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On a visit to old Sacramento with my family, an exhibit on the influence of the Wells Fargo wagon on the frontier made me think about how it would be for colonists in another star system without faster-than-light travel. After retiring from my engineering career in 2009, I used that inspiration and published the Tau Ceti trilogy: "A Ship From Earth," "The New Colonists," and "The Immortality Conspiracy." That effort spawned new ideas for the universe I had created, and the two Methuselah novels, the Capek novella, and the Ambassador novels followed.
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	Tau Ceti: A Ship from Earth (Library Ship Saga) 4.29 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tau Ceti: The New Colonists (Library Ship Saga) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tau Ceti: The Immortality Conspiracy (Library Ship Saga) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambassador: The Lost Colony (Library Ship Saga) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambassador: Path by Contact (Library Ship Saga, #8) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyage of the Capek (Library Ship Saga) 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Methuselah Conspirators (Library Ship Saga) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ambassador: Mission to Earth (Library Ship Saga Book 9) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Methuselah's Revenge (Library Ship Saga) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In a previous blog posting (Evolution, Consciousness, and Altruism), I suggested that consciousness gave us the ability to override any programming of our actions coming from our DNA. This opinion runs counter to that of many thinkers in Evolution theory, Richard Dawkins for example, who claim that we have no free will and that everything we do is determined by our genetic makeup. This view is sup Read more of this blog post »

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George Hahn made a comment on W. Derek Atkins’s review of Tau Ceti: A Ship from Earth (Library Ship Saga) " Thanks for your review, both here and on Amazon. The original concept for the tale of Tau Ceti was too long for one book and became a trilogy. The fir ...more "
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Feldman keeps getting better. The twists and turns in this detective story are up there with the best. I do hope there will be a book 4.
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George Hahn made a comment on Rain’s review of Tau Ceti: A Ship from Earth (Tau Ceti #1) " Thanks for your input. I am curious about whether you read the 2024 version or an earlier version. The 2014 version did lose its momentum about half w ...more "
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Very readable introduction to neuroscience and evolution and a refreshing counter to the negativity of scientists who believe that evolution demands the denial of free will.
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