by Michael Pearce | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog
Here’s something to chew on- a few years ago there was a study done concerning the beliefs of liberals and conservatives. The questions were carefully formulated to avoid partisanship and political buzzwords. The study found two interesting things- the first...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 30, 2014 | Blog
I had a bit of an epiphany the other day, but there’s some background that goes with that. I had some unpleasant experiences in the military and while we don’t need to go into details it resulted in some issues for me- things that I could not deal with...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 27, 2014 | Blog
Last year a group of very smart people launched something called ‘The Hundred-Year Starship’ program. The purpose of this was to identify and develop key technologies that would allow us to launch the first starship, about a century from now. The project...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 24, 2014 | Blog
I don’t think this is going to come as a big surprise to anyone, but the older I get the more I find myself appreciating old stuff. What is surprising is that while this preference has an element of nostalgia about it that isn’t what it’s all about....
by Michael Pearce | Dec 22, 2014 | Blog
Science Fiction is simply speculative fiction with deals with events dictated by science and technology. It is usually set in the future, but the defining characteristic is that the story could not occur without the intervention of a particular scientific or...
by Michael Pearce | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog
Recently I published an excerpt from the upcoming sequel to ‘Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman,’ ‘Lord of the North.’ One reader responded, “Engvyr is a badass!” I was, I confess, a bit surprised. It had never occurred to me that my...
