Introduction
As many of you know, I am writing a set
of science fiction stories targeted toward teenagers. (Approximate age: 10-16). The story is titled “Dr. EZ’s Special
Jet Skis”. There will be several books (and movies) in this series. Below is one short sample of the
writing.
Premise of the Stories
The McCallister kids are on summer break
when the encounter Dr. EZ at his Jet Ski rental shop. Dr. EZ, in turn, is looking for those special
customers that he can take on marvelous Special Tours.
Dr. EZ invites the kids to follow him on
journeys - which can only be accessed through his specially designed Jet Skis.
Thus, the series of adventures begin.
Note that the story is character based.
The kids are a family, each with their own personalities and interests. The good
Dr. EZ is the one who leads and guides them, yet each child interacts with the
environment and moves the story along in his/her own way.
Regarding the science: the majority of the
science is accurate. The technologies are mostly accurate as well. There are only a few minor details which are fictionalized,
to help the story progress more easily.
What is most unique for the stories is
that the children actually experience
scientific processes, and see the
wonders of the universe, in ways that we normally cannot do.
For example, the children will travel
inside of an atom. They will ride on top of a photon. They will be bustled about
by electric and magnetic fields. They
will tour deep caverns beneath the earth.
And in all of these adventures, they
will experience first-hand what it is
really like.
Excerpt from
the Book: “Dr. EZ’s Special Jet Skis”
Below is one short sample of the
writing:
Dr.
Zephon led Victoria to a steel door on the right. Victoria began to wonder what
she was getting herself into.
They
walked inside the storage room. It was extremely cold.
“What
the heck?!” asked Victoria. “It is freaking cold in here!!”
“It
should be. This room is kept at a constant 43 degrees.”
“Forty-three” she said sarcastically. “Not forty-two or forty-one?”
Oblivious
to the sarcasm, Dr. Zephon answered: “Those temperatures are acceptable. But no
lower than 38.5.”
Victoria rubbed her arms to keep warm. She
repeated some of his words, not really paying attention to him. “38.5 degrees. Sure.”
Dr.
Zephon searched through all the garments hanging on the rack to the right. Not
finding what he wanted, Dr. Zephon turned to the shelves in the back and
started digging.
“These
outfits contain special materials” added Dr. Zephon, still searching for
something he could not find. “They are constructed as several micro-thin
layers. The whole thing is best preserved at the optimum temperature of 43
degrees.”
Victoria
rolled her eyes and thought to herself: “I don’t care what the number is, or
why it is, all I know is that it is freaking cold in here, and I am not dressed
for this!”
While
Dr. Zephon was digging in the back, Victoria decided to look through the
garments hanging on the right. They looked very much like the wetsuits worn by
surfers and scuba divers.
“I’ve
seen wetsuits like these in local stores” she said to Dr. Zephon. “I don’t see
anything special about them. And I have never known the shops to keep their
wetsuits at 40 degrees.”
“Forty-three degrees” reminded Dr. Zephon. “That
is because these are not wetsuits.
They are ambient-energy suits. They contain thin layers of Anachrocyclene,
which is best kept at cool temperatures until ready for use.”
Victoria
wanted to know about Anachrocyclene…but at the moment she wanted to get out of this
freezing closet more than anything else.
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