Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:02:26 -0300
From: Stephen Goobie <goobie@HERCULES.STMARYS.CA>
Subject:      [WRITERS] BIO Intro

Hello, hello, hello.

For those of you who don't know (everyone) and actually care (possibly
small percentage), my name is Stephen Goobie.  I'm a SF writer, just
starting out.  My first short story, "Let There Be Darkness" is being
considered by Asimov's Magazine: it is the brief tale of a retired
astronomer and war veteran in the future, in a time when urbanization
and light pollution have made ground-based observing of the sky
impossible. Basically, the old man builds a planetarium, and the government,
not understanding its purpose, wants to tear it down. Simple.

I have written one novel, "A Greater Control", but have placed this on the
backburner and don't think I will try to get it published.  Despite the
encouraging words of the few who have read it, I don't think it is very
good, and MUCH too complicated.  Currently I am working on a story entitled
"Singularity", a strange monologue by a supermassive black hole that becomes
alive and self-aware.  Not your average sililoquy.

Why the focus on astronomical and cosmological topics?  I am past the
middle-mark of my Astrophysics degree at Saint Mary's University in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  I hold a summer research position
observing pulsating stars at our large--a matter of perspective--department
telescope, 24 floors up on top of the university residence building.

My other interests include hiking and Zen Buddhism... (possibly a result of
each other)  So, in a nutshell, that's me, the nut.  I look forward to
contributing to this list and getting to know some of the members!

Stephen Goobie
goobie@hercules.stmarys.ca