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Edward M. Lerner
American Author
Born: 1949
Anything Energy Future History Science Writing
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can metabolize glycerol and glucose, just as the cells in our bodies do. Edward M. Lerner
Miracles Own Patient Energy Our Small Tap Sources Provides Cells Just Energy Sources Bodies Body Novel Medical
One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed. Edward M. Lerner
Physics Energy Universe Destroyed Neither Principles Bedrock Nor Created Conservation
Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dependent, and what's merely enriched by reading/viewing in a particular order. Edward M. Lerner
Will Enriched Totally About Merely Particular Readers Dependent Differ Order Viewers
Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. Edward M. Lerner
Writing Sometimes Reading Stage Research Down Projects New Like Go Surprising Authors Figure
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote past or future. Edward M. Lerner
Future Science Past Asteroid Distant Trips Empires Remote Science Fiction Deals Lots Times Fiction Places Epics Belt
The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail. Edward M. Lerner
Characteristic Distinguishing Detail Technical
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book can get out the door. Edward M. Lerner
Funny Future Book Unlucky Faster Funny Thing Out About Up Than Author Get Door Stories Them Thing
What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one. Edward M. Lerner
Travel Space Meet Author Human Fan Space Travel Interested
I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore. Edward M. Lerner
Humanity Believe How Forgotten Want Explore
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope - at least as I understand the usage - is more: science used other than literally. Edward M. Lerner
Science Words Other More Mainstream Like Understand Metaphor Least Than Irony Literally Literature Usage Used Figure Speech
I'm a physicist and computer scientist by training. I worked in high tech for thirty years as everything from engineer to senior vice president - for many of those years, writing SF as a hobby - until, in 2004, I began writing full time. Edward M. Lerner
Time Writing Training Engineer Thirty President Everything Those High Physicist High-Tech Computer Until Scientist Years Began Senior Hobby Vice Vice President Worked Full Full-Time Many Tech
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics. Edward M. Lerner
Everything Kind Write Epics Hard

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