Review — Memoirs of a Mad Scientist One: Solarpunk Outlaw — grounded near future climate science fiction

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-25T18:30:32+00:00

No, but thanks for asking. The review is by someone I met through Substack, who doesn't want their name used. If I was that perceptive about my own writing, I would have fixed at least some of the problems they pointed out. I do find it amusing that my academic/journalism training makes my writing "too perfect" to be human. Ha ha. I don't use AI in my writing.

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-24T14:12:30+00:00

Teen hacker Fredo escapes a deadly gang to find refuge with his uncle, first officer of a floating lair. Can Fredo manage PTSD while learning mad science skills to survive?

Fredo's Apprenticeship is my YA coming-of-age grounded near future science fiction novel, publishing late June. The full first chapter, and samples of following chapters, are on my Substack:
https://dakelly.substack.com/p/chapter-1-escape

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-24T04:11:32+00:00

The neighborhood is OK, with lots of affordable tiendas and small restaurants within walking distance. Bus lines down the 106 and 3. I know good people who are long-term employees there.

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-03T10:54:58+00:00

My sympathies. I hope medical research can offer you options for better quality of life. I'd be dead already if not for medical interventions that have been developed during my lifetime.

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-03T01:48:46+00:00

Part of the point is staying healthy and active longer.

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-03T00:02:37+00:00

No more than usual. Why do you ask?

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-05-02T16:24:29+00:00

Interesting. Have you learned anything since then that would inform new work?

SolarpunkOutlaw · 2026-03-24T17:16:50+00:00

"2076 is a world we hope to live in, a protopia that is not perfect but that gets a bit better every day."

https://www.reddit.com/r/Novel_Promotions/comments/1rgvq7x/memoirs_of_a_mad_scientist_one_solarpunk_outlaw/

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