David Dire

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Newlander Escape - The Final Part Five

Newlander Escape – The Final Part Five

A hundred and thirty thousand odd words later, I’ve finally completed the dystopian series, ‘Newlander’. The final part five is out now and is longer than I expected it to be even after copious edits, but I’m very happy with the end results and the series as a whole. As I’ve said previously, I had no idea that writing the Newlander series would take me to where it did. I had an inkling, but I…

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Burst - First Contact

Burst – First Contact

  I’ve just released ‘Burst – first Contact‘ completely free for everyone who wants to read it. Burst is a story I was first inspired to write when I read about FRB’s (Fast Radio Bursts) being received from outer-space by our radio telescopes in March of this year. Fast radio bursts are radio signals from somewhere in the universe at large – possibly billions of light years away – that (may) have…

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Newlander System The Dystopian Series Part 4!

Newlander System The Dystopian Series Part 4!

‘Newlander – System’ is now released. ‘Newlander – System‘ is part four of the five part dystopian series that finds the protagonist trapped on an island with no escape, an island where nothing is as it seems and where his memory appears to have been ripped from him. The final part five will be released sometime around early July 2015! As ever, you can read part one, ‘Newlander – Arrivals‘ by…

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'Newlander - System' - Part Four Cover Reveal!

‘Newlander – System’ – Part Four Cover Reveal!

This is the cover for ‘Newlander – System‘, part four of the five part Newlander Series. As I’ve had done with all the covers, you’ll find hints at the mystery behind this story layered within the cover art.

Part four is being edited as we speak, and will be released on the 17th of April.

The puzzle is finally beginning to really fall into place for the main character trapped on an island with…

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Coherence - Enter the Multiverse

Coherence – Enter the Multiverse

I only blog about things I like, so you’re going to have to forgive me for another five star review. But ‘Coherence‘ definitely deserves it, so hear me out first before you make a judgement.

‘Coherence’ is the 2013 debut film of director ‘James Ward Byrkit’, and what a fine debut it is. A first-time director choosing this subject matter – and managing to pull it off – as complex as it is, is…

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They Came - Short Science Fiction Story

They Came – Short Science Fiction Story

  I’ve just released a short story called ‘They Came‘. If you’re a fan of TV shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits or Black Mirror, you’re probably going to love this!

The subject matter for ‘They Came’ is probably obvious from the cover and title, so I’m not really going to elaborate on it, you can guess it yourself… or can you?

When publishing, all authors hope to find a title that no…

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Newlander - Dystopian Sci-Fi Free

Newlander – Dystopian Sci-Fi Free

FREE: Part one of my dystopian mystery series ‘Newlander‘, is now free across all the major retailers!

This beginning part is just over 23,000 words long, and will take you into the world of the man who’s memories are completely absent, in a place where he has no idea how he arrived, with no idea why he’s there.

Trapped on an island where everything is ordered without any recourse to change it,…

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Newlander Insurgent The Dystopian Series Part 2!

Newlander Insurgent The Dystopian Series Part 2!

‘Newlander – Insurgent‘ is released and available now! This is part three of the dystopian mystery series, and see’s our protagonist falling deeper and deeper into the island’s clutches.

There will be five parts to this series, and we’ve already gone past the halfway point, and so has the character (if you want to see part one, go here.) Part three sees him going past a point of no return, and…

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Love the artwork. but he must be cold is all I can say.

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Ascension - Sci Fi Mini Series Review

Ascension – Sci Fi Mini Series Review

It’s been a long time since any science fiction TV show really made me say ‘Wow!’, but Ascension, the Canadian science fiction mystery mini series, did just that. I wasn’t expecting too much from it, but what I got was so far beyond my expectation that I had to devote a post to it.

Ascension is based on the very real Project Orionprogram that was created when JFK thought there was a high chance…

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Newlander - Insurgent, Part 3 Cover Reveal

Newlander – Insurgent, Part 3 Cover Reveal

  Newlander – Insurgent, part three of the dystopian series, will be released tomorrow. Here’s is the cover reveal for it. You can see it still retains the overall elements you’d probably expect in the series covers, but now much darker.

Without giving too much away, our main character is now sequestered deeper in the fold of the island’s life and within its corridors of power. The other…

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CERN experiment brings precision to a cornerstone of particle physics

In a paper published yesterday in the journal Physical Review Letters, the COMPASS experiment at CERN reports a key measurement on the strong interaction. The strong interaction binds quarks into protons and neutrons, and protons and neutrons into the nuclei of all the elements from which matter is built. Inside those nuclei, particles called pions made up of a quark and an antiquark mediate the interaction. Strong interaction theory makes a precise prediction on the polarisability of pions – the degree to which their shape can be stretched. This polarisability has baffled scientists since the 1980s, when the first measurements appeared to be at odds with the theory. Today’s result is in close agreement with theory.

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HAPPY DARWIN DAY! 

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Newlander Island - The Dystopian Series Part 2!

Newlander Island – The Dystopian Series Part 2!

I realize I’ve been somewhat amiss on my site by forgetting to put a post about this up. As you may already know – but I’ll mention it anyway – Newlander Island (part two of the dystopian science fiction series) has already been released!

No sooner had I finished part two, than I began writing part three, Newlander – Insurgent, so I forgot to put this post up for you all as I got a bit carried…

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