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You can also get this month's science fiction story off our story server. There is usually a choice of two or three copyrighted stories available at any one time, or you can down load the entire text of "The Rubber Glove Theory of the Universe, and Other Diversions" , which has a small, but again, unusual charge.
And now for something completely NEW on our document server, our on line photo-journal,
organized as a 90 page on line tour. It's called:
Enough Rain Makes a River. This represents almost 30 years of personal writing, coupled with 2 years of photographs, in an easily navigated on line tour. My son and I collaborated on this project, so I hope you find it interesting. You can read a quick summary of the contents HERE.
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NOW available, the latest updated "Enough Rain Makes a River" in COLOR hard copy only from LuLu.com! plus, it now includes The Book of Tiles! JUST CLICK HERE to order a COLOR printed copy! This has been re-edited, with over 20 new full color photographs, and extensive photos though out (it's why the physical print cost is high), PLUS it now includes the Book of Tiles at the end. Because we had to reformat extensively to reach the 6x9 size for book publication, we can no longer provide a free PDF 8.5x11 copy from here, except the earlier version shown above, which has less and different material. Yes, you CAN get the new 6x9 full-color electronic PDF cheaply from LuLu for your e-book reader HERE. A lot of effort was put into expanding and enriching this book, we certainly hope you enjoy it! Can't afford the LuLu price? Well, if you promise to do something nice for somebody you don't know, you can have a free copy HERE. |
These stories are original copyrighted stories from Sphere Research's own SF archives. You can get printed or electronic copies from LuLu, or We also accept as payment in full, a random act of genuine kindness to someone that is a complete stranger to you. You pick, we're completely happy either way. Short stories have one truly redeeming value. They let you explore something interesting without making you wade through 350 questionable pages in order to do it. Not so unexpectedly, their most irritating feature is that they usually end just as you are starting to feel right at home there. Well, I cant help that part, "It is what it is". Short stories are, well, short. These stories are a series of small commando forays into the global bureaucracy of the future, a private look inside the mind of an ancient king, a quick but hopefully cogent explanation of how the universe really works, and a field exercise in practical magic. You will get a chance to poke around in the future courtesy of a convenient motel room, die in several very unpleasant ways, and probably feel your heart break. You will visit life after death here, encounter voodoo criminals and maybe fall in love with a machine. These are the smiling reflected faces in shop windows that you have always wanted to know a little more about, and some of the dreams that you had trouble remembering after you woke up. These stories are not exactly science fiction, and not exactly fantasy. They are just how the ideas came out once I started to think about them. The mechanics arent very important, because as you should surely know by now, the message has little to do with the medium. The only tiny problem is that you will be unable to forget some of these, and for that I honestly apologize in advance. If you open all these pages, you will leave them a slightly different person, which may or may not be a good thing, from your own personal point of view. Some ideas just have a life of their own, and down the road, you will no more be able to forget them than I was able to ignore them. |