The Alien Next Door

Musings of Nina Munteanu, SF writer and Ecologist

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About Me

: Name: SF Girl; Location: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

I'm your alien next door...no really...that's what my neighbours tell me and who am I to gainsay them. Let's look at the evidence: when my brother told me that my parents found me in the field behind my house, I set him straight: I'm really from Mars, I said, just visiting this planet to study humans and report back to the mother ship. He must have told EVERYONE because people keep asking me where the mother ship is. When I grew up, I became a scientist AND a story teller; either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view of these two :-D ... I love garlic and chocolate (and not always together). I enjoy walking in the rain and the smell of the earth after a rainstorm. I love the two equinox seasons and the crazy danse of fall leaves in the wind. I love this planet, Earth, and I pray we all take good care of it for our children and their children.

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Places Worth Visiting

Writing, Space & Science Fiction

Nina's website
Darwin's Paradox website
Dragon Moon Press
Heather Dugan, the voice of Darwin's Paradox
SF Canada
SF Writer, Robert J. Sawyer's Website
Jennifer Rahn, author of The Longevity Thesis
Reality Skimming
Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine
Strange Horizons
Tomislav Tikulin, SF & F illustrator
Commander's Log
Captain Picard's Journal
Biology in Science Fiction
The Soulless Machine
The Prime Radiant

Travel, Environment & Climate Change

Toulouse LeTrek
Nina on Sustainable Architecture (Viridis developments)
Explore.org

Nina on Climate of our Future
Women in Science
Somerset Bob
Global Warming

Art, Poetry & Inspiration

In Cinq
Princess Haiku
Modern Matriarch
Monday Morning Power
Chimeric Daydreams

Good for the Environment

Doug Band (Florida native)
and
C40 Cities
address the need to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions

Previous Posts

How Are You Telling Your Story?...Part 2: Voice an...
How Are You Telling Your Story?...Part 1: Viewpoin...
2011: Love in the Time of Chaos
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
New Trailer for "Outer Diverse"
How to Hook Your Reader and Deliver
A Hero’s Journey: Part 2, Heroes and Other Archety...
The Hero’s Journey: Part One, the Hero & the Journ...
What a Con*Cept! Nina Launches Outer Diverse in Mo...
Nina Gets a Look at Outer Diverse

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Nina's short stories:

...Julia's Gift
...The Arc of Time
...Virtually Yours
...Mark of a Genius
...Sammy the Wonder Cat, Part 1
...Angel's Promises
...A Butterfly in Peking
...Neither Here Nor There

Nina gets Interviewed at:

...Gotta Write Network
...Biology in Science Fiction
...Random Synaptic Transfers
...Modern Matriarch
...Dragon Page, Cover to Cover
...Hi-Sci-Fi Radio
...Vancouver Co-op Radio

SF Girl Reviews:

...Pan's Labyrinth
...Kushiel's Legacy
...Order of the Phoenix
...Casino Royale
...I, Robot
...The Golden Compass--Books
...The Golden Compass--Movie: Part 1
...Solaris--Book/movie
...Contact
...Aeon Flux--movie/animation
...The Neanderthal Parallax
...Oryx & Crake Book Review
...Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
...Star Wars, Our 20th Century Myth

SF Girl Interviews:

...Captain Jean-Luc Picard
...Lynn Margulis, Scientist
...Jennifer Rahn, Fantasy Writer
...Robert J. Sawyer, SF Writer
...Karen Mason, SEO
...Rupert Sheldrake, Scientist
...Tomislav Tikulin, Illustrator
...Teresa Young, Illustrator

Reviews of Darwin's Paradox in:

...Modern Matriarch
...Counting My Blessings
...Random Synaptic Transfers
...The Book Swede
...Duffbert's Random Musings
...reader reviews on amazon.ca
...reader reviews on amazon.com
...The Soulless Machine Review

Articles of Nina Munteanu & Darwin's Paradox in:

...worldwide Press Release
...The Delta Optimist
...The South Delta Leader
...The Surrey Leader

Nina's Favorite Posts--More Than Just Science:

...The Subversive Biology of Lynn Margulis
...The Gaia Hypothesis
...Is James Bond an Altruist?--Part 2
...Co-evolution: Cooperation & Agressive Symbiosis
...Artificial Intelligence: Part 1--Neural Implants
...Artificial Intelligence: Part 2--The Invisible Computer
...Artificial Intelligence: Part 3--Cyborgs & Evolution
...Fertility--Infertility & the Environment
...The Science & Magic of Love
...Choices and Quantum Physics
...Chaos Theory: One Person's Chaos Is Another's Order
...Autopoiesis: When Chaos Misbehaves
...Synchrony & Spontaneous Order
...What the Fractal?...Images of Chaos
...Rupert Sheldrake & the Physics of Angels
...Designer Organism Promise New Life...
...Dreams, REM & Theta Rhythm
...Tornadoes Connected to Global Warming?
...Polar Cities
...Creative Destruction: Yet Another Paradox?
...Complexity of Nature
...Climate Change-Part 1: Human Health
...Climate Change-Part 2: Solastalgia
...Climate Change-Part 3: Dark Optimism of James Lovelock
...Climate Change-Part 4: Smoke and Mirrors
...Killer Plagues
...What Charles Darwin Didn't Know About Sex
...Singing Sands--Nature's Boomboxes
...Hurricane Ike & Global Warming
...We, Robot: Past,Present, Future
...We, Robot: AI Today
...Embracing Paradox
...Ice Storms in Kentucky
...Cosmetic Neurology
...Mozart Effect Power of Music
...Right to Drink Water
...Cymatics and Frequency

Nina's Favorite Posts--More Than Just Philosophy/Pop Culture:

...Banned Books--How Many Did YOU Read?
...Book Burning
...From Charisma to Consensus: Are You a Good Leader?
...Christ-Figure in Movies/Books:Grace or Redemption?
...A Different Hero's Journey (Farscape)
...What We Make of Ourselves
...A Sacred Balance
...The Speed of Life: Nightmare
...The Speed of Life: End of the World
...The Paradox of Africa
...Victor Frankl & the Holocaust
...Getting Lost in Paris
...Falling for Paris
...Pearls Before Breakfast
...Happy Mother's Day
...Dreams or Nightmares
...Beauty is Truth and Truth Beauty
...America, You're Beautiful! Part 1: the Journey
...America, You're Beautiful! Part 2: Louisville, KY
...Chambord Liqueur-the Taste of Luxury

...Lightning Bugs & Kentucky Lightning
...Cooking South Dakota-Storming Wyoming
...Car Trouble in Montana
...Waves, Spirals and the Face of God
...Are you an Empath?
...Le Baiser du Dragon: Kiss of the Dragon
...Margaret Atwood & Reciprocal Altruism
...Truths in Story & Art
...UVic and the Mandala
...Venus Project
...Dreams and Perceptions
...Hitting a Moving Target: What is Normal?
...Home is Where the Heart Is
...Less Worn Path of Intuition
...Western Woman Will Save the World
...Christmas Yoga with Toulouse
...Real Women don't Botox
...Falling in Love

SF Girl Writing Tips:

...The Novelist: Why Write a Synopsis?
...The Novelist: Finding Your Muse
...The Novelist: Common Pitfalls of the Beginning Writer-Part 1
...The Novelist: Common Pitfalls of the Beginning Writer-Part 2
...The Novelist: He Said, She Said--Using Dialogue
...The Novelist: Sensual Writing
...Hero's Journey: the Journey
...Hero's Journey: Archetypes
...Hero's Journey: Journey's Map
...Publish Your Science Fiction
...Writers Contracts
...Importance of Setting

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