Avatar: The Way of Water - A Review
Avatar: The Way of Water is a story about what it means to be a family and, in the case of Jake Sully, what it means to be a father, a parent, when danger threatens your loved ones. Do you run away and hide? Or do you stand and fight?
The Creator - A Review
What resonated with me in this movie is striving for that ultimate goal of harmony between humans and AI. Ending the suffering, the war. I’m not one who views AI robots as simply a computer that needs to be turned off. If it’s true AI, and true self-awareness and growth, then they have a right to exist in peace. Not war.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - A Review
What I enjoyed most was Murderbot’s interaction with the humans, and how, over time, it began to claim the humans as its own (“my humans”). I found it an incredibly sweet and optimistic take on human/AI relations.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - A Review
This book is inspiring to me because of how vast the universe is. It’s the ideas in this book that captivate me. The spiders and worldbuilding are cool. The human characters, not so much. And that’s the problem.
The Science & Magic of Stars Reach
Worldbuilding involves creating an entire universe, complete with its own rules, laws of nature, and cultures that interact and evolve over time. In my space opera book series, Stars Reach, I have combined elements of science and magic to create a unique world in which all kinds of things are possible.
Excerpt: Breaking Colossus
The story follows Roth, the son of an infamous war hero, Grey Soleis. When Grey suddenly goes MIA, Roth and his mother, Alora, must struggle against forces that would erase their identities and tear their family apart.