Who is Thomas Neal Orland?
T.N.O. is a retired engineer, an avid science enthusiast and lifelong fan of
sci-fi books and movies of every genre.
His major influences are
Arthur C. Clarke, Issac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, James P. Hogan, Michael Chriton
and many others.
His favorite TV shows include Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Firefly and The Expanse.
T.N.O. lives in Austin, Texas, where he is a constant embarrassment to his three teenage kids.
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MOONGAME
In the twenty-third century all factories are fully automated, agriculture has been replaced by chemically engineered fibers and nutrients, and money is based on fundamental units of energy. Most people live on a guaranteed basic income, and gambling on Moongame is the most popular pastime in the history of humanity.
Moongame is a brutal mix of basketball, polo and X-games played on the moon. Riders on electric bikes perform impossible stunts in the low lunar gravity while fighting to score goals and earn favors. The more brutal and dramatic they are in the game, the more favors they earn.
Roe Morgan dreamed of being a top moongamer until a horrible accident forced a change in his plans. Eight hundred kilometers away, June Kiffayat only wanted a normal life and to raise a family with her ambitious husband, Perry. But Moongame has its eye on Roe and June. They don't know it yet, but they both have something Moongame wants.
Moongame is a hard sci-fi novel filled with action, smart characters, intrigue and just a little bit of romance.
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And Then We All Just Died
And Then We All Just Died is a random assortment of fifteen short stories including hard sci-fi, mild comedy, historical fiction and one truly horrific tale of bloody torture. The basic gist: Things don't always turn out the way they should.
---Stories Included---
Pirate Greybeard:
Can an aging high-tech pirate hold the US Navy at bay while pilfering a cargo ship, alone?
TSD-17 Has A Hair Trigger:
A man accidentally kills his daughter and her professor. Or does he?
Home From College:
Billy and his dad debate the existence of Free Will. Somehow, they both win.
Unintended Consequences:
A man learns about a shortcut to gain immense knowledge fast. He doesn't anticipate what could happen if it gets into the wrong hands.
The Ironic Fate of Jefferson Bonham:
On a routine trip to Mars something goes terribly wrong affecting the fate of all humanity.
Conspiracy:
Gloom, despair and hopelessness sometimes have no resolution.
Djobin and the Ice Cream Man:
Inter-racial conflict, resolved by a raging giant, a green woman and an ice cream vendor.
An Incident At Farka:
Four travelers are stranded on a primitive planet gripped in a brutal ice age. How will they survive?
Alec's Journey:
A thirteen year old boy has a bad home life and some unusual friends. But he's doing okay so far. That's all going to change soon.
Einstein Was Not Wrong:
A neuroscientist has a private complaint about his physicist wife. Somehow, someone else knows it too.
Poems for Children:
Is it possible for a child's poem to change the world? Yes. It is. And it already has. (Based on a true story.)
The Prospector:
An old man with a pick-axe and a wagon, a murderous beast and some mysteriously anachronistic technologies.
Saying Grace:
A family of six has a tense dinner conversation involving science, technology and religion.
The Stuff of Nightmares:
A woman is being brutally tortured. But by who? Why? And what will make him stop?
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