I have posted The Earthbound Series, a set of five novel-length science fiction stories that I wrote 25 years ago. I am about to start re-posting Lise, which is a spin-off of that series. I am posting these under a different pen name -- my own name. In doing so I am revealing Unca D's true identity and at this stage of my life I am OK with that.
2026 is a year of anniversaries. Not only is it the 250th of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence on July 4 1776 (a date an English colleague of mine refers to as Good Riddance Day), it is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. (SPOILER ALERT: that event plays a pivotal role in one of the Earthbound books.) 2026 is also the year I turn 75.
A bit of history: Earthbound is the story of a man from another planet, Nykkyo Kyhana, who hails from a world 200 light-years from Earth, a world whose history is inexorably entwined with Earth's future. Nykkyo is sent to Earth in the final days of the 20th Century on a mission to gather genetic samples of Earth plants.
As I mentioned I wrote Earthbound 25 years ago. I attempted to get it published, and although it did attract the attention of a literary agent or two, I was unsuccessful. Firmly believing that the primary purpose of publishing is to connect an author with readers, I turned to electronic publishing and set up a website to distribute the Earthbound as an ebook. That effort was modestly successful. Eventually Earthbound garnered over 50,000 downloads and reached readers in over a hundred countries.
This was back in the day when Google's motto was "Don't be evil" and when a Google search returned results instead of clutter and advertising. Then, a search like "Free sci-fi novel" would return my site in the top 10 results, and frequently the top two.
Now, twenty-five years later I have created 25th Anniversary Editions of these books and am offering them on SOL. I'm also anticipating offering them as ebooks on the ZBook store site.
These novels are a departure from what I've posted under my Unca D pen name. Sexuality in these books is deliberately oblique -- I would consider it to be PG-13 if these were films. Lise is a bit more risque but still not graphic. It would be R-rated I think.
I'm proud of these works. I hope Unca D's readers will enjoy them.