Dustin Clark, otherwise known as “OddThings” over at The Book of THoTH, a blogger who focuses on the ancient historical context of UFOs and on other Fortean subjects, has given Red Moon a glowing review.

Just glowing.

Did I mention it was glowing?

Here’s what he did find wrong with it:

My only complaint is that when it was over I was actually wishing there was more. Not because the ending was bad, but because I wanted to know exactly what happened next to each character.

He later invites readers to enjoy the book … and then insists that they ride me to get the sequel written.

Read the rest here.

Thank you Dustin. And all the best to you, to wherever your road takes you.

Reposted from Daniel Brenton’s Weblog, The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton

Fellow Red Moon author David S. Michaels and I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Benjamin Grundy of Mysterious Universe yesterday evening, and only hours later — boom! — the podcast interview is available here.

Benjamin leads us through a broad spectrum of subjects — NASA secrecy, the question as to why there is this sudden deep interest in the Moon by the major powers of the world, what the Moon has to offer, the future of space flight, and, of course, Red Moon. On the premium version of the podcast, he also explores with us the subject of UFOs, and sightings of them by astronauts and cosmonauts.

The Mysterious Universe podcasts are professional efforts with excellent audio quality and an eye to keeping content fresh and compelling. I highly recommend them.

Reposted from Daniel Brenton’s Weblog, The Odd Little Universe of Daniel Brenton

An article on the Telegraph news website from February of this year noted a chill in the relationship between Russia and the United States, and hinted at the possibility of a new Cold War in space. Adrian Blomfield’s piece “Russia sees moon plot in NASA plans” reports that Russian officials claim their nation’s offers the the United States to participate in a cooperative Moon effort have been rebuffed.

Why?

Because. The ice on the Moon is better.

And why is that?

Though it would be easy to imagine a customer of a Star Wars cantina making this odd comment (in subtitles), the real reason is that, assuming there is any ice there, it should be, unlike earthly ice, chock-full of an isotope of helium called helium 3.

A plentiful supply of helium 3 — rare on Earth, but abundant in space — combined with an as-yet unperfected nuclear fusion technology, could potentially provide an efficient source of power and a meaningful, clean alternative to fossil fuels for an energy-hungry Earth.

The Russian claim is that the United States wants to control it.

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