Monthly Archives: May 2006

Dan Simmons, the well-known science fiction author of Hyperion among other interesting books, has a website. In April, he posted an interesting short story of sorts, which generated a lot of comment from readers, some rather extreme, since it dealt … Continue reading →

My publisher just emailed me the final version of the cover of my next novel, Somewhen Obscurely. I like it. The publisher informs me that they’ve already begun advertising on the web. The book should be out “soon.”

Jerry Pournelle likes to say that “despair is a sin.” In case you’ve been watching the news lately and have have felt sorely tempted, a dash of perspective from Michael Barone at US News and World Report.

I read a rather interesting book review in Books and Culture last night while giving a Theological Systems midterm exam. It relates to textual criticism, odd scholarly bias, and a female apostle.

I redesigned the look of the Quartz Hill School of Theology website today; I also did laundry, and some rewriting on my next novel, Fades the Flower.

Got word from my publisher today that Antediluvian has gone to press.

There are now over 150 known solar systems besides our own. For a complete, updated list of them, check out The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia. MSNBC reports today on the discovery of a new system 41 light years away with 3 … Continue reading →

John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is perhaps the world’s best known allegory. Christian, the protagonist, travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Along the way, he passes the Slough of Despond, Giant Despair, Doubting Castle, House of the … Continue reading →

I received preliminary artwork from my publisher on Friday for the two books of mine that they are publishing. Antediluvian tells the story of Noah, but assumes a high tech, solar system spanning civilization involved in an interplanetary war that … Continue reading →

Interesting news in cosmology according to an article at MSNBC.com, which isn’t entirely new: One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology could be explained by a controversial theory in which the universe explodes into existence not just once, but repeatedly … Continue reading →