Science
fiction novel by R. Vic Falkner Renegade Andermen of Time Science fiction novel
by R. Vic Falkner Renegade Andermen of Time Science fiction novel by R. Vic
Falkner Renegade Andermen of Time
R. Vic Falkner
6953 County Road 1280
West Plains, MO 65775
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A Science Fiction Book Query
RENEGADE ANDERMEN OF TIME
This book, Renegade Andermen of Time, is about time and the use of time as a
tool for planning science and war. The theme: greed can be good if
it is kept under control, but uncontrolled greed
always leads to undesirable results; and the
underlying question: CAN ANYTHING BE ADEQUATELY
CONTROLLED?
The plot develops around Karl Scharff, a computer specialist of the 24th
century. Karl is chosen to direct Project Othertime, a project started by
a
strange ruling class of outerworlders, to improve science by altering
history. Ultimately Karl must repair the damage done to history by the
unforseen
results of the project. Spacetime overlap is used to tie the
subplots together. The narrator takes the omniscient viewpoint, aided by
use of a historic
spacetime recording device, the Time Comparator. The reader
will be drawn into a thought-provoking reading experience--a unique
approach based
on mathematics and computing techniques is used.
I periodically review science fiction writings of most formats
to determine the general attitude and direction of
science fiction materials. The field
of science fiction is very broad and quite impossible to completely review.
However, sadly, most "sci-fi" writing lately is not technically science
fiction, but leans toward fantasy writing of a highly speculative nature.
Renegade Andermen is NOT fantasy, but is scientifically reported as
accurately as the author can report--any text seeming to be fantasy, relates
to fact which may be verified someplace in the text.
This material is being used as an introduction to "Into the Second Sun: the
Black Quark." Renegade Andermen of Time is written now—it was
started over 15 years ago; following four major
rewrites, the length is approximately 108,000 words. I
rewrote Renegade Andermen of Time as a
screenplay--however following the latest rewrite, the
screen version is now defunct.
Over the years, several of these versions of the book and screenplay have
been submitted to agents/publishers, but ALL previous versions are
now defunct--any use of any previous version is
therefore a violation of copyright law; including book
and screen versions.
Please note: I will not pay any sort of fee for the reading or evaluation of
my manuscript. If my outline appeals to you, I can email you a
sample of my writing, providing you submit
qualifications as a bona fide literary representative.
Thank you, R. Vic Falkner [aka Karl Scharff]
Renegade Andermen of Time -- Author's Opening Note
THIS TALE OF TIME IS TRUE. I'M KARL SCHARFF from the 24th century and I'm
writing this in 2007; you ought to be aware of what may happen when
you misuse it—which you did already. We're busy in the
24th and don't need more trouble. We've fought a war
with androids because of mistakes in
time manipulation. Your history may change even more
than it has already--you've already had a historical
memory loss (believe it or not) that only a
device like our Time Comparator [TC] could make you
aware of. To get here, I used a time
comparator--I too was part of a historical memory loss
and have had to piece a lot of this information
together from TC data. I'll try to tell the story as it is happening, or
will happen, or did happen, or...oh...whatever.
Depends on your perspective.
Karl Scharff [aka R. Vic Falkner--also a matter of perspective]
Working Chapter Outline
I. 2306 A.D.: THE BEGINNING.
1. THE COMPUTER IS GONE! Max, a supercomputing-cyborg, mysteriously
disappears from Northcontinental University's School of Neurobiology.
2. A TAXONOMY PROBLEM. A biomedical classification program is debugged by
Karl (Dr. Scharff, a computer sales and service representative) and
his former major professor and colleague, Dr. Helen
Hadeen. They find that the
program is probably responsible for Max's disappearance.
3. THE SOLUTION. Electromathnetically-induced quark separation, superstring
theory and the classification program itself account for Max's
disappearance into a parallel spacetime through a
quantum cosmological corridor.
4. MAX IS HOME AGAIN. Dr. Hadeen, assisted by Dr. Il-ee-too (a member of the
Ignomonei, a strange ruling class of outerworlders) runs the
classification program on another supercomputing-cyborg
named Moritz. Karl brings Max back to Northcontinental
University and now has the capability of both
observing different spacetimes and translating himself
into different spacetimes through quantum cosmological
corridors.
