I gave a talk on what I call the Schelkunoff-Smith Chart, Energy Flow, and Small Antennas at the Huntsville Hamfest yesterday. Here’s a link to the slides.
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Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend by topping off your library. Select from over eighty titles each priced at $0.99, including more than a dozen that are absolutely free. The selection includes top science fiction, fantasy, and adventure authors like Leigh Bracket, C.J. Carella, Larry Correia, Jon del Arroz, David Drake, Eric […]
I’ll post the Marvelous Memorial Day Weekend Sale later today. Sorry for the delay. Just need a few more rolls of tape and a refill of my allergy prescription. For a behind the scenes look at how these sales get made, check out this video.
Celebrate Thanksgiving Weekend by topping off your library. Select from over eighty titles each priced at $0.99, including more than a dozen that are absolutely free.
I’m honored that The Brave and the Bold is being mentioned in lists of the best fiction of 2018. I make a point of recommending other authors’ stories I particularly enjoyed in the afterwards of my own novels. Here are a few additional great works of fiction I’ll recommend as […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve been talking with some great folks about science fiction in general and my works in particular. Here’s a list of recent podcast appearances: Catholic Geeks/Declan Finn (November 27, 2016) – I discuss The Hidden Truth and other topics with host, Declan Finn. Catholic Geeks/Declan Finn (June 25, 2017) – […]
I regret being too busy to keep better track of the amazing quantity of fantastic science fiction from the last year. There’s a wealth of great material out there, though, and by selecting the works you found of particular value, you can help bring them to the attention of other […]
Microsoft Word can analyze a document for readability. You can access this feature through the menu path File> Options> Proofing> Show Readability Statistics. Then you have to suffer through a complete spelling and grammar scan of your document before you get rewarded with feedback at the end of the process. […]
I managed to get A Rambling Wreck completed in time for a launch at LibertyCon on July 1, but that left no time for blog updates. I’ve updated my website with a page dedicated to A Rambling Wreck. The initial sales have been strong, and the reviews favorable. I’ll publish […]
I’m taking a moment away from working on my draft of A Rambling Wreck to share with you the latest Amazon review of The Hidden Truth, courtesy of Steve D. Poling: If Al Gore Had Won Steve D. Poling My first impression of The Hidden Truth was how much it reminded […]