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  • 23 skidoo

    For you Wattpad persons. (Especially my LBI friends) From time to time I enter these Wattpad SciFriday competitions and this one was interesting. A 1500 word maximum short with a valentine day theme of androids getting mistakenly paired with humans. This short takes place on LBI, NJ and is titled, 23 skidoo. I could use…

  • Where Do Sci-Fi Writers Get Their Ideas? Part I

    I was chill’n at one of my favorite places tucked away in Port Salerno, FL called the Grove Dock Bar & Cafe.  In fact, this exact longitude and latitude was the inspiration for the sequel to my upcoming sci-fi (Silversides) and where Chapter one starts in the year 2026.  This place is a BYOF (bring your own Food)… You provide…

  • The difference between G+ and other social sites.

    Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from people, who do not know what G+ is about, asking me, “So what’s the difference between G+ and say Facebook or Twitter?” I tell them, “Well, on G+ I would post this image and my caption would say something like, ‘What better way to start a…

  • The Lowline – An underground park and lab for hard sci-fi writing.

    Concept: “The Lowline is a plan to use innovative solar technology to illuminate an historic trolley terminal on the Lower East Side of New York City. Our vision is a stunning underground park, providing a beautiful respite and a cultural attraction in one of the world’s most dense, exciting urban environments.” – Lowline project How…

  • Why everyone should write a novel in their lifetime – it is the key to a greater understanding.

    Video Insert: CRISPR-Cas9 Images by B. Kliban Four years ago, I needed an exit strategy from Corporate America.  I had entered my career as a Marine Biologist and for the last 25+ years I was in NYC, as an Information Technology professional.   I enjoyed these careers, immensely, but after the tech bubble, IT in Corporate America–for me–seemed…

  • Hard Science Fiction Writers – why is it more popular today?

    I read a post on NPR about hard science fiction, which hinted why it migh be on the rise:  No Warp Drives, No Transporters: Science Fiction Authors Get Real The ecoBbiologist in me wanted to identify the root cause (which the article did not delve into), so I thought about it … for a day… then following the…

  • Excerpt from Silversides – Chapter One

    Chapter One – Arrival (Draft)  Silversides / David Nadas  Chapter One: Gliese 581 Solar System – 2132 Far below the rolling swell of the Monterey Bay where the endless trawl of current hooks along the ocean floor, a giant kelp began to lose its grip on the weakened shale; each surge tearing away the finger-like tendrils, each…

  • Why we explore space

    Watching a launch is a thing of beauty.  It is an assault on our eyes, for there is no other color like it.  It is an assault on our ears hearing the successive snare of explosions like someone is beating on our chest in time to our own heartbeat.  And when that fireball rises up,…

  • Today is the real event, known as November Seed

    Phragmites : (Phrag – my – tease) Every November, in the northeast, when the air is crisp and strong gusts sweep against a quilted sky, Phragmites will jettison their seed in one spectacular and wondrous event that can easily be mistaken for the first snow flurries of the season. But their legions are on the…

  • Silversides – Character Study – Nori – Protagonist

    This is a character study of Nori Matsui, the protagonist in my upcoming sci-fi novel, Silversides.  This particular excerpt may or may not make it into the second volume, but it is no less accurate of the events to unfold. Silversides: Excerpt – Exiting the Necker Cube “Nori,”  he said attempting to regain her attention.  He was…