Tag: sci-fi writing tips
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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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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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This is such an excellent video for a writer to get an idea of what traveling through space, at the speed of light, might be like. However, there is a paradox here. If you were traveling at the speed of light, you would not have a concept of time or speed; but as a…
David Nadas 