by David Backman | Aug 5, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) February 13, 2039 Lai looked up from the research paper on the Zeeman effect that she was reading on her pad for her Quantum Mechanics II class and gazed out the window of her room in the Sally Ride House....
by David Backman | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) October 2, 2034 Daniel sat in a brown leather swivel chair at his West Wing office desk as he finished reading the report on his pad. He looked up when he heard a knock on the door; it partially opened, and...
by David Backman | Jun 14, 2024 | Blog
The realm of science fiction is often that of the future, whether the near future, or many centuries or even millennia from now. There are many exceptions, especially when aliens bring the fiction to the story. The Day the Earth Stood Still, Starman, E.T., and...
by David Backman | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog
It’s hard to skim through a day’s news feed or newspaper without seeing at least one story about wormholes. And of course, they often pop up in sci-fi novels, movies, and TV shows. Why is that? What’s so fascinating about something that’s purely theoretical? Unlike...
by David Backman | May 24, 2024 | Blog
In my last three blog posts, I gave my thoughts on what the world might be like 30 years from now—overall, and specifically in terms of technology and the environment. That’s an important question for my first novel, The Lightning in the Collied Night, because most of...
