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| TorgoTheWhite |
Author has written 9 stories for Fantasy, and Sci-Fi. I'm Yinzhe and I am currently working as a firmware engineer at IBM, Austin. I've been a fan of Science Fiction since my youth and I particularly enjoy Hard Sci-Fi. I started writing Hard Sci-Fi stories... a very long time ago and I've been busy so I basically did little to no writing during my days as an EE undergrad. Current Project: SETI project is dead in the water. Finished the Loch Ness story four years ago (Loched Up) but might do one regarding a sea serpent in the near future. Jovian Chronicles is ... well, in development hell. Turns out I don't have the endurance for novellas so Lady Luck, which is supposed to be one of the first stories in the series, is getting a lot of lousy luck. I am trying to pick up the pieces after a two year lapse by starting out with short hard sci-fi stories with simple premises. Currently trying to force myself to finish one about a space fleet engaging a submersible fleet. Another one about dog-fights on Venus is still in the work (development hell... ahem). Once I get the steam going I will try and write a more personal story on the plight of a space navy weapons officer's attempt to adjust to life on earth. Perhaps I could include it as a part of the Jovian Chronicles. I am also thinking about venturing into historical fictions and light-hearted superhero comic parodies. The idea I have for historical fiction will be a piece set during Song China called the "Mask of Lanling", which will concern General Di Qing, a well-regarded national hero who worked his way up from a mere soldier. As for the superhero parody, I am thinking about a series on Captain Metro, a superhero with metro bus based super powers. It might just be insane enough to work. Influences: Holy Trinity of the Golden Age of Scifi (Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein, in no particular order) Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Ray Bradbury, Hal Clement, H.P. Lovecraft. Favorite Director: Stanley Kubrick (for flipping the bird in the face of pretentious film critics and getting away with it) Favorite Film of all time: 2001: A Space Odyssey Other Films I enjoyed: Brazil, The Matrix, Planet of the Apes, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, They Live, The Dark Knight, etc. Favorite book series: Foundation Trilogy Favorite Comedian: Jack Chick (more laughs in a single panel than the last six Eddy Murphy movies combined) Other favorite comedians: Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen before low brow films ruined his career. | |||||||
1. Oversight » reviewsShort hard science fiction story to get me back in the game of amateur sci-fi writing after a two-year hiatus. When the Martian invasion force crippled the Terran orbital defense system, Earth's only hope rests within the hands of a determined nuclear submarine captain. An unorthodox "fleet" vs "fleet" orbital vs. submersible tale.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 6 - Words: 10,507 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 4-14-13 - Published: 8-18-122. Courting Lady Luck » reviewsAs the crew of Lady Luck, an interplanetary merchant vessel, attempt to assist a purportedly broke down Martian ship, they find themselves under attack from an unknown menace.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 8 - Words: 12,319 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 8-4-10 - Published: 7-5-083. Loched Up reviewsWhen the manager of Scotland Disney World attempted to clone plesiosaurs to bring in business, he was in for a surprise.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,091 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-16-08 - Complete4. Castles in the Sky reviewsA child brought up under a totalitarian Earth watches the planet's final engagement against the Martians.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 623 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-23-08 - Complete5. The Melody of Rain reviewsThe account of an "unMarsly" occurrence on the red planet.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 706 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 3-11-08 - Complete6. The Third Law reviewsA hard sci-fi account of an orbital maintenance man's misadventure aboard a derelict space station.Fiction: Sci-Fi - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,788 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 3-5-08 - Complete7. The Mutants AdventurePart III reviewsMonkeyfish and spidercat are rescued by kind-hearted Lauren Major by chance. Will they live happily ever after, or will the ambitions of an evil scientists change all that?Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,787 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-20-058. The Mutants AdventureSecond partMutant animals monkeyfish and spidercat have begun their voyage in California. Will they survive human persecutions in the city of Los Angeles?Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Suspense/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,465 - Published: 11-3-059. The Mutants Adventure reviewsI'm new to story writing so I am expecting a great deal of advice. Hopefully, I will improve as a novelist in the future. Thankyou.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,954 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-25-05
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