E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

Publications

Serpent's Smile
Publications
12/15/23
An unsuspecting American engineer is sucked into a terrorist scheme to murder thousands and overthrow the Chinese Communist Party.
Vanora
Publications
12/15/23
Gil Watson wears the ring of a distant ancestor and is drawn to Scotland where he is attacked by King Arthur’s jealous ghost.
Maulball
Publications
12/15/23
When the big kid gets the ball and won’t give it up, is there no one who can stop him?
VMEbus for Software Engineers
Publications
12/31/96
VMEbus operation from a software engineer’s perspective.

Posts

Future Tv
Posts
10/6/26
Your home television’s future is the internet, not that outdated and less-and-less used antenna.
Terrifying a Writer
Posts
10/4/26
These two things terrify a writer.
Star Party
Posts
5/4/25

Here’s my astrophotography “pedestal” set up late yesterday afternoon for the Phoenix Astronomical Society1 monthly “star party.”

International Politics
Posts
3/30/25
International politics are like chess with two boards and you can’t see the other player’s board.
Focal Length Lesson
Posts
3/2/25
Where you put the camera is critical.
Layers and Compartments
Posts
2/24/25
Artificial Intelligence is built from hundreds of layers of software and massive amounts of data.
Astrophotography Begins
Posts
2/17/25
I’m starting a new hobby, astrophotography.
Early Flat5
Posts
10/29/24
This website started in 2001. There’s a ‘wayback’ version if you are interested.
AI Assisted Story Design
Posts
10/26/24
Can AI be used to assist in designing a story?
Mormons in Space
Posts
8/3/24
Work in progress - Mormons in Space