by ladipaolo | Sat Oct 2025 | My Blog (c )
Yesterday, on my way back from a business trip, I had the most enchanting encounter, which led to an unexpectedly satisfying discussion about whether we will ever unravel the black box that is the human mind, and from there to books and to philosophical musings. At...
by ladipaolo | Sat Mar 2025 | My Blog (c )
One Hundred Years of Solitude is more than just a novel; it opens the door to one of literature’s most magical worlds. Literary erudites call it a ‘cornerstone of postmodern Latin American literature’, but I do not know Latin American literature, nor do I know...
by ladipaolo | Thu Nov 2024 | My Blog (c )
I am excited, today, to announce that I have completed the writing of Ronin Part 5, and that it should be available for purchase on Amazon or for free download as a PDF by 16 November. So, what is Ronin Part 5 about? This new chapter of the story picks up a few weeks...
by ladipaolo | Tue Aug 2024 | My Blog (c )
Hm, today, as I was by myself and thinking about the future, I decided to post something so that those who have remained loyal — despite my sporadic, inconsistent postings on social media — may know what my plans are for concluding this story I began so...
by ladipaolo | Mon Jun 2024 | Science in Fiction
What wouldn’t we give to be able to move an object at a distance with a mere…thought. This ability may never be achievable…unless one considers moving objects using a mind/computer interface to direct…an acoustic levitator an acceptable compromise. And yet, Lux...
by ladipaolo | Fri Feb 2024 | My Blog (c )
This is the third of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books I’ve read, and it left me with a blank space, whereas Klara and the Sun as well as The Remains of the Day both troubled me and filled me with indescribable sensations that still linger in me and reignite, in a flash, just...
by ladipaolo | Sat Nov 2023 | My Blog (c )
I am excited to reveal a new illustration I commissioned for Darkness Gains (and yes, it was after the book’s initial publication, so I am planning to update the paperback and Kindle versions with this new image). The illustration shows High Cleric Galadrin...
by ladipaolo | Mon Oct 2023 | My Blog (c )
It is time to re-immerse yourself in the story with Adam’s rich voice rendering our heroes’ torments and hopes, and cutting with the enemies’ tongues. Darkness Gains, Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara, is now available for purchase on Audible. It...
by ladipaolo | Tue May 2023 | Science in Fiction
How strange and thoroughly surprising: In the just-released Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara, Darkness Gains, I wrote a scene where the Umbra shares a Zebulonian technology with his Yeltcheki contacts in exchange for their ships. This technology is seen as magical...
by ladipaolo | Sun May 2023 | My Blog (c )
Darkness Gains, Book 3 of Conquerors of K’Tara is finally out and available for all to read. Darkness Gains will see the Serpent, working with Noctiferus’s other creatures, deal crippling blows to the Alvinorians: in the air, on the ground, and in the Bind....
