Jim Baen's Universe

Authors | Mark L. Van Name

Mark L. Van Name, whom John Ringo has said is "going to be the guy to beat in the race to the top of SFdom," has worked in the high-tech industry for over 30 years and today runs a technology assessment company in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. A former Executive Vice President for Ziff Davis Media and national technology columnist, he's published over a thousand computer-related articles and multiple science fiction stories in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including the Year's Best Science Fiction. His Jon & Lobo story, "Slanted Jack," appeared in the first issue of Jim Baen's Universe, and two other Jon & Lobo stories have appeared in Baen original anthologies. His first Jon & Lobo novel, One Jump Ahead, appears in June, 2007, and the second in the series, Slanted Jack, will appear in 2008. With T.K.F. Weisskopf, he is the editor of the upcoming Baen original anthology, Transhuman, which also contains a new story of his.

The Ten Thousand Things Full Story From: Yukio stared at the image of Matsushima Bay in the window that was one wall of his father's office. Whitecaps freckled the nearer water. Pine-covered islands filled the distance, the trees gray in the dying light. The sounds of whistling wind carried off the occasional beep of the heart monitor as it tracked the death passage of his father.

Slanted Jack Full Story From: Nothing should have been able to ruin my lunch. Joaquin Choy, the best chef on any planet within three jumps, had erected his restaurant, Falls, just outside Eddy, the only city on the still-developing planet Mund. He'd chosen the site because of the intense flavors of the native vegetables, the high quality of the locally raised livestock, and a setting that whipped your head around and widened your eyes.

Upload Your Life Now Full Story From: Is the singularity coming? Mark Van Name provides a weather report.