Mouse Knitting DNA

Mouse Knitting DNA

I love this statue. It is a tribute to the part that mice, as a species, have played in the advancement of medical science. It appears in a park in Siberia, Russia in front of one of their science laboratories....
Telesurgery in Ficiton and Imagination

Telesurgery in Ficiton and Imagination

I spoke to a room full of surgeons about the future of robotic surgery, using advanced technologies described in my fiction series “Dr. Monica Grey”. It went over fantastically well. The audience was more interested in my speculative ideas than in many of...
Tech vs. Character Cover Images

Tech vs. Character Cover Images

I loved the original cover of the first book because it was very “techie”. But as I have fleshed out the characters, I am more attracted to showing them on the cover. I am in discussions with my designer to shift to something like the second picture for a...
Childhood’s End, Still Great After 70 Years

Childhood’s End, Still Great After 70 Years

I just finished listening to the audiobook of “Childhood’s End” by Arthur C Clarke. It was written in 1953 describing man’s first encounter with aliens. But this encounter is not like anything in today’s movies. It’s a 180-year saga...