Ladies and Gentlemen, the cover of the next book in the Generation Mars series.
Air: Generation Mars, Book One
Coming in October
(images in montage: Luis Peres)
Acidalia Planitia
Acidalia Planitia is a broad, flat, lowland area in the northern hemisphere of Mars. As the ancient oceans of Mars receded, Acidalia Planitia held one of the last shallow seas. That water is long gone now and Acidalia is a windswept plain. On this plain, the thin wind of Mars dances and plays with the dust of the ancient sea, as it has for billions of years.
Air: Generation Mars, Book One
Coming in October
(image: Luis Peres)
Underground
The classroom was in a cavern underground. The classroom, and the entire colony, were in a sealed habitat that kept the air breathable and pressurized to the amount required for human survival. Any sudden change in that pressure was serious and could indicate a breach (a hole) in the habitat. Pressure doors were scattered throughout the colony that could seal an effected area off from the rest if necessary.
Air: Generation Mars, Book One
Coming in October
(image: Luis Peres Children’s Books Illustrator)
Lightning
A new study suggests lightning may be weak or nonexistent in Martian dust storms. Researchers vibrated basalt grains at various atmospheric pressures to test their ability to build up charge.
Lightning in a dust storm plays a role in my forthcoming book, Air: Generation Mars, Book One. Hard science fiction is a moving target. Still, the fictional strike in question is weak and only damaging to electrical equipment, so I think it’s plausible.
Interview with Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson, commenting on a bunch of stuff.
Reason.com His comments regarding personal freedom in a Martian colony don’t gel with mine. The social system that I imagine in Generation Mars has a great respect for personal freedom.
However, that is tempered by a level of social responsibility that we would likely find unrecognizable here on Earth.
Paperback is published!
This is it! Scratching the Surface is available in paperback starting today on Amazon, B&N online, or special order at any book shop.
Generation Mars is hard science fiction for kids.
Author’s copies
Look what came today!
Scratching the Surface comes out in paperback August 30, available for pre-order now.
The Kindle version is available now. If you already have it, please consider leaving a review on Amazon.
Release date: August 30!
Big news! The paperback version of Scratching the Surface comes out August 30! It’s available for pre-order starting today.
In the meantime, the Kindle version is available now.
The challenge of writing science fiction
“Writing science fiction is a race between the author’s imagination and the progress of science and history.”
