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  • Blog #39 Terraforming A Goldilocks Planet
    Terraforming or terrafomation (“Earth-shaping”) is exciting. A “hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, or other […]
  • Blog #38 Atlas Review
    Action, Science Fiction Movie Atlas 2024 Directed by Brad Peyton Written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite Starring: Jennifer Lopez plays the lead role as Atlas Shepherd and also starred as […]
  • Blog #37 Faster Than Light Travel
    In my current story, Leaving Home, I am about to launch my characters into the galaxy and get them to their prepared planet, which they have named Rhea. It has to be FTL (faster than light) travel […]
  • Blog #36 Last Man on Earth Movie Review
    The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.  Produced by Robert L. […]
  • Blog #35 Space Mining
    Space mining is extracting resources from outside the Earth’s atmosphere in our solar system. Mining would include moons and asteroids near Earth and in the asteroid belt, comets, and other planets.1 […]
  • Blog #34 Runaway Movie Review
    Image 1 Runaway 1984 – MOVIE TRAILER – YouTube Release Date December 14, 1984 Directed and written by Michael Crichton Starring Image 2 Ramsay saves baby from bad robot Tom Selleck played […]

Stories

  • Chapter 9 Leaving Home
    Andrew, the Stowaway, and a Council Decision “I’m sorry, Elizabeth,” Andrew said. The rest of the family had left the dining room, their footsteps echoing in the silence. Elizabeth had to deal with this, and they knew how hard it would be. She was still sitting at the table, her head in her hands, the scent of the dinner lingering in the air. A quiet, almost moaning sound came from the human. “Why didn’t you tell me?” Elizabeth asked. “I couldn’t,” Andrew’s voice was strained, his struggle with […]
  • Encounter With the Alien
      Joan asked the alien about her eyes. “They come from the sky,” she said, smiling. “At least that is what my mother always told me.” The alien’s name was Allyahn, but affectionately (or because the abbreviation is not so different), she is called Ally by those who are close. Her eyes are not just any shade of purple but a unique hue. They are not the light violet of Elizabeth Taylor’s but a true purple, a deep and rich color that no human has ever possessed. “My planet has the regular […]
  • Out There
    We are most unique. Never underestimate the humans, or so we say. Our cowboy and tall poppy do seek impossible odds we love to play.   We are barely alive, yet start a race. Would we survive meeting another in space.   Stephen says we can’t, the odds are for a fool. But if they are advanced, aren’t they peaceful, too?   Evolution shows us variety honed on the edge of the cruel sword. But survival means more than today alone. Celebrate the one and the many for the most reward.   Would we be […]
  • Chapter 8 Leaving Home
    KYLE, THE BABIES, AND SAMMIE THE STOWAWAY Recovering in the med clinic Kyle struggled, waking up. He heard muffled conversation and a vague notion of what he was experiencing. “Look, I think he’s coming around,” Liz said. “That’s good,” a male voice answered. Kyle could feel fiddling, which brought him up further. When his eyes opened, the first sight was of the President looking down on him, no expression on her face. Kyle jerked, trying to sit up. Run? He didn’t know but remembered that […]
  • Chapter 7 Leaving Home
    SOBERING NEWS AND A GAMBLE The second day of school was done. Liz let out a big sigh. The rest of the family came in sluggishly. It had been a long day. Andrew had prepared spaghetti and meatballs, one of the kids’ favorite dinners, and added wine for the parents. “Thank you for this, Andrew,” Liz said. “My pleasure, Elizabeth. Life has been rough today.” “Yeah, I had to recite the contents of a cell. That took a while and gave me a headache,” Noah said. “And I had to run relays in the gym, […]

                                                                                                                 

Quotes

  • Quote #39 Terraforming
    “To be a great terraformer, you need the green thumb of a gardener, the eye of a painter, the soul of a poet… and it doesn’t hurt to be a raging egomaniac.” — Professor […]
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  • Quote #38 Atlas Movie Review …
    Atlas Shepherd: And do you think you have a soul? Smith: I think everything has a soul. Atlas Shepherd: But you can’t find it in your code. Smith: Not any more than you can find it in yours. But I […]
  • Quote Off Week #9 Watch Out for Science Fiction W…
    Here’s a quick rule of thumb” Don’t annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they’ll do to you. ― John Scalzi[…]
  • Quote #37 Light’s Arrogance
    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.” ― Terry […]
  • Quote Off Week #8 Walking Around on Mars
    You need to live in a dome initially but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on. … So it’s a fixer-upper of a planet. […]