David Nadas

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Month: March 2015

  • Kulcin’s Law series now available on OffWorlders.com

    What started as an exercise in writing, became a sci-fi series on OffWorlders.com – one that I began to really enjoy.  I was not sure where this was going, until Part III and the timely reading of a post on what life in the sub-ice oceans of Europa might be like.  You can view the series by going to OffWorlders.com, or clicking…

  • Calculators for Sci-Fi Writers – Time Dilation to Parsecs

    As a Hard core Sci-Fi writer, I want to get the science, at least near, right for my readers.  When it comes to space travel, this is where your seasoned, educated readers will pick your work apart.  Yes, there is a certain artistic licensing an author will use to get through space and time, but…

  • New MetaMaterials to build your interstellar crafts from

    A good friend, great thinker and NASA Software Engineer has been a terrific resource for my writing (Ray B.) sent me an article about new materials being thought of for space exploration vehicles.  He has helped me so much with the real physics of space flight to make space travel plausible in my Sci-Fi.  Here is yet another great…

  • Surfing 1/3 the speed of light on the crest of a black hole

    Here is another Tech Tip for the hard core sci-fi writer to make your space travel, plausible.  And don’t forget, you need the ability to slow down, so using the concept, you can sail into the solar wind. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31556326 You can read the full abstract in Science Magazine. http://m.sciencemag.org/content/347/6224/860