Galactic Beacon: Volume 1 is now available from Amazon for the Kindle.
Don't have a physical Kindle? You can also get free Kindle reader software for the following platforms:
That's a bunch of platforms.
To pick up your copy, just hop on over to the Galactic Bazaar.
Working away at the Kindle version and very nearly done.
I'm hoping that by the end of the week I'll have it up in the Kindle Katalog. No, they don't really use that wacky spelling, but I personally think it was a missed opportunity.
Stay tuned! Once the Kindle version is done, I'll work on an ePub version.
The WebOS version of Galactic Beacon: Volume 1 is now available in the Palm App Catalog. The link is here.
Our first anthology, Galactic Beacon: Volume 1 is now available for Palm's WebOS Phones.
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In this volume we primarily speculate on one-way trips to Mars.
In the essays department we have Mars And Bust which ruminates on a New York Times article that talks about one-way trips to Mars. We also have Man Vs. Robot wherein I speculate on manned vs robotic space missions and which of our robotic explorers I could best in personal combat.
Four short stories are found in the fiction section.
On Second Thought explores what would happen on a one-way trip to Mars if someone changed their mind… People do that, you know.
Sarah is the second one-way trip story, but it takes a very different and more personal approach to the story. It features a robotic mule whose ancestor can be seen on Youtube. Very cool technology for a space prospector like Sarah, as long as they switch to electric motors and not those damn buzzing lawnmower motors! Watch the video and you’ll know what I mean.
Raven 2.0 is the first in our series of “Better Literature Through Science” stories. Our good friend Albert, Lord Graspington will explore ways to improve classic literature through strategic updates.
Finally, we have The Duel which is the only fantasy story in this volume. This is the first in a series of stories set in a fantasy world that could be likened to Rome in decline. But with pyramids. Because I like pyramids.
There is also a collection of comics, some of which also appear here on the Galactic Beacon website.
Check it out, and I hope you enjoy it!
I just finished the last short story for Volume 1.
It's the story of the first people on Mars and their wacky misadventures. OK, not so much wacky.
I'm not going to reveal much about the story, but it is my attempt to be as dead-bang realistic as I possibly can based on current technology and what is a possible future for manned space exploration.
With luck I can wrap things up this weekend and get Volume 1 up to the Palm app store next week.