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Mars on Iceland, v2.0

Thanks to a cheap promotional airfare and some friends willing to go on a weekend trip to the Arctic north, in the winter, on a lark, I now know what Iceland looks like in the dark.

Something like this…

…which reminded me of the agricultural bubbles at the Green in In the Shadow of […]

January 26th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: In the Shadow of Ares, Science & Engineering, Science Fiction, Settlement, Useful Technology | Comments are closed

Happy New Year

Did you get a Kindle or other e-reader-capable widget or gadget or whoosiwhatsit for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus? Boy, do I have the perfect book for you!

A 2012 Prometheus Award finalist, now only $2.99! What a steal.

And yes, we continue to work on the sequel. One of the downsides to changing […]

January 6th, 2013 | Tags: | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Writing | Comments are closed

Did I Mention…?

In the Shadow of Ares is now only $2.99. If you’re buying a Kindle, iPad, Nook, or other such device for someone (especially a young adult) this Christmas, it’d make a perfect gift.

December 9th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares | Comments are closed

Reviews

I’m not saying you have to. I’m just saying, you know, it would be nice, if you’ve read In the Shadow of Ares, to go post a (hopefully glowing) review on the Amazon page.

Consider it your good deed for the day. It’ll make you feel good about yourself. And who doesn’t want another reason […]

August 26th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Writing | Comments are closed

Prometheus (No, Not *That* Prometheus)

I haven’t seen it on the lfs.org website yet, but word is that In the Shadow of Ares did not win this year’s Prometheus Award.

But that’s okay. I didn’t really expect to win given who we were up against, and I’m thrilled that we were among the finalists – I never expected to get […]

July 20th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Entertainment, Science Fiction | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Life Imitates Art #983745345367: The Wallscreen

One of the fictional technologies we imaged for In the Shadow of Ares is the “wallscreen”, a wallpaper-like display of practically unlimited extent which interacts with the characters’ mobile agents and other computing systems. In the scene where this technology is introduced, Amber’s mother is playing an ambience video loop of a tropical beach, which […]

June 16th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Useful Technology, Writing | Comments are closed

In Case You Missed It…

…our book In the Shadow of Ares is one of the finalists for this year’s Prometheus Award. Sweet.

The Prometheus finalists for Best Novel recognize pro-freedom novels published last year:

The Children of the Sky (TOR Books) – A sequel to Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep and in the same universe as Prometheus-winning […]

April 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Entertainment, politics, Writing | Comments are closed

MarsBlog’s Ten Year Bloggiversary

…was actually last Thursday, but I’ve been so swamped for the past week I haven’t had time to celebrate.

The first post in the MarsBlog archives originated on Blogger, and had to do with the discovery of evidence of flood volcanism on Mars involving a volume of water the size of Lake Erie. In reality, […]

March 2nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Meta, Writing | Comments are closed

Synthetic Meat – Coming Soon to a Burger Joint Near You?

Well, maybe not all that soon – they’re predicting 10-20 years, which would fit nicely with our timeline for In the Shadow of Ares: Scientists Prepare Test-Tube Burger

Starting with bovine stem cells, the Dutch researchers have grown muscle fibres up to 3cm long and 0.5mm thick. The fibres are tethered and exercised as […]

February 20th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: In the Shadow of Ares, Luddism, Science & Engineering, Space Technology, Useful Technology | Comments are closed

This Year, Give Them Mars for Christmas

Know someone who owns (or will be getting) an e-reader? Send them a copy of In the Shadow of Ares as a gift!

Over at AresProject.com, I explain how to do it via both Amazon and Barnes & Noble — it’s as easy as can be.

Over the regolith and through the catenas to […]

December 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Writing | Comments are closed
 
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