Sure you are Smart- But Science is Smarter

Odds are if you are reading this you are smarter than average. I’m not buttering you up, that’s just the demographic that reads my blog. Likely you are as smart as most scientists. You are an adult human being, perfectly capable of observing the facts and...

The War on Knowledge and Reason

This month’s National Geographic arrived yesterday. The feature article? ‘The War on Science.’ This is something that I have increasingly noticed in recent years. The attitude that ‘My ignorance is as good as your education.’  Articles...

Book Review- ‘The Paladin’ by C.J.Cherryh

‘The Paladin’ by C.J.Cherryh  http://www.amazon.com/Paladin-C-J-Cherryh/dp/0671318373 Looking for a night in shining armor, a paragon of virtue and flawless character? An untarnished hero who is a beacon of light standing against the darkness? Look...

Near misses…

I just read a book that kept me on the edge of my seat… and had me gnashing my teeth in fury and frustration because of the huge, gaping, ridiculously obvious plot holes.  I’m sorry, but when I read a techno-thriller I shouldn’t be smarter than...

“An Inconvenient Encounter”

A couple years ago we wrote a very short story about the main character of our then-upcoming novel ‘Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman.’ We made it available for free through a variety of sources to get people interested in the novel, and when we published...