David Nadas
Science Fiction
Author: dave
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I had just finished writing a sci-fi serial on OffWorlders.com called, Kulcin’s Law, where most of the story takes place in Jupiter’s realm, with several flights in and out of Europa’s orbit. I missed a bit of detail that would have been a nice morsel to the hard core readers and that was a simple line…
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For those of us writing about distant planets, the question always comes up, how real is this going to be for my readers? I am faced with this exact question in my current work and I want it to be as plausible as I can make it. So after watching this fantastic lecture by Sara Seager,…
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Above is a simulation of the gravitational lensing of two orbiting black holes by the SxS group or research scientists. I stumbled upon this site (Simulating Extreme Spacetimes) , which was put together by multiple institutions for research on black holes, neutron stars and other extreme events ‘To better understand Relativity and the physics of…
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As a writer of hard sci-fi, getting the science plausible is important and traveling through the solar system at conventional speeds has been a problem, until now. Here is some tech to make that transit, plausible; granted, the VASIMR needs a few hacks, but nothing a sci-fi writer can’t do in their sleep. Read the…
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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…
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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…
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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
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The essential guide to space probes for Sci-Fi writers. I love this site. Remember the 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture where V’Ger, the alien entity, is identified and later revealed as the legendary Voyager 6? Well, thanks to Ariel Waldman and Lisa Ballard of Spaceprob.es, this can serve any Sci-Fi Writer wanting…
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As a reader of Sci-Fi, I want to know the author has some working knowledge of the subject and technology they are writing about. Typically, readers of Sci-Fi are former technologists, biologists, mathematicians, chemists, etc. and have held Life Sciences positions in their career. As a writer, trust me, your readers will get distracted from the…
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