Author Archives: George Phillies

About George Phillies

science fiction author -- researcher in polymer dynamics -- collector of board wargames -- President, National Fantasy Fan Federation

September 7, 2026 — News

The current Telzey Amberdon novel is at the main editor and at the main artist. My new novel, working title Terrorforming, set in the American Southwest in 1921 or so, is up to 31,000 words or so. The aliens need … Continue reading

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August 13, 2026

I received back many comments on the Telzey novel. The back end needs a major expansion, so I will be busy for a bit.

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July 22, 2026

A rough draft of the Telzey Amberdon novel is complete and is in the hands of beta readers. If you would like to see it, please ask.

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July 2, 2026

I finished the first draft of the Telzey Amberdon novel, for which I do not have a title yet. Several friends who asked for a copy of the first draft were sent one. It reached 122,000 or so words.

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5/30/2026

This month for many reasons was seriously nonproductive. Telzey has only advanced to 112,000 words.

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5/9/2026

As of yesterday, 106,500 words on Telzey.

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5/7/2026

Did a consistency rewrite on Telzey. Side note: Last year, there were countable sales of my Elementary Lectures in Statistical Mechanics, enough to suggest that someplace the book was adopted by a university physics class. I have no idea where.

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5/1/2026

For what it is worth, on his date I reached 104,000 words on the Telzey novel.

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4/21/2026

For what it is worth, I have reached 95,000 words on the Telzey novel.

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4/14/2026

Progress, and a bit of a Chapter The Telzey book is now half-done or a bit more. A major theme will be the Federation’s blind spot, failing to see how technology might be corrupted. We saw that in The lion … Continue reading

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