Author Archives: Laer Carroll

About Laer Carroll

I am an aerospace software and systems engineer recently retired to become a professional writer. My genres include sci fi and fantasy, young adult, and technical books.

Lois McMaster Bujold’s THE SPIRIT RING – terrific fantasy

Posted on October 28, 2018

You’re in for a treat if you’ve somehow overlooked Lois McMaster Bujold‘s first fantasy novel, written after she’d achieved success with the “Vorkosiverse” novels. I had. Recently I came across a mention of it and snapped it up. I’m glad … Continue reading →

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THE EONS-LOST ORPHAN sequel

Posted on October 13, 2018

I’ve had a lot of queries about sequels to The Eons-Lost Orphan. Good news: I’m a quarter of the way into the first one. Bad news: I don’t expect to finish before Thanksgiving. Christmas week is a more likely launch … Continue reading →

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MURDERBOT 4, last of the series, now available

Posted on October 2, 2018

The last of the four novellas which make up Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries is now available. Each is a complete story, but together they make up one complete novel. It brings to a satisfying resolution the longer story arc. … Continue reading →

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MURDOCH MYSTERIES – fascinating police detective show

Posted on September 14, 2018

One of my favorite TV shows is Murdoch Mysteries, a Canadian series. The main character is a Toronto detective in the constabulary in the late 1890s and early 1900s. He is something of a Sherlock Holmes, if Holmes used and … Continue reading →

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SHUFFLE DANCE – a growing phenom

Posted on September 12, 2018

The Shuffle Dance was inspired partly by Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk. It began in Melbourne, Australia, in the ’90s and grew in Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, and especially China. At the same time it was spreading to Europe and … Continue reading →

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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL preview & director discussion

Posted on August 23, 2018

20th Century Fox has just released the latest preview of “Alita: Battle Angel.” Along with it is an interview with producer James Cameron, director Robert Rodriguez, and actress Rosa Salazar. You might think the youngest of the trio would have … Continue reading →

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WOMEN with SWORDS – hypnotic

Posted on July 26, 2018

The title says it all!

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THE EONS-LOST ORPHAN – my latest book

Posted on July 18, 2018

Jane Doe remembered nothing about her past when she awoke naked in a park. She was unhurt and seemed 14 years old, a small pretty blond. In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be … Continue reading →

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TEACHABLE ASSHOLES and the MeToo movement

Posted on July 10, 2018

I was brought up to be an asshole. A lot of men are. The main issue of the #MeToo movement for each of us men is: Are we teachable assholes? Or unteachable? The unteachables are and forever will be rapists … Continue reading →

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Latest Vorkosiverse story from LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD

Posted on May 18, 2018

Anything new from grand master Lois McMaster Bujold is a cause for celebration. I hastened to download her latest story in her Vorkosigan Universe series. THEN I celebrated. Click the image to read an excerpt and to buy the story.

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