Whatsoever You Do: A Novelette

 

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I have begun to publish the series From The Earth on my Substack site. You can read the first story, Whatsoever You Do, now.

A pandemic had long been predicted. Now it was happening and a former graduate student, Jack Jackson, may have the key to its containment, synthetic biology. 

But because in the court of public opinion synthetic biology is feared, it has been forbidden in the money conscious halls of medical research. 

How many will have to die before they change their minds?

Whatsoever You Do is set in the future (2030s) and is the first story in the From The Earth Series which is set in the larger Future Chron Universe.

Reader's Guide to the Future Chron Universe part 2

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This is the second part of the reader's guide series for my books which will hopefully help a reader find something they would like to read. Not all my books are associated with a universe but those that are group as follows: Future Chron, Remembered Earth, Manifold Earth, Ancient Earth and Forgotten Earth. The universes are a way to organize a series of books that share the same science and technology, same social background, and sometimes the same characters.

MarsX

My next release is a novel called MarsX. It is the story of how mankind settles the red planet. Except, it's not the usual story. The motivation is the key and that's tied to the development of AI.

When I wrote the three novelettes that became this novel, development in AI was not entering the knee of the exponential as it appears to be now. The AI in the story naturally developed into a much bigger role than I planned. Looking back almost a year later, what I thought was years away, may be directly ahead. The frontier AI companies think super-AI is close, I don't know, but the difference between fiction and fact continues to compress.

The paperback will be available at online stores April 20, the eBook May 20. If you would like to read it before then it is

Reader's Guide to the Future Chron Universe - Part 1

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I recently totaled up the number of books I've published, and the number is 21 short stories (less than 7,500 words), 26 novelettes (over 7,500 but less than 17,500 words), 3 novellas (over 17,500 but less than 40,000), and 15 novels (greater than 40,000 words). In addition, I've collected these 65 stories into another 18 books. Then there are 6 more “special” novels which are actually older editions of novels I have republished. A total of 89 books.

So, here is a reader's introduction to my books which will hopefully help you find one you would like to read. I'll start with my oldest stories in what I call the Future Chron Universe. A universe in this case is a way to organize a series of books that share the same science and technology, same societal background, and sometimes the same characters.