I studied Chemistry at university and then spent over thirty years in classrooms across England teaching almost anything but Chemistry, including Photography, Communications Skills, General Science, Computing, and Information and Communications Technology.

In the 1990s I spent ten years writing abstracts of chemical patents. These were distributed to research scientists by subscription. Articles of mine have been published in magazines and I have written assignments used for assessing Communications Skills for a major international Examination Board. About twelve years ago I began writing science fiction.

What next? Complete the sequel to 'Passengers to Sentience', 'Sentience Revelations', and work on the other five SF stories in the pipeline.

The picture is a portrait of the author as a young man, painted by Charlotte Salisbury, the cover artist for Passengers to Sentience.

Blog: http://petersalisburyauthor.blogspot.com

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• The Sidewalk Solar System on Jan. 14, 2010
  
  What a great idea! My son will love this as he is interested in anything to do with Physics and space. This experiment will demonstrate very effectively the relative distances of planets in our solar system. The explanation is clear and easy to follow.
  
• Falling Star on Dec. 23, 2010
  
  This guy knows his stuff! Phillip Chen has written a remarkable and stylish SF thriller, so prepare for a front seat drive. At the outset, the immediate action and vivid description of pilots in peril pull the reader straight into the story. What becomes as a deep-sea mystery soon turns into a switchback ride of deadly cat and mouse. The story has a continuous forward momentum and an underlying tension that doesn’t let go. It introduces a wide variety of richly drawn characters, each of which provokes an emotional response from the reader. There is effective use of humour in tense situations and a consistent thread of military/security service banter. However, many of the personnel in the book are trained in the use of lethal weapons and deadly force. The plot also includes chillingly realistic fire fights and assassinations. Although the reader may not wish to imagine himself in some of the situations, it is difficult to believe that the author has not been there himself, so precisely are the details recorded. Military use of undersea exploration craft and the reality of existence within such machinery is introduced in detail. Although the level of description might do justice to an internal security service report, on no occasion does it get in the way of this fast-paced thriller. The way the back story is woven unobtrusively into the action is very expertly done. A delight to the reader is the authoritative way the technical aspects of computer systems, submersible devices, weaponry and machinery are described. The novel works well as a standalone, with scope for a sequel. If there is a sequel, I shall definitely be in line to read it!
  
• To Hook or Not to Hook, That is the Question? on Jan. 23, 2011
  
  I have just finished reading this most interesting, amusing and highly readable essay on the 'requirements' of modern literary fashion, including the 'need' for a dead body to be found on the first page. One of the most gratifying things about the e-publishing revolution is that the literary agent and his or her current preoccupations can be circumvented entirely. The solution is to upload your carefully edited file to one of several highly reputable ebook publishing sites and watch appreciative readers download what you have written. At least you hope the readers will be appreciative. If you have written with conviction and skill, there may be at least a handful of readers who do enjoy what you have produced. If a reader offers an opinion on what or how you have written and/or is kind enough to give you the benefit of his or her reaction in detail, it may be immensely helpful in making improvements. That brings me to the second most wonderful thing about the e-publishing revolution: if someone spots a typo, or the author decides to re-write a paragraph, the newly revised book can appear within minutes after its completion. In answer to the question the author poses in this book, I have to say that I agreed with pretty much everything.