Eric's Friend Comments

I haven't posted for a while because I've been editing a new book. ASTRONAVIGATION will be published by Springer some time in 2017. This book will be the hands-on emergency guide for all navigators both sea and air. The brain-child of Dr. Kurt Zitscha, it contains the navigation formulas to use when the global GPS system goes down. It is absolutely ground-breaking.

Recently received a glowing 5-star review on Amazon for MURDER BEYOND THE MILKY WAY --

This amazing book is Hard Science fiction ala Isaac Asimov, a murder mystery in Outer Space where science fiction meets hard-boiled mystery in a perfect alliance. Harry Salem is a noir detective from the Raymond Chandler books, but with Eric B. Ruark's unique changes and interpretation. Other characters like Captain O'Rouarke, of the Space Cavalry, Steve Somerset, Lydia Thompson, and Quincey are well-characterized and keep the edge-of-the-seat mystery going. Vivid descriptions of planets like Magnum Four and Emerson Five are well-written with vivid colors and words that fill all of the senses so you actually feel like you're there. Unexpected twists and turns of the plot keep you guessing.

Currently working on a sequel to MURDER BEYOND THE MILKY WAY. The working title is DO ROBOTS WEEP MAGNETIC TEARS. (I may change Robots to Androids althought I'm not decided at this point.) I'm about 100 pages into a probable 300 page book.

Currently translating my Little Tree story into Spanish.

Thanks for your friendship. :)

Coming soon... THE LITTLE TREE THAT WOULD... in French!

I'm not interested in "fan" fiction. I consider "fan" fiction to be anything written by someone other that the author that created the work/character to begin with. For example, all these new and improved Sherlock Holmes books. The stories may be well crafted, but they are not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sir Arthur had a specific style and technique that was unique for his time and place. It's what made Sherlock Holmes... well, Sherlock Holmes.

At my age, just trying to remember all the books I've read takes up a lot of time.