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.
Want to see Darth Vader & Storm Troopers dancing? (And some cute girls and guys?) Watch! The tune is from an album by the UK band Status Quo. Video by videditor KM Music in Thessaloniki Greece. One of my favorite … Continue reading →
I lack any announcements of sci-fi/fantasy news this week, or any other news I want to shout about. Not because there is none, but because I’m lazy. So I’m starting a new practice. Each week without news I’ll post a … Continue reading →
Last week I came across an announcement that Season 2 of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy has been renewed. This jogged a vague memory of an announcement some time back of the superhero series. It’s a Netflix production and … Continue reading →
I always buy anything by Lois McMaster Bujold. I know from past experience that no matter what genre her story is it will be engrossing, touching, fun and funny, rarely sad. Written with economical but not spare grace. Just such … Continue reading →
I just received and put up on my wall a photo of Natasha Romanoff as Black Widow. It’s from “Captain America: Civil War.” It’s directly in my line of sight when I lift my gaze from my computer monitor. It … Continue reading →
At the end of the last Avengers movie several of the Avengers have disappeared, retired, or SEEM to be dead. Among them is Natasha Romanoff: the Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson. But in the comics and movies based on … Continue reading →
Just when I’ve almost despaired of finding a new favorite SF/F writer I stumble across one. Her name is Emily Croy Barker. The book which introduced me to her is The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic. It’s available from … Continue reading →
I’m halfway through Book 3 of the Space Orphan trilogy. At this point my hero/ine Jane meets the centaur-like cat people. Before she only knew them from the city they left behind 19,000 years ago inside an asteroid in the … Continue reading →
I’m a gun owner and fan from way back. My first gun was a Winchester-like BB gun. The second I got when was I was 17 – a Colt .45 1911 pistol which I customized with Goncala Alves grips. I … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2nd amendment, action-adventure, alternate history, alternative history, Colt .45 automatic, Defense, Glock, Glock 19, Human Interstellar Confederation, reasonable gun laws, responsible gun laws, Sci fi, science fiction, The Star Woman, The Super Olympian
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Some characters stick in our minds after we’ve finished a story. Such is the case of Athena Sarah Mawusi Akwete Ocampo, the main character in my Athena’s Journey. I’ve been almost forced by my subconscious to write a second novelette … Continue reading →
