Ask the Author: Stephen R. Wilk
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Stephen R. Wilk
I'm not sure what you mean by "Gorgonism". If you mean the corpse photograph, I'd prefer not to, partially because I'm not looking to sensationalize the image, and because I obtained it under conditions of trust. If you look through medical books on conditions of death, as I did, you should be able to find similar images.
Stephen R. Wilk
Keep writing. And write about things that you really want to write about, things that you can't help but put down on paper (or in electronic form).
Stephen R. Wilk
For "How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap!" I have been writing about unusual science for years, so it seemed natural to write about Edible Lasers, the History of Ray Guns, and what Omar Khayyam's Magic Lantern were.
Stephen R. Wilk
For nonfiction, I was inspired by the "Science Fact" articles by Isaac Asimov, Stephen Jat Gould, L. Sprague de Camp, and Willy Ley, among others. For Fiction, the works of Asimov (again), Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, and others.
Stephen R. Wilk
Another Mythology Book -- Sons of God, about the Gemini and their parallels around the world.
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