the story:
spatial location
physical attributes
geological past, and
current environment
Read more on Sean's blog.
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The way I see it, there are four key elements in creating a believable world to serve the needs of the story:
spatial location
physical attributes
geological past, and
current environment
Read more on Sean's blog.
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November 11, 2014
Horizon - the next step in evolution - Blog Tour day 8
Alan Baxter is kindly hosting an article on the next step in directed evolution, on day 8 of the Horizon blog tour.
One of the most interesting themes in science fiction, and one of the most exciting advances happening in medical research today, is how humans will become augmented through interfacing with technology...
Read more on Alan's blog.
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One of the most interesting themes in science fiction, and one of the most exciting advances happening in medical research today, is how humans will become augmented through interfacing with technology...
Read more on Alan's blog.
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November 10, 2014
Horizon - near light-speed and time travel - blog tour day 7
Over on Rjurik Davidson's blog I talk about the time dilation effects experienced by the Magellan stellarnauts as they cruise at 0.6 light-speed
It was important for the story that the world of Horizon was far enough away from Earth for the crew to be entirely isolated from any direct interference — or chance of assistance — from their home planet. That’s why I chose the Iota Persei star
It was important for the story that the world of Horizon was far enough away from Earth for the crew to be entirely isolated from any direct interference — or chance of assistance — from their home planet. That’s why I chose the Iota Persei star
November 9, 2014
Not an SF masterpiece
Interstellar is receiving a lot of hype about being an SF masterpiece. I think a threshold requirement for something to be a masterpiece is for all the elements it comprises to work together in order to create something great. While Interstellar certainly has excellent special effects and uses some scientific ideas in a good way, it falls down in a couple of key areas, which means, on my
Horizon - stormy weather ahead - Blog Tour day 6
A whole new week kicks off with day 6 of the Horizon blog tour and a look at how climate change shapes the futures of two planets in the novel over on Ben Peek's blog
In the world of my novel, humanity failed to
rise to the challenge of climate change — just as it appears to be doing now —
and we almost lost everything...
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In the world of my novel, humanity failed to
rise to the challenge of climate change — just as it appears to be doing now —
and we almost lost everything...
Read more on Ben's blog.
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3 November -
November 6, 2014
Horizon - building a starship engine - Blog Tour day 5
Day 5 on the Horizon blog tour and we're thinking about how to build a starship engine over on Joanne Anderton's blog
There are no service stations in the
interstellar void, and the problem with having a huge fuel tank is that a lot
of the fuel is used up just moving the fuel. NASA estimates if you wanted to
send a space shuttle to the nearest star to our sun using current rocket
technology,
There are no service stations in the
interstellar void, and the problem with having a huge fuel tank is that a lot
of the fuel is used up just moving the fuel. NASA estimates if you wanted to
send a space shuttle to the nearest star to our sun using current rocket
technology,
November 5, 2014
Horizon - charting future history - Blog Tour day 4
It's day 4 on the Horizon blog tour and Lee Battersby's site has details on the worldwide events that lead to the mission to Horizon
The explorer ship Magellan takes off on its mission
between sixty and eighty years from now and the ‘in-flight’ time is fifty-five
years (from our perspective). I’ve been deliberately vague with the starting
point of the timeline in case actual historical events
The explorer ship Magellan takes off on its mission
between sixty and eighty years from now and the ‘in-flight’ time is fifty-five
years (from our perspective). I’ve been deliberately vague with the starting
point of the timeline in case actual historical events
November 4, 2014
Horizon - inside the ship - Blog Tour day 3
It's day 3 on the Horizon blog tour.
Thanks to Nalini and DarkMatter Fanzine, you can take a tour through the explorer ship Magellan
While the main focus of the story is the tense
drama that plays out between the crew in the cramped confines of the ship, a
lot of the grunt work in good science fiction goes into imagining exactly how
the ‘props’ that support the main action could actually
Thanks to Nalini and DarkMatter Fanzine, you can take a tour through the explorer ship Magellan
While the main focus of the story is the tense
drama that plays out between the crew in the cramped confines of the ship, a
lot of the grunt work in good science fiction goes into imagining exactly how
the ‘props’ that support the main action could actually
