Dansplaining Sample Chapters
G'Day, Dear Reader,
I’ve made several ‘sneak peek’ chapters available here to give you a feel for my writing. As my library shelf of “Churachian Books” expands, I will continue to make sample chapters available to you, the reading public.
Enjoy.
Cheers -
Dan
PARADOX is a story about our Moon, about our Earth, but mostly about us… human beings. Have you ever considered the fact that without our moon - Luna -Homo sapiens would very likely never have evolved. And yet the only reason the moon DOES exist is a chance catastrophe that occurred billions of years ago when a Mars-sized object smashed into Earth only a few hundred million years after its formation. That object, Theia, tore apart a sizeable portion of the Earth’s
mantle – its outer crust – which went into orbit around Earth. Without that chance collision between Theia and our Earth. I wouldn't have written PARADOX!
SOLASTALGIA is the first tale I’ve written that’s a sequel to another book – EIGHT in this instance. The ‘sneak peek’ provided here is the book’s foreword. It sets the stage for the story by both defining the term solastalgia and relating the tale to current events. In that respect, solastalgia is not a scientific abstraction as much as a life condition that an ever-increasing number of people now experience.
KAIROS completes the ANCESTOR TRILOGY and is much about time as it is about the origins and destiny of Homo sapiens. As is always the case with a Churachian novel, I have two primary aims in penning a story: 1) to entertain the reader and, 2) to make the reader reflect on current issues and how they are influenced by historical development and scientific reality. I've included the brief FOREWORD from the book here in hopes that it may tease you enough to dive into the novel. Happy reading...
SOLASTALGIA is the first tale I’ve written that’s a sequel to another book – EIGHT in this instance. The ‘sneak peek’ provided here is the book’s foreword. It sets the stage for the story by both defining the term solastalgia and relating the tale to current events. In that respect, solastalgia is not a scientific abstraction as much as a life condition that an ever-increasing number of people now experience.
Chapter 61 RAINBOW presents a soul-searching conversation between Aussie print journo Miri Wilkinson and American TV correspondent Wailani De Silva. They face an ethical conundrum knowing full well that their professional responsibility requires them to report the startling facts they have uncovered even though their careers may be adversely affected by the story. Call me ‘old school,’ but I reckon the guiding principle for any journo is to never knowingly misreport or hide the truth. I wonder how Miri and Wailani handle this one…
Chapter 17 in EIGHT recounts a get-together of two professors - Australian Kylie Childs and her Chinese colleague Fiona Wu – and two American journos - Sunlyn Singh and Owen Yates. They all are in Shanghai attending a global conference, and the four of them meet in a tea house and share an afternoon’ blooming tea’ together. I particularly like the scene since Karn and I enjoyed ‘blooming tea’ in the same tea house described in EIGHT.
Chapter 23 in FEVER details the account of an Earth Day address delivered at Murdoch University in Perth in 2024 by one of my characters, Professor Sacha Sharma. Frankly, it’s an address I would love to present in person someday about the laws of nature and humanity’s never-ending exploration of these laws. Professor Sharma highlights some of the struggles Homo sapiens have had with Mother Nature, Gaia, or Magna Mater throughout modern history. Though I will most likely never give this talk in a lecture theatre, at least I can present it to you here and in FEVER.