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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C7_220813: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Seven: “Chance Meeting”.] Barrie Cameron makes reference to the Antikythera Mechanism in his science fiction novel, ‘Star Island‘. The reference relates to a gift, a watch, whose design is influenced by the Antikythera Mechanism. Origins of the Antikythera Mechanism The Mechanism was believed to have been built…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C6_220802: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Six: “Artume Project”.] Barrie Cameron has included a fictional space station in his science fiction novel, ‘Star Island’ (Book One of his Planetoid Triligy). He has located this large rotating station at the Earth-Moon L5 Lagrangian Point. He has created this L5 Space Station to provide a…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C5-A_220725: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Five: “Another Paris Meeting”.] Additional thoughts on Wormholes: SP: I understand, Barrie, that you have had some additional thoughts on our last Wormholes post. Hence this post: ‘Wormholes revisited’. BC: Yes, that’s correct, Ian. I was perhaps too reluctant to comment on a topic which is still…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C5_220701: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Five: “Another Paris Meeting”.] SP: Barrie, one of your characters in chapter 5 of your book ‘Star Island’ makes reference to wormholes. Do wormholes feature in your novel? BC: Are you asking me to release a spoiler, Ian? (frowns). SP: This could be a short interview. BC:…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C4_220625: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Four: “Dry River Cave”.] New Character SP: Barrie, in Chapter Four of ‘Star Island‘, the first book of your Planetoid Trilogy, you introduce a new character, Dr James Anderson, Jimmy, to his friends. I can understand you having such a character in an adventure story about an…
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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C1_220512: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter One: “Oblivion”.] A key element in Chapter One, “Oblivion”, of my first ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ book, ‘Star Island‘, is the ‘calibration test of the MiniAXE apparatus’. Effectively it is a science experiment. Today we take for granted that scientists and engineers use experiments to rigorously test their scientific…
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