tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251535452010-02-22T07:53:50.400-08:00Charon's ArkSpaceships, aliens, robots, dinosaurs, and sexy nice girls in their summer underthingsRick Gaugernoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25153545.post-6887092220167668632009-11-09T19:52:00.000-08:002009-11-10T20:23:10.780-08:00Charon's Ark, Its Two Sequels, And My LifeI owe my readers an explanation of what's going on with my novel, Charon's Ark. The novel was published in 1987 by Del Rey Books. I began writing what I thought would be a single-volume sequel called Charon's Children, but the story turned out to be so long that it required another volume named Charon Is Coming. While I was struggling to conclude this third book in about 1993, I was overwhelmedRick Gaugernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25153545.post-50853186205455062362009-11-09T14:29:00.000-08:002009-11-10T20:19:38.751-08:00Charon's Ark: Illustrations
Charlie and Bigbird
As I wrote Charon's Ark I made drawings and diagrams of the novel's people and settings. I hope to put them all on this site during the next few months. Here is Charlie standing next to Sesame Rooster, a bigbird. The bigbirds are intelligent dinosaurs who were bred over the past million years by the Crew of the Ark. The human hijackees and the bigbirds discover each Rick Gaugernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25153545.post-49515700188767969812008-11-06T16:33:00.000-08:002009-08-29T20:08:42.290-07:00Comical CrichtonWhat do you get when you cross Michael Crichton with Neal Simon? Rick Gauger, with better writing than Crichton! I have been reading the work of Rick Gauger for almost 25 years. He makes a wonderful blend of hard science fiction, great writing style, and silly situations ( plus sex, you gotta have some sex, right?). Charon's Ark has as its intriguing premise that Pluto and its moon Charon are Brittnoreply@blogger.com1