How Alien Technology Could Shift Power Dynamics on Mars
My carefully laid plans to thwart MarsVantage and its independent-minded employees like Chuck O’Donnell, the CEO, lay in shreds at my feet.
The Music of Mars
The Music Of Mars is a Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist
Today, I received an email announcing I was a finalist in The 2018 Wishing Shelf Book Awards in the Adult Fiction category. Here is the entire list for Adult Fiction. Category 5 Books for Adults (fiction) 8 Seconds to Midnight, John Leifer A Contrary Wind, Lona Manning A Friend in Deed, G D Harper A Gathering For … Read more
A Christmas Thank You
GeorgeI’m an author living in northern Virginia with a wife and a cat. In the late ’80s, I worked on the International Space Station project. I recently retired from managing a group of software engineers to focus on writing science fiction and speculative fiction. Learn more. georgegmoore.com
York Book Expo
On November 3, 2018, I had a table at the York Book Expo. I met a lot of interesting people, talked sci-fi, and sold books. I also gave away a lot of leftover Halloween candy! It was a good time, and I look forward to doing it again. GeorgeI’m an author living in northern … Read more
The Music of Mars-Gretchen’s Personal Journey
In The Music of Mars, Gretchen journeys to Mars to decipher strange symbols in a remote cave. I’ve written a lot about this outer journey, but her internal journey is just as fascinating. She begins the story disagreeing with her project leader over the meaning of artifacts found in Antarctica. She believes the truth is … Read more
The Music of Mars–Reviews
Already, several readers asked about a sequel to The Music of Mars. I will write another, and I’m actively considering events to challenge Frank, Gretchen, and the Earth archaeologists working in the Bvindu city named The Vault of Ages. A GoodReads reader left this comment in part: It was very accessible and didn’t have a … Read more
The Music of Mars-The Antagonists
Part of the fun in writing is the opportunity to create characters to interfere with the needs and desires of the main characters. The trick is to give the antagonists an excellent reason to oppose the main characters. In The Music of Mars, Peter Konklin, the CEO of Peter Konklin Interplanetary, lost control of MarsVantage twelve … Read more
The Music of Mars, the Government, and Blackmarkets
In The Music of Mars, I looked at current government initiatives and extrapolated what the future would look like within the context of the overall story. Seventy-five years ago, marriage was a till-death-do-us-part proposition. These days, it can be relatively temporary as it’s easy to divorce, and there’s no stigma in doing so. I put … Read more
Mars InSight Lander Launch
On May 5, 2018, the Mars InSight mission is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. This launch will be NASA’s first from the West Coast. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport is scheduled to land in Elysium Planitia, Mars (northern hemisphere) on Nov. 26, 2018. For two … Read more
The Music of Mars and Quotations
When I wrote The Music of Mars, I looked to America’s colonial times for inspiration. I wanted to tell a story where Mars’s culture was starting to deviate from Earth’s, allowing for plenty of tension. While I allow for instantaneous communication, to get anything physically between Earth and Mars requires about one month. I specifically … Read more