Edward M. Lerner
Edward M. Lerner
Edward M. Lerneris an American author of science fiction, techno-thrillers, and popular science...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
nice crafts collaboration
Collaboration is a nice change of pace from the often solitary nature of the writer's craft.
epic wander interstellar
One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history.
writing scope length
The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write.
way natural genre
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural.
eight age sputnik
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.
book rooms energy
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.
bodies body cells medical novel sources tap
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.
differ enriched merely particular readers totally viewers
Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dependent, and what's merely enriched by reading/viewing in a particular order.
actual attempting fine merely might predict science sf technology uses work
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.
believe bold continue faith future inspire public sf writers
I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future that is at least as big and bold as the past.
hard sf
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics.
The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail.
believe forgotten humanity
I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore.
Happily, researchphilia is not the problem it once was. The Internet makes just-in-time research very practical.