Gary, As a genuine American Patriot and former Sergeant in the USMC, I've travelled to: Australia Belgium Canada China, including Hong Kong & Mac...

Probably because EVERY. SINGLE. COUNTRY. EXCEPT. AMERICA. USES. METRIC. Of course, every single other country has healthcare coverage for all, high-s...

Heh. E. E.Doc Smith is a classic era giant. For more fun, see if you can find some of the short stories by John Campbell. He is one of the ones who...

I am trying to let my mind wander... it will be a year before #15 comes out, so I need to divert my attention anyways. Check out the "other authors" ...

They have already demonstrated that a fab can build another fab. They just need to start the process, then let the rule of squares take over... It m...

Do a quick search on YouTube for Wil Wheaton doing a dramatic reading of Redshirts, and you'll find that electrical burns from control panels is the s...

Ryk, Please don't go flying until you finish #15! 🙂

@Al – Nuttall is excellent, I’ve read most of his books. You can go toand check out some of his older books for free. Just wanted to move this one to...

I always heard William Morgan Sheppard in my head when Tug spoke. I later decided he couldn't be that gruff, when I found out his secret, but up unti...

At least partially it is accumulating a massive amount of energy that you are trying to dump, all at once, into the target. It seems like you could f...

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Wil is cool, but not quite Nathan to me. Maybe a supporting role... Tug or someone like that? He is getting older nowadays...

I still like the "Author's Edition" idea. Wouldn't really hurt anyone, but it would help load up Ryk's coffers, so he can relax a little bit.

Michael, I agree with much of what you said. I also keep in mind that there are 15 books in this series. For the payoff of the 15 books to happen, t...

Free books, who doesn't like that? 🙂 Just passed 51% on Second Chances. The author assumes I know a lot more about British history, and WW2 histo...

Thanks, Mike Strong! I went to his website and downloaded the three books in his "Second Chances" series. Just starting it, not sure how it will do,...

Hey Nuc, bought it for my daughter. Now I'm on chapter three. Cute. Thanks.

oh ooh! Write a 3-5 page small piece about a small scene between two minor characters! Something that doesn't affect the plot, but helps define one ...

Today's Amazon rankings for Ryk: Amazon Author Rank #25 in Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction #26 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction >...

How about this: Release two versions of your next book. "Episode 11" and "Episode 11 Author's edition". Put the first one out at $2.99, the "Author'...

I like Gary's “Ryk Brown children’s college and hard liquor fund charity raffle”. 🙂 My vote (as if it mattered what I think) is that you should ta...

I am sure the sales of all the previous books jumps when a new book comes out as well, but I doubt that is the main factor motivating Ryk. Sales to d...

Due to Hamsterman's comments on Amazon's forums, I just read "Visit to a Weird Planet" and "Visit to a Weird Planet, revised". Easily google-searchab...

We all are appreciative of the series, and of course we want them ASAP, but take all the time you need. We'd prefer the series to end well rather tha...

In in, the guy stranded on Mars starts taking Martian soil into his hab, and mixing it with his waste material. He could only mix in a certain amount...

On the jumping thing, Ryk has said that mass in between start and finish points interferes with jumping.

I like it. For food on the asteroid, see "The Martian" by Andy Weir. Lots of Potatoes... 🙂

You guys ever hear of this? Maybe fake, but interesting...

For the Comm Drone, in my head I substituted Star Trek 2 Photon Torpedo/Spock's casket for the device. Slick, black, and shiny.

Good one, Al. The power would be large, but a ZPED should work. In fact, just use a comm drone with a ZPED set to max power! Teleport Drone! I see...