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The Balloon Ship Interviews: Arrogant, Desperate Characters Audition for the Role of a Lifetime

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 6, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 6, 2021

In developing Balloon Ship Armageddon, the seventh and final Jack Commer, Supreme Commander adventure, I interviewed twelve characters from the previous six books, wanting to know what motivations and energies they could bring to the project. Each character got a … Continue reading →

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The UR Jack Commer: A Look at the Childhood Beginnings of the Commer Saga

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on April 4, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 4, 2021

Okay, why revisit this early stuff???? After publishing seven Jack Commer novels I felt a need to pull together Jack’s entire history starting from my first fifth-grade story about him. That was the story that electrified my nine-year-old self. Although … Continue reading →

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Presenting Balloon Ship Armageddon, or, Nine Astronauts Were Walking to a USSF Meeting, or, Jack Commer Shot his Spaceship Directly into the Sun

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on March 3, 2021 by Michael D. SmithApril 4, 2021

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 →

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The SolGrid Rebellion, Endings, and Continuations

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 21, 2020 by Michael D. SmithDecember 21, 2020

When the solar system adopts the buggy SolGrid telepathic network as a defense against alien intrusion, Jack Commer’s impudent son Jonathan James instigates a rebellion against what he considers fascist brainwashing. His tiny army includes his lover Suzette, the wife … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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