From the mysteries of deepest space . . . to the recesses of the human mind.
Welcome to the star rigger's net, for the curious reader of
science fiction (scifi) and fantasy. Get the latest on my own books and explore
other SF resources as well, including writing advice and free short stories.
My newest book currently in print is a major change of pace for me. If you're a fan of the SciFi Channel's hit series, Battlestar Galactica, don't miss my novelization of the miniseries that kicked the whole thing off! It's a rousing good story, and it's available now.
When survey pilot John Bandicut falls into a cavern on Triton, his life changes forever . . .
and for an alien quarx, one hundred million years of solitude suddenly come to an end.
In the streams of space, imagination and reality merge. And a star rigger's skills may send her sailing across the galaxy, or spinning into the darkest perils of the mind . . .
Click here to see Books by Universe -- a grouping of all my novels
according to the chronologies of the various future histories.
Most of these books are available from me,
if you cannot find them in your favorite bookstore.
My science fiction has been translated into German, Russian, Italian,
Greek,
Hungarian, and Japanese--bits and pieces scattered around the globe.
An excerpt from The Chaos Chronicles . . .
"The cavern was cold, even in the slow energy flux of the
translator's alien mechanisms. The quarx did not feel the
near-absolute-zero cold, but was aware of it, as it awakened to
the silence of a still world. Its first impression was not of
place but of time, vast corridors of time through which it had
floated in an almost coffinlike existence.
"What did millions of years mean when one was asleep, when
one's life process was held like a cup of electrons in the hands
of an angel?"
So begins NEPTUNE CROSSING, a novel for hard SF readers and character readers alike--the opening volume of The Chaos Chronicles and a good place to start if you're new to my work. Try this book if you like science fiction with quirky aliens and humans blended with chaos theory, cosmic extrapolations, and a healthy sense of wonder.
The tale continues in STRANGE ATTRACTORS, in a venue far beyond the reaches of the galaxy.
Then with Volume 3, the story moves beneath the waves of an alien world, in THE INFINITE SEA. (For information and excerpts click on any title.)
"Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right." --Gregory Benford
"Masterfully captures the joy of exploration...." --Publishers Weekly
"Reveals an alien encounter brushing hard against a soul, and takes us
from there to the far reaches of the cosmos, all with the sure touch of
a writer who knows his science." --David Brin