Ray Jay Perreault's Blog, page 6
May 25, 2015
Do aliens laugh and tell jokes?
Personally I think Sci-fi lacks a sense of humor. Unfortunately, I share the guilt. My books generally have a little humor in them, but as a whole they are more concerned with aliens, battles, technology, politics, love, honor, hate, etc. I don’t know if a good science fiction story needs humor, although I wonder. There […]
May 17, 2015
Star Trek: Insurrection Revisited! – The story after the story.
I just watched Star Trek: Insurrection for the umpteenth time and I thought about the reality of the situation. For those of who not current on the movie, Capt Picard comes across a planet where some kind of radiation makes people younger. Of course, there is an evil Federation Admiral, who wants to displace the […]
May 11, 2015
Does Sci-Fi have too much action; or not enough?
I miss the old days of Science Fiction. They didn’t have the multimillion dollar budgets to make everything explode, mutate, evolve, implode, radiate or simply disappear. The stories were well written and after they ended, you thought for a moment. Something about the story, hit home. It tweaked something in your perspective of the world […]
May 9, 2015
Why is Sci-Fi lite on Religion?
Most of the Sci-Fi stories that I’ve read, seem to avoid religion. Some touch on it and others do make it a part of the story, but usually it is treated more like magic or some kind of mystical power. I think we, as Sci-Fi authors, are missing a key element of potential stories. I […]
May 6, 2015
Why do SciFi stories have mostly White Male Leads?
I’ve read my share of Sci-Fi short stories and novels. I often wonder why almost all of them have a white male lead. I rarely encounter alien leads, but even less have I seen female leads. On occasion, there has been stories with non-white leads, but there is usually a ‘yes, but’ factor. In the […]
May 5, 2015
“Her” the Movie
I watched this movie a couple of days ago and even though it was released two years ago I found it to be interesting and characteristic of what I call ‘quality’ science fiction. Many Sci-Fi stories are just typical plot lines but Hollywood throws in some aliens, spacecraft or special effects and they call it […]
April 21, 2015
What “Pre-release” means to the author.
To everyone that follows my blog and has bought my books, I wanted you to know how important pre-release sales are. Books that are in pre release with Amazon.com are all released on the sale date. I get credit for all of the sales in one day and that will move me up the author […]
April 9, 2015
“Progeny” Now in Pre-Release through Amazon for 6/4/15 $.99
The civilization was progressing well. It was growing and it was following the laws. Helen was following the third law to expand their knowledge and the fourth law to maintain variation in their thoughts. She started following an interesting piece of information and soon discovered a past that her civilization had forgotten. She found a past […]
“Circle is Closed” Now in Pre-Release through Amazon for 6/4/15 $.99
Humanity left Earth a long time ago. They had treated their home planet poorly and the deteriorating environment forced them to leave. They traveled 189 light years to a faraway world and named it Horizon respecting the new lives they intended to build. Fortunately, they learned their lessons and treated their new world much better. […]
“Virus” Pre-Released Through Amazon for 6/4/16 $2.99
During a public relations trip to Europe the first lady Abby Patterson, her daughter Beth and son Dave lose their lives to a very fast and suspicious virus. As the virus takes over the world the President of the United States Arnold Patterson must deal with the collapse of the United States Government. His trusted […]
