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"Dr. Travis S. Taylor heads up the cast of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and can be seen on The Machines that Built America on the History Channel. He has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty years. His expertise includes advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space-based beamed-energy systems, future combat technologies, and next-generation space launch concepts. Taylor is also the author of pulse-pounding, cutting-edge science fiction novels, including the highly popular One Day on Mars, Tau Ceti Agenda, and the groundbreaking Warp Speed series. He is a regular on the History Channel's Life After People and The Universe series. Les Johnson is a futurist, author, and NASA technologist. Publishers Weekly noted that ""The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well . . ."" when describing his novel, Mission to Methone. His most recent novels, The Spacetime War and Saving Proxima (with coauthor Travis S. Taylor), were published in 2021. In his day job at NASA, Les has recently unveiled a solar sail project for propelling small space craft."
About Travis S. Taylor: "". . . explodes with inventive action.""--Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor's The Quantum Connection ""[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum . . . You won't want to put it down.""--John Ringo About Stellaris: People of the Stars, coedited by Les Johnson: "". . . a thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculative fiction solutions. . . . Readers will enjoy this collection that is as educational as it is entertaining.""--Booklist ""This was an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing the stars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality was high.""--Tangent About Mission to Methone by Les Johnson: ""The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson's old-fashioned first-contact novel, set in 2068. . . . includes plenty of realistic detail and puts fun new spins on familiar alien concepts. . . . There's a great deal here for fans of early hard SF.""--Publishers Weekly ""With equal parts science fiction and international intrigue. . . . an exciting, fast-paced read that you will not want to put down.""--Booklist About Rescue Mode by Ben Bova and Les Johnson: "". . . a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars.""--Booklist
