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Alastair Mayer - Author

@alastairmayer

Writer, retired software engineer, father of three adult kids, pilot, scuba diver, space enthusiast, and other things. Check out my "Alpha Centauri" series.

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My novel "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" is now available from Amazon. It's a loose sequel (different main characters) to my "Kakuloa: A Rising Tide." The planet Kakuloa, in the Alpha Centauri system, is the only source of an anti-aging drug found in squidberries. The planet also

My novel "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" is now available from Amazon. It's a loose sequel (different main characters) to my "Kakuloa: A Rising Tide." 

The planet Kakuloa, in the Alpha Centauri system, is the only source of an anti-aging drug found in squidberries. The planet also
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I have new works out. This week, The Expanding Universe 10 released, including my story "Relic." My novel Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide came out last week, and hit #72 in the Amazon bestseller category "Crime & Mystery Science Fiction" and #90 in "Colonization Science Fiction."

I have new works out. This week, The Expanding Universe 10 released, including my story "Relic."  My novel Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide came out last week, and hit #72 in the Amazon bestseller category "Crime & Mystery Science Fiction" and #90 in "Colonization Science Fiction."
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They did it, first try! In all my years of reading and writing science fiction, something like this never came up. Well done, SpaceX!

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Also including Echos of Exolife by J.C. Gemmell, The Cold Spot by Robert G. Williscroft, and Remora Reward by Lawrence M. Schoen, among many others.

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I asked Grok for a summary of my Carson & Roberts science fiction series. Despite getting a few tiny details wrong (and missing the fifth book, "The Pavonis Insurgence") it gave a surprisingly good analysis, and drilling down further turned up some nice insights.

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Happy National Science Fiction Day, everyone! Now go read a book or story. (Preferably one of mine, but any sf author's will do. 😉 )

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My Alpha Centauri series has always been a personal bestseller, and now Amazon agrees. "First Landing" is now #75 in the space exploration SF category, and #99 in the hard SF category. Incidentally, #76 is Ursula LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." Not bad company!

My Alpha Centauri series has always been a personal bestseller, and now Amazon agrees. "First Landing" is now #75 in the space exploration SF category, and #99 in the hard SF category. Incidentally, #76 is Ursula LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." Not bad company!
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I think Elon and @tesla missed a serious opportunity to troll everyone today by not putting an (idle) Optimus robot in the driver's seat of every Robotaxi. 😉

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Pleased to announce that my "crime & mystery science fiction" novel (Amazon's category) "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" has been nominated as a finalist for the 2025 Colorado Authors League (CAL) award in the category "Law Enforcement Mystery." Winners will be announced July 13.

Pleased to announce that my "crime & mystery science fiction" novel (Amazon's category) "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" has been nominated as a finalist for the 2025 Colorado Authors League (CAL) award in the category "Law Enforcement Mystery." Winners will be announced July 13.
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Extremely pleased to announce that my novel, "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" won this year's Colorado Authors League [CAL] Award in the category "Law Enforcement Mystery." It has a sci-fi setting (hence the cover) but the main character is a detective and much of the story is

Extremely pleased to announce that my novel, "Kakuloa: The Downhill Slide" won this year's Colorado Authors League [CAL] Award in the category "Law Enforcement Mystery." It has a sci-fi setting (hence the cover) but the main character is a detective and much of the story is