The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories

is available for purchase and free download at the available link.

http://lcrw.net/kessel/index.htm

He is a professor at NC State, and an award winning writer of Science Fiction.

Very excellent writer.

4/30/2008 5:27:48 PM

ya he's pretty awesome.

he has a blood feud with orson scott card. ask him about it.

4/30/2008 11:33:02 PM

i kind of knew that

i would imagine that this explains it (haven't read it, but going to now)


http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/Killer_000.htm

5/1/2008 12:26:59 AM

I LOVE DR. KESSEL.

he once made this connection between him and superman:
kal-el
jor-el
kess-el

5/1/2008 1:23:32 AM

I bought it in hard back at his book signing. He's one of the best profs at NC State--qualified in his field AND a great teacher to boot.

The stories are terrific. I remember seeing outline drafts of "Pride and Prometheus" when I was in a writing class a year or two ago.

5/1/2008 2:18:04 AM