These four volumes contain some 1,100 pages of sci-fi tech fun and excitement. The series is designed from the ground up in contrast to the standard tropes in the Star Wars/Star Trek series. No flaming swords, no blasters, no exploding computers and no aliens, if you don’t count the octopuses. Solar Sail cargo ships ply the heliosphere without the use of the M-FTL (Magical-Faster Than Light) rockets, which exist only in movies and TV shows.
I had three goals in the books:
1) use the word ‘‘dogarrhea’ in a sentence.
2) modify Einstein’s seminal equation as any good sci-fi story should.
3) design a space launch system that doesn’t require rockets or magic to leave Mother Earth.
The series has been compared to “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” and “The Expanse” by various reviewers. For further details, see
h2liftships.com.
I have build complex sci-fi worlds, added a few interesting characters, and let them have at it. Unfortunately, our nice, friendly space opera mutated into a full-fledged HiveWar, pitting semi-sentient A.I. tablets controlling algal rocket ships against the Heliospheric Navy and the sentients inhabiting the rocks travelling around our galaxy in Sol’s heliosphere.
The space stories are done for a while. My current work-in-progress follows an independent explorer as he tries to break through the timewall and see what is past.