Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction
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On “The Snows of Yesteryear,” Jean-Louis says, “What lies under Greenland’s ice sheet is a truly alien land, untouched for thousands and even millions of years, hiding the last remnants of a distant past and of an equally remote environment predating modern humans. Climate change is now acting as a gigantic time machine by reverting Greenland to its earlier state.” His blog is at culturedesfuturs.blogspot.com and you can find him on Facebook.
Daniel H. Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse as well as eight other books including Amped, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, and Robogenesis. He earned a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University as well as master’s degrees in robotics and artificial intelligence.
“The Blue Afternoon that Lasted Forever” draws on the expertise of childhood friend and physicist Dr. Mark Baumann at the University of Texas at Austin. The rest of the story happened naturally, as a result of Daniel having both a scientific mind and a three-year-old daughter. Daniel grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. You can learn more about him at www.danielhwilson.com or talk to him on Twitter @danielwilsonPDX.