Category Archives: Science Fiction

By The Book. The End

BY THE BOOK, the third instalment of my  Science Fiction trilogy, SALVAGE, is out today. Yippee. When I say Science Fiction, I mean it’s set in the future, in about 250 years, and it’s set in Space, mostly, but other than that it is like all my books, sci-fi, crime or historical, about people findingContinue reading “By The Book. The End”

By The Book, Kings and Angels

In a previous post, I offered thoughts about various artistic representations of Judith and Holofernes (or at least his head), because it related to my last book, BETHULIA. If you want to know how, read the book. Having set the precedent, I am taking the opportunity to waffle about another work of art: The WiltonContinue reading “By The Book, Kings and Angels”

New Book, Old Series: BY THE BOOK

So, I write crime fiction, and I write historical fiction and sometimes I revert to my first love, Science Fiction, which returned to the surface of my consciousness thanks to Covid 19 and the Lockdown. Fed up with everything grinding a halt, with no obvious light on the horizon, I dug out a trilogy, SALVAGE,Continue reading “New Book, Old Series: BY THE BOOK”

Moonstruck

If I wrote Space-based science fiction set in some distant part of our galaxy, or even in a different galaxy altogether, I could have free rein to create planets, moons and asteroids as I wished and call them whatever I wanted. Rashly, I stuck to our own Solar System, partly because I am fascinated byContinue reading “Moonstruck”

Duffers and Musk

I was listening to Start The Week on Radio 4 this morning, all about the moon and further afield – our attitudes, fantasies and intentions of exploration and exploitation. It was startling to hear that Elon Musk really wanted to colonise Mars because it would be totally unregulated territory. None of those pesky labour lawsContinue reading “Duffers and Musk”

Book Review: Making Waves by Thorne Moore (@ThorneMoore)#RBRT #science fiction #thriller

Originally posted on SaylingAway:
I truly believe Thorne Moore could write a five-star book about a paper bag. She has challenged herself by writing in books of different genres and her readers (including myself) have found them all compelling. I did not read the first book in this series (Inside Out) but no matter, this…

That’s my love language. What’s yours? PLUS #BookReview MAKING WAVES by @ThorneMoore #RBRT #SciFi

Originally posted on Barb Taub:
What’s your Work Love/Appreciation Test? I heard through the human resources grapevine about the Love Test, in which Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages” theory has been adapted to workplace “appreciation” training. This is, naturally, HR’s fault. After many decades in the human resources trenches, I know that everyone hates HR…

Nothing But the Truth

My first Science Fiction novel, Inside Out, follows seven travellers on their way to Triton, and mention is made of a broadcasting station, OCN (Outer Circles News), which might be highly informative, but it has little appeal to residents of the Inner Circles of the Solar System (Jupiter inwards), because they don’t necessarily want toContinue reading “Nothing But the Truth”