Tag: Science fiction
About The Borgan
Book promotion is a tricky thing. Even publishers don’t do it much anymore. It’s all left up to the authors. Here goes! In this post I will add a couple of pages from The Borgan. It is in hope you will be interested in finding out what the heck is going on. Rakasta is an… Continue reading About The Borgan
The Smallest Pumpkin
I get up in the freezing four a.m. to wrap my papers. There will be no warmth in the house until Mom gets up to light the fire in the wood stove. I shiver and wrap the big Wednesday papers, full of grocery ads, and put them in my bike bags. It’s a relief to… Continue reading The Smallest Pumpkin
Excerpt from “3470 C.E.”
“Athena, are you in the cornfield?” Mom’s hologram is in front of me. “No, Mom, Ced wanted the corn, so I’m in the barley.” “One of the water droids is down,. I’ll call Ceddy.” “Want me to go over there?” I ask. “Would you?” The Cheetahs have com-sets and we have micro-sets we can put… Continue reading Excerpt from “3470 C.E.”
Bubo and Jetta
“Put your snow boots on, Bubo,” Mom tells me. “I have to go to work early today and I want you to walk with Jetta.” “But Mom, the guys want to build a snow fort before school.” “I can’t help it Bubo, I’m up for promotion and I have to be there.” “Does that mean… Continue reading Bubo and Jetta
Binary Skyscape
Our star was setting in the western sky and a mist was rising from the fields. All the clouds were billowing up, like a sacred room around us, and the air had a peachy-pink tint. Perfume drifted from somewhere, soft and sweet as a summer breeze. Our companion star was rising, the way it does… Continue reading Binary Skyscape
The Acorn
Aunt Trina and Uncle Dale don’t know where to look. They aren’t as good at hide and seek as I am. They found my sister, Laurie, right away. She’s only five. I am going to be eight on my birthday. My aunt and uncle have a pretty house in the country, by a lake. They… Continue reading The Acorn
Athena Sparrowhawk and the Goddess
My favorite number is seven, the heptad. According to the great Pythagorean teachings, seven is symbolized by the goddess Athena. Because seven cannot be divided by any number than itself, it represents a fortress or acropolis. Seven brings order to nature, there are seven phases of the moon, seven Pleiades, seven parts of the body-… Continue reading Athena Sparrowhawk and the Goddess
Will Humans be Different in 1400 Years?
In the year 3470 we will still be human. We will still eat, sleep, have wishes and dreams, have children, have normal body functions, pleasures and desires. We will still grow our food. We will still have friends, listen to music and enjoy entertainments. Imagine in the year 700, a person with a good imagination… Continue reading Will Humans be Different in 1400 Years?
3470 C.E.
What will it be like to live on a farm, on another planet, in the year 3470 C.E.
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