William Shatner

Plot Summary:
This, William Shatner's first attempt at writing science fiction, is an action/adventure story of the pursuit to find a cure for the most heinous drug of the future, tek. The ...

My interest in the Knights Templar goes back many, many years, and first surfaced in print when I began writing about the Knights of Saint Michael in the Deryni series. ...

Remember the glory days of science fiction, when everything and anything seemed like a possibility? When nothing was certain, and the future applications of scientific discovery seemed as ridiculously fanciful as… well, as fantasy? I’m not sure I do. ...

Once, there were two kingdoms, a very good kingdom, and its neighbor, a very bad kingdom. The people in the good kingdom were happy and nice, the people in the bad kingdom mean and oppressed.

One day, the bad kingdom attacked the good kingdom, and there was a terrible fight. The good king and the bad king finally met in combat.

"I have a question," said the bad king.

"Yes?" the good king asked, raising his sword.

"Why is it our kingdoms are completely different, yet close by? Why is it that we ...

A SHADOW ON THE GLASS is a "science-fantasy" novel. When creating this book, did you think in terms of combining Science Fiction and Fantasy?

Not at all, though after it was written I realised that, because of my training and work as a scientist, the settings I had created and the fantasy elements of my story had a strong and logical foundation which added to the realism and believability of my worlds.

Initially ...