Read the story on my Substack, HERE.
#scifi #sciencefiction #satire #humor #aliens #fiction
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Short Story: "The Invasion That Never Was"
Read the story on my Substack, HERE.
#scifi #sciencefiction #satire #humor #aliens #fiction
Monday, August 18, 2025
Book release: First English edition of fantasy novel VAERNEN THE DAMNED
It was published twice: First by a small indie publisher (Wela Förlag), then by a large publisher (Saga Egmont) that took over the rights from the small one.
The book hasn’t sold much, but the few reviews were fairly positive and I consider it an ambitious effort. So recently I decided to translate this novel to English and self-publish (with the large publisher’s permission, since it only had the rights to the Swedish version).
Now the translation is complete. I have made some minor edits to the text as well, to improve language and narrative flow. The title is VAERNEN THE DAMNED.
VAERNEN THE DAMNED IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPC5FVHX
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Friday, May 02, 2025
FREE EBOOK WEEKEND May 2-4, 2025
FREE EBOOK WEEKEND
My old space-opera novel THE ARGUS PROJECT (2016) will be available for FREE ebook download
from Friday, May 2, PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
to the end of May 4, 2025, PDT.
(In European time zones, the offer lasts until Monday.)
Download link:
http://amazon.com/ARGUS-PROJECT-R-Yngve-ebook/dp/B01N2OVKIS/
About THE ARGUS PROJECT:
ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR...
In the distant future, Planet Earth has become the seat of an interplanetary empire. It wages war on its own colonies to gain control of the Solar System and its precious energy resources.
Two lovers are caught up in this colossal power struggle. They join forces to win back their freedom... and each other. In their way stands the military forces of an entire empire... and the last politician.
This complete 100,000-word science fiction novel has previously been released as a Web serial in the early 2000s.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Longform Essay: "Make Clowns Funny Again"
Over at my Substack, I'm trying to write both reviews and essays. Sometimes the essays get very long... such as this one: "Make Clowns Funny Again".
It deals with clowns and comedy, and their underestimated, often misunderstood role in society. Enjoy...
#comedy #culture
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Book Review: DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE by Miye Lee
INSIPID: "Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless."
That just about sums it up.
Perhaps something was lost in the translation from Korean to English, but this book felt synthetic ... as if it were computer-generated. (That certainly applies to the above book cover, too.) Nothing comes alive - not the characters, not the plot, not the setting. It all comes off as flat, fake, simulated.
The main theme, a store that sells dreams, is weak and convoluted. The "dream marketplace" seems to have insinuated itself into a space where it was never needed to begin with - a middleman who sells your own imagination back to you.
There is no sense of conflict or real tension in the story, since it's all about affirming the "ordered" state of dreamland. There is no chaos or disorder or depth or ambiguity. The "authority figure" characters are all-seeing and benevolent, which gets creepy in a way the author may not have intended.
Santa Claus appears as a character. It doesn't help.
Is this aimed at children? Then children deserve better literature.
Avoid.
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