Rich Weyand is a computer consultant and digital forensic analyst He was born in Illinois and lived there almost 60 years before he and his wife engineered an escape to the hills of southern Indiana in 2011 His undergraduate and graduate education is in Physics and hes never really recovered He is currently heading up the launch of a computer software start up. com Rich Weyand is a computer consultant and digital forensic analyst He was born in Illinois and lived there almost 60 years before he and his wife engineered an escape to the hills of southern Indiana in 2011 His undergraduate and graduate education is in Physics and he s never really recovered He is currently heading up the launch of a computer software start up. INTERVIEW WITH RICH WEYANDThe Talbot story continues Yes Everybody knew that there would have to be another trip to Fortuna The point of exploration was colonization after all So the Talbots Mike Sue Matthew and Denise go back to Fortuna and they take the beginnings of a colony with them The first two hundred people. What are the hurdles The first one is technology I ve never been very happy with colonization as described in most fiction It doesn t seem to track very well with actual historical colonization events Everybody goes there and Voila Civilization Look at something like Plymouth Colony You have a hundred people show up on this small ship and they get to build a life pretty much from scratch It was pretty tenuous there for a while and a lot of people didn t make it. How would a space colony get started You have a lot of the same issues the Mayflower people had You have long crossings with a minimal number of things you can take with you What do you take How do you get started What are the problems The first hurdle is technology What s the next hurdle There is another species already there Not indigenous they re colonists too or the descendants of colonists How is that going to work The colony leaders and their backers on Earth are adamant that they will not repeat the mistakes of past colonizations Second class status slavery and genocide They are not going there Not everybody gets the message One big conflict in the book is over that very issue. How did this book write A little slowly Forty four writing days for 80k words About 1820 words a day As you go deeper into a series as an author your writing normally speeds up You have your main characters your world building all in place This book though took a lot of research What would you take How do you do some basic things like make Portland cement or steel or even charcoal How do you raise a barn This stuff doesn t all just appear You have to build it and I had to learn how to do that at least well enough to portray the effort in the book. Your books are mostly people stories Is this one or is it all technology work No it s a people story first and foremost When the president asks the Talbots to go will they What are the considerations there What about the kids Sue Talbot s growth into the role of governor of the colony is a big topic The kids role in the colony and how they fare is a big part of it The political and financial considerations back on Earth All the people issues are there front and center. What s the cover about What s with the gun That s Sue Talbot governor of Fortuna Territory She sees something that will NOT be allowed to happen on Fortuna And therefrom spins a chunk of the story Another excellent cover by Luca Oleastri and Paola Giari in Italy. What s next for the Talbot series The one thing we still don t know is where is the bird people s parent civilization They were colonists on Fortuna themselves Return Talbot Book 3 This novel continues the story of in particular Book 2 in this series It leaves many of the most interesting questions posed in that Book for the promised Book 4 Book 3 primarily consists of the well researched convincing step by step process of building a full fledged colony on the world Fortuna. Authors differ in how much of their background research they put on the page Weyand prefers to be on the thorough end of the spectrum He focuses primarily on the technical aspects but also addresses a few potential social pitfalls and growing pains There s also a satisfying solution to the political problem underlying any highly expensive project dependent on government support Return Talbot Book 3 Interesting Thoughts This story of a AI who almost took over the world changing his focus to help humanity to colonize a different planet was fantastic Return Talbot Book 3

Return (Talbot Book 3) By Richard F. Weyand

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