MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 36. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of the last chapter, 35. Jack wanders through battle wreckage in a dream state. A fearsome sight drives him into water. He meets his friend and deserter, Hernani Klager, and discovers his fate. Now he reveals what happened since, that he tells this story in 1878. Afterward give concluding thoughts on the novel, and my podcast plans. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) My website is dangerquestmysteries.com . Review here: http://goo.gl/Kdp4K . This 1846 #sciencefiction #fantasy #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX Thank you!

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 35. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 34. Jack confronts Prince President Franklin Stove, the metal man, and after a struggle, discovers his awful secrets! Afterward I read philosophical commentary by readers of MOONIFEST DESTINY. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) My website is dangerquestmysteries.com . Review here: http://goo.gl/Kdp4K . This 1846 #sciencefiction #fantasy #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX Thank you!

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 34. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 33. Jack leaves the fort and searches the broken battleground for Sarah and Prince President Franklin Stove, the metal man. Afterward I explain how I came to write MOONIFEST DESTINY and how it influenced the novels I wrote afterward. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) My website is dangerquestmysteries.com . Review here: http://goo.gl/Kdp4K . This 1846 #sciencefiction #fantasy #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 33. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 32. As the fate of the second battle becomes clear, Jack searches for Sarah. Afterward I briefly mention my other stories, novels, and podcast projects. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) My website is dangerquestmysteriescom . This 1846 #sciencefiction #fantasy #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 31. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 30. Jack receives martial punishment, and explains why--since the Creator won't punish him, he had to punish himself. Afterward I examine historical fiction issues and "Pascal's Wager". (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 30. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 29. Following his failed challenge to the Creator, Jack is changing. He rebels. He lets loose his outrage against Prince President Franklin Stove. The automaton recites a macabre poem. Afterward I discuss the origin of the old American phrase, "Seeing the elephant". (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 29. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 28. Sarah explains the current battle as if it were the middle of a Base-Ball Game. She and Jack argue. To keep her from leaving him, Jack takes a risk and breaks the rules. His clownish rebellion earns the animosity of the officers on both sides. Afterward I discuss the origin of the word "Gringo". (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 28. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 27. Socrates, aka "Old Sock", is an officer's slave. He tells Jack the story of Alfred Bitt and his master-killing monster. Jack suspects a trick. Historical notes follow. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 32. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 31. A battle begins outside the fort! Is this rescue or doom? As Jack recovers from his wounds he finds his camp-wife missing. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 27. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 26. Under bombardment, some men suffer wounds. Others argue and fight each other. The "moral surgeon", the automaton, Prince-President Franklin Stove, distracts them. But then something terrible happens. Following the chapter I make some historical notes. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 26. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 25. Led by Captain Walker, the men rebel against the troublesome automaton, Prince-President Franklin Stove. At the end of the chapter, I explain about the Babbage Calculating Machine and Henry David Thoreau--and why they matter to the spirit of Manifest Destiny. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 25. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 24. The automaton, Prince-President Franklin Stove, upsets the soldiers when he explains how the planets are shifting their orbits... and why. This has something to do with American politics of 1845, and something to do with Free Will. At the end of the chapter, I explain the source of these ideas. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 24. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 23. The automaton, Prince-President Franklin Stove, explains Monroe Doctrine in terms of Old Spheres against New... (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 23. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 22. A rumor starts that Andrew Jackson is coming... Sam Walker and Sara explain Manifest Destiny in common terms... (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 22. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 21. A famous historical person breaks through the Lunar siege lines and brings a message to Fort Texas... (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 21. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 20. The Lunar Army continues to besiege Fort Texas. The soldiers in the dugout Bomb-Proof find ways to wait out the bombardment... (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 20. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 19. This is the second day that the Lunar Army besieges Fort Texas. Jack carefully measures his ambitions, and remembers his mother's tale of meeting President Adams during the War of 1812. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 19. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 18. The Lunar Army bombards Fort Texas on the Moon. Down in the dugout Bomb-Proof, the Metal Man, Prince-President Franklin Stove, volunteers as the "Moral Surgeon" of Fort Texas-on-the-Moon. Not all agree with his Whiggish ideas. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 18. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 17. The war begins, and yet Jack discovers a paucity of glory. Instead, bad things happen. (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX

MOONIFEST DESTINY podcast 17. MOONIFEST DESTINY is a novel by Peter Gelman. Subtitle: The Rough & Ready Balloon Invasion of the Lunar Peninsula of Texas. This episode includes narration of Chapter 16. As war starts with a violent shock, Jack considers Fate and Freedom, with doubts about the Great Watchmaker. If there is no free will, what does it mean to be fighting for freedom? (New listeners should start with episode 1 please.) This 1846 #sciencefiction #novel is available #Kindle illustrated for $0.99 - goo.gl/OgLcX