A quantum theory of stories
Think of a story as a series of observations tied together into a plot, a narrative. Quantum theory says, among other things, that observation creates reality. So, stories create reality. You know this...
View ArticleThe novel is a reality
After 5 years, FUTURE PERFECT — my dystopian political thriller about the effects of stories on reality — is finally done and published. It’s available as an ebook at...
View ArticleImagine a Future…
Today I came across an article on CommonDreams.org entitled “Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say”. The gist of it is that facts & science alone can’t build a future,...
View ArticleTo hold the Future in your hands…
I started writing FUTURE PERFECT in January of 2007, with the plan of setting the story in our “present day” and its immediate future (2007-2025). It’s by nature predictive, and the longer it took me...
View ArticleLife again imitating fiction
In the last post, I talked about the predictive nature of FUTURE PERFECT. Well, I had some idea of the massive surveillance network required for a 1984-type situation, and I figured we were getting...
View ArticleNext up…
I’ve started on the sequel to FUTURE PERFECT. Title as yet unknown, it will pick up where FP left off, with some of the same characters, and some new ones. As many of you know, FP embodies the...
View ArticleThe Future Will Not be Perfect
Now 16 months after my last post, you might suspect that the sequel to FUTURE PERFECT is done and off to the publisher. Not quite. The only thing that’s “done” is my optimism, my hope that humanity can...
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