The Hidden Truth had Ken Holder at L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise calling it “… the best science fiction techno-thriller since whatever Neil Stephenson’s last book was.” Book #2, A Rambling Wreck, was a finalist for the Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance 2018 Book of the Year. Now Book #3 of the […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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I had fun earlier this week talking science and science fiction with Jon del Arroz, leading Hispanic voice in science fiction, and with S. Misanthrope. Check out the discussion, here:
Here’s a press release from Q-Track on my recent discovery and publication… Cross-posted at Ratburger. Hans Physicists have long been troubled by the paradoxes and contradictions of quantum mechanics. Yesterday, a possible step forward appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. In a paper, “Energy velocity and […]
On Saturday, I had a great time talking about science and science fiction on Geek Gab. Here’s the video:
Today is the last day to get the first two books of The Hidden Truth series on sale for $0.99. Here’s a summary of the five-star reviews The Brave and the Bold has earned so far: “Dr. Schantz has, once again, exceeded my expectations, and they were very great, having […]
Ken Holder, editor of L. Neil Smith’s Libertarian Enterprise, had this to say about The Brave and the Bold… There is much joy in Mudville tonight, Mighty Schantz has hit another homer! So to speak. The adventures of Peter Burdell and Amit Patel in a slightly alternate universe; it is […]
Amazon hasn’t linked everything together yet, but the paperback and ebook editions of The Brave and the Bold are up now: ebook: https://amzn.to/2qeB4Ix paper: https://amzn.to/2CLJezU The rest of the Hidden Truth series is on sale for $0.99, and all the ebooks are free through Kindle Unlimited. Here’s the blurb: Where we go […]
Fenton Wood’s Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves is an amazing young adult techno-adventure reminiscent of Bertrand R. Brinley’s classic Mad Scientists Club (my review here). Set in an alternate universe nostalgically reminiscent of mid-century America, Wood tells the story of a boy and his young friends as they struggle to build […]
The Brave and the Bold is now uploaded and on Amazon’s servers. Clocking in at over 400 pages and more than 120,000 words, it’s the sequel Hidden Truth fans have been waiting for. That larger size drove an increase in the paperback price. The Hidden Truth and A Rambling Wreck […]
The updated covers are now available for the first two books in the Hidden Truth series. Book 3: The Brave and the Bold, will be released in a couple of weeks. Thanks to Steve Beaulieu of Beaulistic Book Services for the new book cover designs.
This incident reminds me of the time an investigator interviewed me as part of my roommate’s CIA clearance. Before we started, the investigator asked for directions to the bathroom. When he came back, his fly was unzipped, and without really thinking about it, I told him so. He zipped it […]
Thought I’d share the news that my science fiction alternate history conspiracy thriller, A Rambling Wreck, will be on sale for $0.99 for the next couple of weeks. Here’s an excerpt from John Walker’s recent review of A Rambling Wreck: This series is a bit of Golden Age science fiction which […]
This week, The Hidden Truth will be on sale for $0.99, so it’s a good time to take a look at some of the amazing reviews my science fiction techno-thriller continues to collect. Writing at Ratburger, John Walker had this to say: This is a masterpiece of alternative history techno-thriller […]
I just wanted to pass on a couple of wonderful reviews for A Rambling Wreck. From “Neovictorian” at the Sanity in the Diamond Age Blog: It’s fun, it’s well written, it’s just plain good science fiction and it satisfies…. After you’ve read it, buy a copy (of both volumes) for your […]