To the Astute Reader of This Blog Certainly the reader will recognize in the “nine astronauts” phrase the fifth-grade, September 19, 1962 first line of “Voyage to Venus,” introducing space pilot Jack Commer. It’s elegantly followed, of course, by Jack’s … Continue reading →
The republished The Martian Marauders, Book One of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series, is now available from Sortmind Press. Amazon paperback Amazon eBook (Kindle format) Smashwords eBook (multiple formats) After the sale this year of the original publisher, I’ve … Continue reading →
Celestial disasters of the 2020’s set the background for my Jack Commer science fiction series. While I’m not offering direct comments about the COVID-19 crisis, I’ve been struck by the odd timing of my childhood predictions about 2020. When my … Continue reading →
A few days ago I realized that of the six published Jack Commer, Supreme Commander novels, I’d made draft covers of the last four when working on early versions. Often I’ll make an EPUB or MOBI version of a draft, … Continue reading →
The SolGrid Rebellion, Book Six of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander science fiction series, will be published by Double Dragon Publishing. The first four books in the series are already published in eBook and paperback format. Book Five, The Wounded … Continue reading →
Sortmind Press is participating in the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale which runs through July 31. As Smashwords points out, it’s winter in the southern hemisphere and this is a global enterprise, thus Summer/Winter sale. You have proof of this in that … Continue reading →
1. Concerning My Ongoing, Erroneous, but Somehow Charming Conception That the Solar System Really Does Look Like This 1959 Space Map This childhood map of the solar system has remained locked in my mind since I was seven. Whenever I … Continue reading →
