Changing a world doesn’t always require nukes. Life is a powerful force, and a dreadful weapon … Chapter 3 Life Force Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes. James Lovelock Botany Bay, Hellmouth Base, Snowball Sheina looked very dubiously at the…
Leave a CommentLife is a powerful force, to create or destroy … Chapter 1 Ties That Bind Family is strength, and weakness. Persian proverb. Vancouver Spaceport, Launch Complex #4 Sheina Marshall put away her phone at the boarding call for the Galaxy booster to Bazaar Station, with the pang she always felt…
Leave a CommentIt’s a writer’s job to be tough on his characters, and I’m certainly no exception. In the Master Blasters series, the heroes have to work under tough non-negotiable deadlines, invent new methods and procedures as they go along, and master new tools under time pressure. Serious time pressure. Well, I’ve…
Leave a CommentThe business of humanity is never finished. The Master Blasters are looking at another Contract, bigger than anything they’ve tackled before. Once, Earth was an iceball, frozen right down to the Equator. It thawed out again. There’s a world beyond the Portal in the same condition. The Ishanageri want it…
Leave a CommentThe Yarrabubba impact crater is the oldest known impact crater in the world, and it was hard to find, hidden by over 2 billion years of overburden and erosion. Found it was, though. Those interested in the details can find them in this article in Nature Communications. This certainly qualifies…
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