David M. Kelly writes fast-paced, near-future sci-fi thrillers with engaging characters, cynical humor, and plausible science. He is the author of the Joe Ballen, Logan’s World, and Hyperia Jones series, and has been published in Canadian SF magazine Neo-opsis. David’s interest in science and technology began early. At the age of six his parents allowed him to stay up late into the night to watch the television broadcast of Neil Armstrong stepping on to the surface of the moon. From that day he was hooked on everything related to science and space. An avid reader, he worked his way through the contents of the mobile library that visited his street, progressing through YA titles (or ‘juveniles’ as they were known back then) on to the classics of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Harry Harrison. David worked for many years in project management and software development. Along the way his interests have included IPSC combat (target) pistol shooting, crew chief on a drag racing team, and several years as bass player/vocalist in a heavy rock band. He also managed to fit in some real work in manual jobs from digging ditches and assembly lines jobs to loading trucks in a haulage company. Originally from the wild and woolly region of Yorkshire, England, David emigrated to Canada in 2005 and settled in Northern Ontario with his patient and supportive wife, Hilary. Foot surgery in 2014 temporarily curtailed many of his favorite activities – hiking, camping, piloting his own personal starfighter (otherwise known as a 1991 Corvette ZR-1). But on the plus side, it meant a transition from the world of IT into life as a full-time writer—an opportunity he grasped enthusiastically. David is passionate about science, especially astronomy and physics, and is a rabid science news follower. Never short of an opinion, David writes about science and technology on his blog davidmkelly.com. He has supported various charity projects such as the Smithsonian’s Reboot The Suit and the Lowell Observatory Pluto Telescope Restoration. He also contributes to citizen science projects such as SETI@home.
This link opens in a pop-up window
Very good advice on how to approach redrafting and self-editing your fiction. I bought this originally in print and then later in ebook formats it was so useful. The elf-editing checklist is very useful. It does somewhat overlap his earlier books on writing, nut still very useful.
Very good book on writing science fiction with a great deal of valuable advice from someone who's "been there".
Very good book on writing science fiction with a great deal of valuable advice from someone who's "been there".
I was a little disappointed in this. Having read several of James Scott Bell's writing guide books this didn't really add a great deal to what he'd already published in my opinion. That said, it's a well written book and would be a valuable edition to your collection, especially if you haven't previously read his earlier publications.
I was a little disappointed in this. Having read several of James Scott Bell's writing guide books this didn't really add a great deal to what he'd already published in my opinion. That said, it's a well written book and would be a valuable edition to your collection, especially if you haven't previously read his earlier publications.
Excellent guide on how to improve your writing. I've been through this book several times and it 's been extremely useful and makes you think much more deeply about what you're writing.
Excellent guide on how to improve your writing. I've been through this book several times and it 's been extremely useful and makes you think much more deeply about what you're writing.
Contains:
Not a children's book despite it's title! A brilliant, darkly humorous look at politics and people's "rights".
Not a children's book despite it's title! A brilliant, darkly humorous look at politics and people's "rights".
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction …
Very good read, though a little dated now. The premise is still 100% believable. I read this first in school but have re-read it several times first. A gripping tale of the oppression of people by a totalitarian government who hide behind the figurehead of "Big Brother".
Very good read, though a little dated now. The premise is still 100% believable. I read this first in school but have re-read it several times first. A gripping tale of the oppression of people by a totalitarian government who hide behind the figurehead of "Big Brother".
Collection of twenty seven stories from the formative years of Isaac Asimov, from 1939 to 1949.
Entertainment agent Myron Bolitar offers a ride home to a young girl to prevent her …
Full of implausible characters/situations and not much happens. I almost never stop reading a book before the end but I felt like it at several points while reading it.
Two teenagers, dissatisfied with the slow progress of space science, plan and carry through their own trips to Mars where …
Rafael Sabatini: Scaramouche (2001, Signet Classic)
Idealism can be transferred from one person to another on a vehicle called revenge.
[from Wikipedia: Scaramouche tells the …
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. It is April 1964 and …
