How to Be Immortal, Even If You Die
One topic I don’t often talk about on this blog because it’s not exactly science fiction, is immortality brought about by fame. We see it from the pyramids to the […]
T/F: Historically, Children Were Named At One Year
Some people don’t settle on a name for their child until they see that wrinkly, smooshed little face. Some name their children in the womb. Yet others have names picked […]
How many fictional immortals can you name?
I’m putting together a survey of immortals. Help me by making a list in the comments section of all fictional immortals that come to your mind. I’m trying to get a feeling […]
Top Fictional Immortals
Who is your favorite fictional immortal? A poll at Fandomania.com had voters nominate the top 100 fictional characters of all time. As a sci-fi author writing about immorality, I wondered how many […]
Reducing the Severity of Strokes From the Inside Out
Stroke is the second most common cause of death and disability in the world. If you are going to write sci-fi about a world where people are immortal, you end […]
Is Alzheimer’s Contagious?
I hate sensational headlines, so I’ll tell you the answer in the next sentence but the title of this post is the only way to introduce this topic. Studies have […]
What’s Missing in Thailand
Through my travels I’ve learned that you can understand a lot about another culture by what is “missing.” One of the things missing in Thailand, from my perspective as an American, is […]
Hoping for Long Life In Thailand
I recently hiked a trail through a dense high altitude forest here on my vacation in Thailand. I crested a staircase in the middle of a bamboo thicket and saw […]
Searching for Infinity
I recently met a fascinating travel agent. She saw that the business card I designed to promote my novel on immortality had a lemniscate -or infinity symbol on it. It […]
CRISPR Games
If you doubt the power of the written word, look at one of biotech’s recent controversies. In this blog, I’ve mentioned CRISPR, the gene editing technology that . Like many scientific endeavors, it […]
The Phoenix Series 