CHAPTER 1: AWAKENINGS The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis the XIV, to pick up a name at random, would not have liked it, would have found it not sunny enough, and insufficiently full of mirrors. (Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, PocketContinue Reading
The Empire Can Wait is my debut novel—a Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure set centuries into the future, when humanity has expanded throughout the entire Galaxy. Follow a young hero and his remarkable friends—two aliens and a synthetic girl—as they battle to save the Galaxy from a sinister conspiracy.Continue Reading
Rewriting the Gods of Ilium Dan Simmons’s ‘Ilium ‘is a sprawling, genre-blending epic that reimagines Homer’s Iliad through a futuristic, science-fictional lens. Set across multiple timelines and locations—including a terraformed Mars and a post-human Earth—Ilium weaves three major narrative threads together. The first thread follows Thomas Hockenberry, a 20th-century HomericContinue Reading
The idea that UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) could be supernatural entities rather than advanced technology, whether terrestrial or extraterrestrial, is an alternative hypothesis.Continue Reading
Darker Than You Think is one of the best stories I ever read, if not the best. Although Jack Williamson wrote it in the 1930s, it’s fast-moving, incredibly well-written, and retains its supernatural horror charm. The first time I read it, I was a teenager. Since then, I enjoyed many other books and movies on werewolves, but Darker Than You Think is unique.Continue Reading
Introduction In a recent post, I discussed the Silurian Hypothesis, which suggests that human civilization is not the first one on Earth. Sci-fi authors have explored this concept in their works for at least a century. One of the first was Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the author of the Cthulhu Mythos.Continue Reading
Great Sci-Fi Novels 1: Asimov’s Foundation One of my favorite sci-fi novels is Isaac Asimov’s Foundation. I read it when I was fifteen. Foundation and Episode IV, the first installment of the Star Wars saga (1977), significantly influenced my decision to major in astronomy and pursue a PhD in theContinue Reading
