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I like it, Chemisttree, but I have to stick with recent and actual history for this book. That's how the thriller genre is. I have to root everything in actual history, or slightly modified history. It's a pain, but sells more books. :) Maybe the devices, in orbit, could increase the magnetic...
I think I need to avoid the Thule Society and occult in this one and focus on science, even fringe science, but no aliens or spiritual world. In other books, I'm all for that, but the feel of this one is more science based. Like Crichton.
Like the sound of the Lorentz force. Will try to wrap...
Wow, it's been a long time since we had this conversation, but great news--the book is going to be published in 2012! The title of the book is SecondWorld. Now, I've used the theory proposed here that during a time when the solar winds decrease, a cloud of iron moves into the solar system...
Awesome. I actually just submitted my proposal for the book to my agent. It's a 78 page sample and a summary. If he likes it we'll start taking it out to publishers. If not, I may need to rework. But I'll definitely keep you posted on any developments!
Wow, I've been busy. Slow reply!
No need to worry about wet blankets. I welcome all possibilities. The benefit of being a fiction writer is that I can choose to ignore certain facts to make a story work, or in this case, come up with a solution that works, even if its hypothetical.
-- Jeremy
Awesome, chemisttree. I've actually been so inspired by the ideas here, and I'm heavily leaning toward the iron oxide idea, that I wrote the prologue today. Came out great! Now the next hardest step...a title.
-- Jeremy
Aha! chemisttree, I was able to find out that too much iron oxide in the system would cause Iron Poisoning...which has these nasty symptoms resulting in death. Perfect!
"The first indication of iron poisoning by ingestion is a pain in the stomach, as the stomach lining becomes ulcerated. This...
chemisttree, forgive my ignorance, but how would iron oxide doom the earth? Would it, essentially, make the air unbreathable? Poisonous? What is the effect of iron oxide when inhaled? Or does the creation of iron oxide use up the oxygen? I like the idea! I just need to fully understand the...
Can you define "extremely high temperatures"? I'm guessing it would also burn everything on the surface of the planet as well, yes? Like a big burnt marshmallow.
I'm digging the comet strike Antarctica idea...but I already thawed Antarctica in Antarktos Rising... so readers might see that as rehashing an old idea. Though I didn't use a comet for that. Impact could also set off a bunch of volcanoes, speeding things up.
Sylas, awesome information. There...
Just read The Last Woman on Earth page you listed. Funny. They ran into the "how to remove the oxygen and how to replenish it" issue as well, but it seems they just made stuff up! Ahh, the sixties. If only I were writing then.
-- Jeremy
I'd recommend getting the new one, PULSE. Comes out May 26th. My first hard cover, and by far, my best book! Picture Black Order (my favorite Rollins/Sigma book) on speed with a lot more killing...and monsters. After that, check out Antarktos Rising and Kronos. Both have religious themes, so if...
Cryptonic, you nailed it! That's the story...or at least the beginning. But it won't be two scientists, it will be one. And it won't be aliens. I have to stay in the science thriller realm, which excludes aliens (or at least an invading force). The story will be more about the one survivor of...