Gridlock and Other Stories
DUTY, HONOR, PLANET - A story of love, honor, courage, and the Strategic Defense Initiative...
SCOOP - For Those Who Think Chernobyl and Three Mile Island Were Big Deals, in the Words of the Immortal Al Jolson: "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"
BEER RUN - What if you went out for a six-pack and never came back?
GIFT - If you think nuclear power is a dangerous way to generate electricity, then you obviously haven't considered the drawbacks of solar energy!
THE SHROUD - The Shroud of Turin is thought by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. As such, it could represent the greatest danger Christianity has yet faced...
WHO WILL GUARD THE GUARDIANS? - Immortality must be purchased for a price. Perhaps that price is too high.
LIFE PROBE - If an alien spacecraft searching for intelligent life in the universe encountered Earth, would it think that it had found any?
MAN OF THE RENAISSANCE - If you think nuclear weapons are difficult to build, ask yourself the following question: How successful would the Manhattan Project have been at inventing the VCR?
GRIDLOCK - Where would you go if you had invented a time machine, but couldn't steer it?
DREAM WORLD - Does modern life ever remind you of a bad 1950s science fiction story? You may be closer to the truth than you think!
LYSENKO'S LEGACY - There are things in life more important than ideology. Sometimes it takes the wisdom of age to realize this simple truth. (Published on Sci Fi - Arizona for the first time.)
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Michael McCollum
Michael McCollum is an American science fiction author. He was born 1946.
Michael McCollum is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he majored in aerospace propulsion and minored in nuclear engineering. He is employed at Honeywell in Tempe, Arizona, where he is Chief Engineer in the valve product line.
In his career, Michael McCollum has worked on the precursor to the Space Shuttle Main Engine, a nuclear valve to replace the one that failed at Three Mile Island, several guided missiles, the International Space Station, and virtually every aircraft in production today. He was involved in an effort to create a joint venture company with a major Russian aerospace engine manufacturer and has traveled extensively to Russia.
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