When you’re an author, you sometimes have research some pretty weird science fiction questions. I remember asking a doctor in my church how long someone with a certain injury would take to die. Not quite what they expected from a chat after the service!
My current work in progress is basically a disaster novel, so if you can help me with answers to some questions, I would be very grateful.
-
How bad is a broken or cracked rib?
-
How bad is a major burn (arm and side) and how does healing progress? Would the patient be able to walk? Can it lead to death?
-
Would a sandstone cliff crumble if hit by a tidal wave?
-
Is it called a tidal wave or a tsunami?
-
What effect would torrential rain have on an erupting volcano?
-
What’s the difference between a hurricane and a tornado?
-
I need some technobabble for engine trouble on a spaceship, severe enough to cripple it but not bring it down.
So if you’re a medical person, or a geologist, a climatologist or whatever, can you answer any of my science fiction questions? I would be very grateful and you’ll be mentioned in the book acknowledgements!
Ann Marie Thomas is the author of five medieval history books, a surprisingly cheerful poetry collection about her 2010 stroke, and the science fiction series Flight of the Kestrel, Intruders, Alien Secrets & Crisis of Conscience are out now Follow her at http://eepurl.com/bbOsyz
