Jeffrey A. Carver
Biography
Jeffrey A. Carver was a Nebula Award finalist for his novel Eternity's End. He also authored Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the critically acclaimed television miniseries. His novels combine thought-provoking characters with engaging storytelling, and range from the adventures of the Star Rigger universe (Star Rigger's Way, Dragons in the Stars, and others) to the ongoing, character-driven hard SF of The Chaos Chronicles—which begins with Neptune Crossing and continues with Strange Attractors, The Infinite Sea, and Sunborn. The first three Chaos books are available on Smashwords with all-new Afterwords, featuring the author's reflections on the writing of these novels.
A native of Huron, Ohio, Carver lives with his family in the Boston area. He has taught writing in a variety of settings, from educational television to conferences for young writers to MIT, as well as his ongoing Ultimate Science Fiction Workshop with Craig Shaw Gardner. He has created a free web site for aspiring authors of all ages at http://www.writesf.com.
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Books
Dragon Space: A Star Rigger Omnibus
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $5.99 USD. 247310 words.
Published on April 28, 2011. Fiction.
Two Star Rigger novels in one! Between the stars, says legend, there lives a realm of dragons. When a young star rigger named Jael flies the forbidden route, she learns the reality—that the dragons are real, and deadly. Only after a dragon named Highwing befriends her does Jael realize she has been caught up in an ancient battle of good and evil, her appearance foretold by an ancient prophecy.
What Gods Are These?
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $0.99 USD. 7030 words.
Published on January 14, 2011. Fiction.
A lone survivor lurks in a ruined space station, facing certain death or capture. Earth has been saved from herself, her warring human children abducted by the Saviors to a forced promise of peace. Now they're coming for him. Can the human spirit survive in the face of the Saviors' overwhelming force? First appeared in Galileo magazine, from the author of Eternity's End. 7000 words
Reality School: In the Entropy Zone
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $0.99 USD. 13040 words.
Published on January 8, 2011. Fiction.
"Reality shapers"-- the children whose job it is to keep the forces of disorder at bay, to "maintain" reality for humanity. It sounds like grand, even godlike work, and some oppose it for just that reason. But with a deadly entropic fold threatening to destroy the world, a handful of children must assume the most perilous job in human history. First appeared in Science Fiction Age. 12,700 words
Shapeshifter Finals
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $0.99 USD. 8400 words.
Published on January 8, 2011. Fiction.
When Hog Donovan joined the Games of IIMAWL, the IntraGalactic Interworld Multicultural Amateur Wrestling League, he knew he’d be facing alien competition. But a shapeshifter? With Earth’s honor at stake and his mother screaming from the stands, what’s the young wrestler to do? “Shapeshifter Finals” originally appeared in Warriors of Blood and Dream, edited by Roger Zelazny. 7800 words
The Infinite Sea
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $3.99 USD. 123480 words.
Published on October 16, 2010. Fiction.
Flung to an alien ocean world, John Bandicut and his companions find themselves plunged into the deepsea realm of the Neri. What will they find in the Neri's failing undersea city, or in the terrifying object of the deep abyss? Book 3 of The Chaos Chronicles continues the hard-SF saga inspired by chaos theory—with an all-new Afterword by the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.
Strange Attractors
by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $3.99 USD. 99110 words.
Published on September 18, 2010. Fiction.
For John Bandicut, Earth is but a memory. Stranded outside the galaxy in a vast structure peopled by a thousand races, Bandicut finds unexpected friends—only to be caught up in a cascade of irresistible forces. Confronting an entity known as the boojum, Bandicut discovers that the Shipworld itself is in peril, and only he can intervene. Book 2 of The Chaos Chronicles—with an all-new Afterword.
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