Tag Archives: New Frontiers

Appendix (a New Frontiers Story)

Posted on June 18, 2021 by dan

I remember I was out on a mission with my translator Plamen. We were way out in Aaha space, trying to sell a magnetic confinement fusion device as “human folk art.” Here was the scam: you take this stellarator coil, which … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Sex?

Posted on June 24, 2015 by dan

This is kind of beside the point for Junction, since the aliens in question are non-sapient animals, but I guess I got into this habit writing New Frontiers. Just can’t stop thinking about alien sex! Specifically, why have it? Why … Continue reading →

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7 Dangerous Myths about Zehra Yilmaz

Posted on November 5, 2014 by dan

My first piece of fan-stuff for New Frontiers, centered on its heroine, the scary “exo-erotic diplomat” who loves aliens for the sake of the European Union. Seven Dangerous Myths About Zehra: —doesn’t mix business and pleasure —has phenomenal impulse control … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers is done!

Posted on August 30, 2014 by dan

87K words. Jan2013-Aug2014. NEW FRONTIERS is done. I sent the final draft to Jennie Goloboy to shop to publishers. Thanks to everyone who helped and supported this project, including Melissa Walshe, Tex Thompson, Simon Roy, Ben Poulsen, Michael Silva, Christine … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers Works Referenced

Posted on August 2, 2014 by dan

In case you were curious… Education (i.e. works referenced) Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson Savages by Joe Kane Human Behavioral Biology by Robert Sapolsky (Spring 2010) … Continue reading →

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Sexy Sophonts interview

Posted on March 20, 2014 by dan

Scifi Ideas just posted an interview (with illustrations!) about New Frontiers. New Frontiers is a science fiction novel I recently finished and it does something I haven’t seen before, which explore how aliens can be irrational. Irrationality (meaning a tendency … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers is ready!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by dan

So, as I have been subtly hinting over the past year, I have been writing a novel called New Frontiers. It’s a scifi/humor murder mystery about sex, aliens, sex with aliens, and the Hard Problem of Consciousness. And it is now … Continue reading →

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