Now I’m old school and prefer book in hand, though I do have Amazon’s free kindle application and have picked up some things not available in paper format, enjoying them more than I thought I might.Ī lot of modern science fiction I’ve tried leaves me a bit cold. He’s also hard at work on the sixth book. This is the first to hit paperback and the other four are being prepared for book publication. QUARTER SHARE is the first book in the Solar clipper series and began life, like the other four completed volumes as podcasts. Nathan Lowell’s style has been compared to Heinlein and Anderson, but like all good writers, thost two esteemed gentlemen could not have written this book. Just ordinary folks, I think I might fit in nicely aboard the LOIS MCKENDRICK, trying to make a living on a space freighter moving between systems. No explosions, no space battles, no heroic figures battling against imposing odds. Full Share, 7.When Richard Robinson posted on this, I had a feeling it was going to be one I liked. Half Share) - as of Jan 4, 2009Ħ out of 10 Books on Top Overall Rating (1. He currently lives in the plains east of the Rocky Mountains with his wife and two daughters.Ģ008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Full ShareĢ008 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Double ShareĢ008 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for South CoastĢ009 Podiobooks Founder's Choice Award for Captain's ShareĢ009 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction for Double ShareĤ out of 10 Books on Top Overall Rated by Votes (2.

He served in the USCG from 1970 to 1975, seeing duty aboard a cutter on hurricane patrol in the North Atlantic and at a communications station in Kodiak, Alaska. He grew up on the south coast of Maine and is strongly rooted in the maritime heritage of the sea-farer. in Educational Technology and a BS in Business Administration. in Educational Technology with specializations in Distance Education and Instructional Design.

In his novels, there are no bug-eyed monsters, or galactic space battles, instead he paints a richly vivid and realistic world where the 'hero' uses hard work and his own innate talents to improve his station and the lives of those of his community.ĭr.

Unlike most works which focus on a larger-than-life hero (prophesized savior, charismatic captain, or exiled prince), Nathan centers on the people behind the scenes-ordinary men and women trying to make a living in the depths of space. His sci-fi series, The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard. Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels.

Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell