Sci-Fi Group Book Club discussion

I am not sure whether this is the right place to put this because there is self-interest here, but the moderators can always remove it if they say no. My question is, how many would think about trying SF where there is some science they hadn't thought about before? And where there is something not too many others have either? And I don't mean maths. As an example, for colonising Mars, there is a problem of solar particle flux, and in my novel "Red Gold" I had a superconducting magnet at the Mars sun L-1 position, and that was published about 5 years before NASA suggested that. Of course you still need a good story, but the background can provide something to think about, and show one or two other odds and ends, such as in this story, the plot depends on NASA and USGS failing to agree on naming, and it is true. Anyway, if anyone is interested, it is on a Kindle countdown discount from April 13 - 19 Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009U0458Y

Thanks Ian,

I have downloaded it and will give it a read. Your description made me think of Asimov and I see that one of the reviewers made that some comparison.

Damon wrote: "Thanks Ian,

I have downloaded it and will give it a read. Your description made me think of Asimov and I see that one of the reviewers made that some comparison."

Hope you find it interesting

For those who are interested in how scientific theories are formed, or even better, want to try our hand, from Sept 13 - 20 "Athene's Prophecy" (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GYL4HGW ) is 99c. As part of preparation for saving the world in the 24th century in the first century part of Scaevola's quest is to show that the earth goes around the sun. The problem is, the existing scientific literature proves it does not. Could you see how this could be done with 1st century knowledge? On top of that, there is the minor problem of surviving Caligulae. The answer comes in the next book, which will be discounted in a month. Science seldom goes in a straight line, and I have tried to show how this might have gone, but did not.