Edward M. Lerner
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote past or future.Collection: Science
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can metabolize glycerol and glucose, just as the cells in our bodies do.Collection: Medical
Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect.Collection: Travel
The biggest fatal flaw in most fictional portrayals of nanotech - what sends those books arcing across the room - is ignoring that the nanobots need energy to do... anything.Collection: Book
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural.Collection: Way
The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write.Collection: Writing
I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever way the process ran, I've been a fan of science and SF ever since.Collection: Eight
One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history.Collection: Epic
Collaboration is a nice change of pace from the often solitary nature of the writer's craft.Collection: Nice