An ancient Roman temple terraforming Mars.
An android longing for his human wife.
Will their epic clash bring Earth to its knees?
The first time I was asked that question, I was so baffled by it that I didn’t do a good job explaining myself. I think I might have even apologized for wanting to publish my work.
Another postcard, this time from the Hands Off! Rally in April 2025. It was held at Seattle Center, under the Space Needle.
It was one evening in 2001. I was new to the US when I met another Romanian at a supermarket. His alias is Radu Codrescu. Radu had been imprisoned in Romania for trying to flee our native country during communism.
My first postcard: from the Presidents’ Day Rally in my adopted hometown of Seattle, Washington. It was held at the Cal Anderson Park.
The most important book you’ve (probably) never heard of is On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus, a poem that described the advanced science the Romans had developed at that time, including their understanding of atoms.
We have a pretty good idea what ancient history looked like, but we’re not so sure what it sounded like. Luckily, there’s a whole branch of science called archaeoacoustics that is working to find out.
I’m sure you’ve heard of Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century Romanian king who was more ruthless than Mehmed the Conqueror. But how much do you know about him?
The US presidential elections are just a few days away, which makes me think of this story from my childhood in 1980s’ Romania when I joined a little cult…
I thought it would be interesting to share with you today some of the resources that help me plot my new novel The Foreign King, a sequel to The Exiled Queen.
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