Let’s talk some background for the Salvage series: the science facts behind water reclamation in space.
Although the series isn’t meant to be hard science fiction — I’m sure serious pundits can poke holes in the technical aspects a parsec long — here are a few notes about existing technology onboard the International Space Station. 1
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In this excerpt, I attempted to write an engaging scene based almost solely on dialogue.
As always, feel free to let me know what you think — in the comments, in person, on Facebook, by carrier pigeon (okay, not that last one).
Continue readingI wasn’t standing in the Oval Office when it happened. Those upper echelons don’t know I exist. Didn’t, I mean.
I bet it was quite a shock, though – a hologram appearing out of nowhere just to the right of the Resolute desk? I would have loved to have seen the expressions on their faces. Did they think it a prank? Did they disbelieve their eyes for a split second?
You know bureaucrats. It took them way too long to figure out it was real – the message and the alien.
If the figure hadn’t been dressed in high fashion – as in Milan – would it have been so incongruous?