My specialty: Science fiction based on science, not fantasy.
You will find no stable wormholes, warp drives, hyper-drives, force fields, or transporter beams here! My stories are based on technologies that currently exist, are actively being researched, or are plausible extensions of known capabilities.
My latest publication:
Martian Red Blood / Lunar Labyrinth, a collection of two science fiction murder mysteries in one volume: https://david-seldon-moore.blog/martian-red-blood-lunar-labyrinth
Travelogues:
Click here for a day-by-day description of my recent travels.
More books:
The MIND SPACE series is a set of five science fiction novels. The story revolves around the Mind Shield– an implanted medical device that monitors the brain for neurological disorders. But after two years of blazing sales the manufacturers of the Mind Shield turn on a feature that enables it to influence human thought and behavior.
More info, and where to buy: https://david-seldon-moore.blog/the-mind-space-series/
Blog entries:
Get Woke!
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has declared war on “woke.” “Florida,” he said, “is the place where woke goes to die.” The DeSantis administration has defined woke as: …the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them. DeSantis administration So are there systemic injustices in America? Yes, absolutely there…
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The Perils of Artificial Intelligence
The Good In 1942 Alan Turing designed a machine known as “The Bombe” that enabled the British to break the German Enigma code. Dendral, a computer program developed in the 1960s, is considered the world’s first expert system– a program that employs domain knowledge to solve a specific real world problem. The purpose of Dendral…
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Questions for physicists
Dark Matter If dark matter is a type of particle that is subject to gravitation but not to electricity and magnetism, as some physicists have speculated, then such particles should accumulate in the cores of stars. That would mean that a star can achieve the density necessary to kick off nuclear fusion with only about…
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Anonymity and social discord
Hyperbole has long been the political agitator’s weapon of choice. It costs nothing, and for those of the audience who are susceptible to fear it can be very effective. Now technology has given such antagonists an even greater reason to employ exaggeration. The tools of email, text messaging, and social media allow users to adopt…
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Is fiction superior to history?
Should the education of the young rely on the lessons of history, or should it instead employ fiction to convey the core observations we wish future generations to understand about human behavior? One could argue that the lessons of history are more real and more true than anything that could be represented in fiction, and…
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
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