Rusty Williamson's Blog
March 5, 2019
The Spiral Slayers and Life
In the universe I created for The Spiral Slayers, life is seeded on planets by meteors and comets—bacteria are carried by meteors and eukaryote cells are carried in comets. And therefore, anywhere in the universe, once a suitable planet is seeded, life progresses in the same way unless something interrupts it. What determines what type […]
February 22, 2019
Relative Shapes, Distances and More
We all know that speed is relative but what about the shape of things, the distance to somewhere, the volume of an object and, of course, time. These things change as well depending on speed and on gravity. Note it’s not that these things just appear to change, they actually do change. Speed All speed […]
February 18, 2019
The Relative Observer Quandary
Relativity and the relativity of simultaneity.
January 29, 2019
Finding Time is Hard
About Muller's Now, The Physics of Time
January 26, 2019
An Exponential Step Beyond
A description of The Spiral Slayers science fiction series.
December 23, 2018
Deep Relationships in Physics
Temperature and time Scientists have found that actions are reversable unless heat is produced. Once energy is lost to heat you cannot get it back. But there’s more. Time passes faster in high temperatures and slower in cold. However, it goes further than this, without heat exchange time would not pass as nothing would move, […]
December 21, 2018
Writing and the Unified Process
On the art of writing and the Unified Process.
December 17, 2018
TSS Book Two: Countdown Armageddon
The Spiral Slayers, Book Two, Countdown Armageddon is a story about people of the planet Amular facing the impossible. It shows how, in the face of overwhelming odds and hopelessness, it’s possible to think outside the box and find hope where there seems little to be found. The alien species the Loud are a thousand […]
December 16, 2018
The Spiral Slayers: Book One — Encounters
The Idea The original idea for The Spiral Slayers’ story came to me in 1992 and evolved over the next 16 years. I decided to try and write the story in 2008. It was never supposed to be a four-book series. I overlooked the topic of proper manuscript word counts until I was 20 percent […]
December 13, 2018
The Spiral Slayer: Book 3 – Odyssey (Part 2)
During story development and the making of the Encounters book trailer many sketches and computer models were made with a second trailer in mind or just for planning and visualization. The following showcases some of these created for book three. Nemesis – The Whiteship/Blackship The Whiteship and the Blackship are the same except one is […]
