The Light Side of the Moon Research Topics

The Light Side of the Moon rewrite took a lot out of me. Not only did I feel like I was able to make the characters more lifelike, I did more research in order to make the story sing with science and facts. Or at least so I don’t sound like an idiot. I’ve written before about how I believe in specific directed research.

This is some of the topics I researched for The Light Side of the Moon and some of the books and links I used:

Lunar Colonization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moon
Lunar Lava Tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_lava_tube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Serenitatis

Map of the moon  http://www.lunasociety.org/atlas/
Equipment in a medical lab (I was spell checking words like electrophoresis apparatus and ultracentrifuge)
How do doctors test for radiation poison? http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/basics/symptoms/con-20022901
British terms of endearment (I wondered if Royce should be calling Ian anything other that Ian or Son. And was Dad the most appropriate words for Royce.) http://www.anglotopia.net/british-identity/humor/top-100-most-beautiful-british-slang-words-and-phrases/
British Swearing — I asked my friend and author Dan Thompson
German Swearing — I just asked my friend Evan
French Phrase Book for the word “Help Me!”
Syphilis 2nd stage http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/tc/syphilis-symptoms
1800’s prison treatments http://www.ushistory.org/us/26d.asp