II. 2306 - 2308 A.D.: THE DEBATE AND THE PROJECT. [The remaining chapters
are summarized]
1. THE PROJECT HYPOTHESIS AND TEST.
2. AN EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL.
3. PROTECTION FROM PARADOX.
III. 2309 A.D.: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS.
1. THIS IS SUCCESS?
2. RESTLESS ANDROIDS.
3. HADERIKE'S CAVE.
4. KARL MEETS WE-SH-NUU...AGAIN.
5. TO THE ABYSS AND BACK.
6. AN ADVENTURE IN SPACETIME BEGINS.
IV. 2310 - 2314 A.D.: THE ANDROID REBELLION.
1. ANDROID EQUALITY.
2. ANDERMAN SUPERIORITY.
V. 2315 - 2319 A.D.: THE ANDERMAN WAR.
1. A WELL-FOUGHT FIGHT.
2. A TREACHEROUS TRUCE.
3. ILLUSION AND DISASTER.
VI. 2319 - 2306 A.D.: PRIMARY TIMELINE LOST?
1. KARL'S DISCOVERY.
2. HUMANS UNDERGROUND.
3. DO IT TO IT AGAIN!
VII. HISTORY RECONSTRUCTED?
1. HYPOTHESIS AND TEST - AGAIN. In a quasi-repeat of history, anderman
scientists decide to improve scientific knowledge by altering prior
history. Actually they already have done it but
continue to be influenced by the primary timeline to
trace out the historic template.
2. A DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL.
3. FINAL PROTECTION FROM PARADOX? ...and probably not the end...again, the
beginning? Like I said before, it depends on your perspective...
Karl Scharff. [aka R. Vic Falkner]
To Whom it May Concern: a brief writer’s resume for R.
Vic Falkner [aka Karl Scharff]
RETIRED --
Information Specialist [Internet Medical/Scientific], Technical
Writer; Associate of The Battery Station, LLC. http:/www.batterystation.com
Have worked in field 30+ years [university + health care industry]
EDUCATION
1977 M.S. pharmacology, University of Missouri – Columbia, Missouri
1973 M.A.L.S. library science
1967 M.A. zoology
1965 B.A. zoology/math
My education and work experience include a fiction writing course with the
Writer's Digest School of Cincinnati, Ohio.
EMPLOYMENT
1977-1987 Baxter Travenol, Inc., Research Pharmacologist;
Programmer/Analyst; Supervised laboratory experiments
and laboratory automation; searched
scientific/medical literature [MEDLINE, CHEMLINE, TOXLINE] for product
development [e.g., Travenol Fat Emulsion]; extracted data from corporate
data base [using RAMIS-II, COBOL] for FDA reports.
1973-1977 Univ. of Missouri -- Columbia, School of Medicine, Medical
Information Science Group, Drug Information Specialist,
Medical Writer; helped build a computer-based
prototype drug-drug interaction system.
1967-1970 Ellis Library, Univ. of Missouri – Columbia, Acquisitions
Programmer; Wrote and maintained computer program
for $1,000,000 book budget.
PUBLICATIONS
Technical Writer. Diabetes Mellitus Drug Interaction Guide, the Medical
Information Science Group for the Extension Division, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1976.
S. Garten, Ph.D.; R.V. Falkner, M.A., M.A.L.S.; C.E. Mengel, M.D. and D.A.B.
Lindberg, M.D. "A Computer-Based Drug Information
System," Medical Electronics Digest 2:4-5, 1977.
Directory Listing. Virginia W. Stern et al., Editors, Resource Directory of
Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, American Association for
the Advancement of Science, 1987.
Biographical Profile. J.M. Lee et al., Editors, Who's Who in Library and
Information Services, American Library Association, 1982.
Garten S, Falkner RV. Continual smoking of mentholated cigarettes may mask
the early warning symptoms of respiratory disease. Preventive
Medicine 2003;37:291-6
Garten S, Falkner RV. Role of mentholated cigarettes in increased nicotine
dependence and greater risk of tobacco-attributable disease.
Preventive Medicine 2004;38:793-8