Abigail Adams was the closest advisor and wife of John Adams, second president of the United States. When the Adams Family began working on artificial intelligence, they named the result after her. Generations of Adams children grew up with Abigail,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for May, 2017
The Arnam are of course optimized for cool and wet environments. The corollary to that is that they are supremely unsuited for desert environments. Their skin may be dark, but the pigment is for camouflage, not protecting from the sun.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here we are on the last day of Manticon. Soon it will be time to return to the normal world that most people live in all the time. But first I’ll get a few more hours with David Weber[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My first day waking up at Manticon. It’s like a different world here, you know. Surrounded by people who love science fiction as much as I do. Which by the way is a lot. And I’m very rarely around an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today I’m arriving at Manticon for the first time in one whole year. Not that I’m counting or anything. 😉 I’ll be going to the opening ceremonies, which they do with aplomb. Men and women in full uniforms carrying flags[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pictured here is the very first picture taken of my Forge of War novel in Dead Tree Format. They are available for purchase on Amazon right now if you are interested. I’ll be bringing copies to Manticon with me and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy Dance. Happy Dance. Happy Dance. That’s me knowing that I’m going to be playing BattleTech Pods this weekend at Manticon. Fallout Shelter Arcade will be there with their awesome crew and pods, giving anyone who comes the best full[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Manticon is coming soon here in sunny and delightful Bloomington, Minnesota. Hopefully there will be no snow this year, though it is still May, so one never knows. You might want to bring your spring jackets if you are from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Break,” Jack ordered and pulled the controls to the left. Thrusters flared and the formation of Avengers exploded into a chaotic mess of individually maneuvering fighters. Or so the complicated maneuver was designed to look to outside eyes. In reality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…