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The Wounded Frontier, Including Stellar Trolls

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 11, 2020 by Michael D. SmithDecember 18, 2020

When a star thirty-four light-years away vanishes, leaving the infrared signature of a Dyson sphere inexplicably built in one week, Supreme Commander Jack Commer readies the untested Typhoon V for the star Iota Persei, roping in a talented replacement engineer … Continue reading →

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Collapse and Delusion, The Seven of Cups, and Unexpected Redemption

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 30, 2020 by Michael D. SmithNovember 30, 2020

The ongoing stylistic cleanup of the Jack Commer, Supreme Commander series continues, with Collapse and Delusion, Book Four, just republished by Sortmind Press: Amazon paperback Amazon eBook (Kindle format) Smashwords eBook (multiple formats) Collapse and Delusion picks up from the … Continue reading →

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Nonprofit Chronowar Redux

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 24, 2020 by Michael D. SmithNovember 27, 2020

Former space pilot Joe Commer inadvertently time-travels from 2036 Mars to wreck the first 2028 conference of the Committee to End Suffering on Planet Earth, scaring the nonprofit delegates with tales of the imminent breakdown of the solar system and … Continue reading →

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Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, with a Nod to the Crab Emperor

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 11, 2020 by Michael D. SmithNovember 11, 2020

With the shocking suicide of spaceship Typhoon I, the four Commer brothers are reduced to two. After the Final War, the evacuation of Earth, and battle with Martian terrorists, is eldest brother Jack fit to lead the United System Space … Continue reading →

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The Martian Marauders, Now Digitally Remastered for Your Enjoyment

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on October 20, 2020 by Michael D. SmithOctober 20, 2020

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 →

Posted in Astronomy, Balloon Ship Armageddon, Collapse and Delusion, Editing, Excerpts, Jack Commer, Literary, Martian Marauders, Nonprofit Chronowar, Novels, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sortmind Press, The SolGrid Rebellion, The Wounded Frontier, Writing, Writing Process | Leave a reply

The Jack Commer Resurrection

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 18, 2020 by Michael D. SmithJuly 18, 2020

I suppose that could be a clever novel title if I ever do an eighth Commer novel, but it refers to the republication of my Jack Commer, Supreme Commander SF series. My publisher, Double Dragon Publishing, was sold to a … Continue reading →

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Ancient Predictions for Spring 2020

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 23, 2020 by Michael D. SmithMarch 23, 2020

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 →

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Shackism v. Sortmind, Part Three

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on November 25, 2019 by Michael D. SmithNovember 25, 2019

The reader of the previous two blog posts must suspect that I’ve been building to some manifestation of Shackism v. Sortmind in my current life. So I finally acknowledge a buried concept lurking for several years: the idiotic notion that … Continue reading →

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A New Portrait of Jonathan James Commer

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 21, 2019 by Michael D. SmithJuly 12, 2020

Jonathan James is Jack Commer’s insolent, troubled son, the author of the bestselling Alpha Centaurian novel, A Fragmented Encyclopedia of Recent Self. He was also briefly Emperor of the Alpha Centaurians, later leader of a rebellion against the SolGrid surveillance … Continue reading →

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Urside Charmouth’s Dented Painting

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 11, 2019 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

Feckless young Urside Charmouth, heedless experimenter with Heuristic Time Transition, is horrified by the revelations from the future, fearing that he’s ruined the cosmic timeline with his drug-like time travel romps.  He then wastes the universe’s final HTT revisiting his … Continue reading →

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