This is the main website for the writer D.W.Patterson (me) and will be used to add comments and sometimes samples of my fiction.
The type of science fiction I write is sometimes called hard science fiction.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a consensus as to the meaning of hard science fiction. I tend to think of it as a science fiction story with science as an important character. Read more below.
My first "universe," Future Chron, consists of 8 short stories, 16 novellas, and 9 novels. It is generally a far future universe (from today until 2900 so far).
My second "universe," Remembered Earth, consists of 8 short stories and two novellas with more in the works. It is a near-future exploration/extrapolation of what might happen in the rest of this century. Slightly extrapolated technology and physics are used but character and setting are also important. These are some of my first stories in which I have used first person, and I am generally pleased with the results.
My third "universe," Manifold Earth, starts in the near future but has a far future feel to the science. The invention of the first reactionless (that is, it does not rely on Newton's action/reaction law) rocket engine is followed and the effect such a development will have on society is explored.
My fourth "universe," Forgotten Earth Universe, actually started as a novel which refused to write itself (but maybe someday) and is now focused on the development of a space drive similar to Alcubierre's warp drive as explored in the current physics literature (not based on the Star Trek warp drive).
I have been writing now since the end of 2015. I published my first collection of Future Chron novellas, From The Earth #1, in 2017 and the first Future Chron novel, Mach's Metric (Wormhole Series Book 1), in 2018.
While plot and character drive the storytelling in the Future Chron universe (I think), physics also plays an important role. However, this is not known physics but highly extrapolated future physics. (Actually, the universe starts in the near future when technology and science is not much different from now).
This extrapolated physics is not "just made up" but has its genesis in current research or popular science books. This is an important point for me, although it may seem to be "made up" science and technology, it has the possibility, however slightly, to come true. At least, at this point, to my knowledge, nothing I've written can be ruled out.
So, if you like science, especially physics, I think you will like my work. My own influences include Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Isaac Asimov and Clifford Simak although I wouldn't claim to match their writing acumen.
If you would like to check out my writing, I usually have many short stories and several novels priced at $0.99 (USA). Sometimes I have free books on my web store (see the sidebar). Also, look under the Sample Stories tab for excerpts. My best are probably my most recent, although if you enjoy those I hope you will fill in your knowledge of the Future Chron Universe by picking up some of my earlier work also. And don't forget the beginnings of the Remembered Earth Universe, Manifold Earth Universe, Forgotten Earth Universe for near-future extrapolation.
Thank you for reading.
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