Logic's Prophet: An Original Screenplay

by Hans Ostrom

Based on the life of a 17th century philosopher, this historical drama tells the story of a brilliant man whose logical mind wrestled with his passionate, even libertine, soul. The story is told against the backdrop of a European culture in which religion collided with silence, darkness with light, and ignorance with enlightenment. A philosopher who fought duels, gambled, re-invented science, and ultimately found his fate intertwined with that of a European monarch--a Queen who was a feminist centuries ahead of her time.

95 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Bookworm, indiscriminate reader, poet, scholar, blah, blah. Most recent book is Forgotten African American Firsts: An Encyclopedia of Pioneering History, ABC-CLIO/Bloomsbury Publishers, 2023, which won an award from a division of the American Library Association for encyclopedias appropriate for small and medium sized libraries. Written with J. David Macey. Novels: Three to Get Ready (procedural mystery), Honoring Juanita (contemporary/historical fiction, environmental and ethnic themes), and Without One (bizarre medical thriller/satire). Books of of poetry: The Coast Starlight and Clear a Place for Good. Book about writing: With Katharine Haake and Wendy Bishop, Metro: Journeys in Writing Creatively. Two books about the work of Langston Hughes, and with J. David Macey, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (5 volumes). I write screenplays and am on IMDB. Working on a memoir about growing up in a micro-town in the High Sierra.