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<p>In these pages you can...</p><p>...race against time to solve mysteries hidden in a planet's vast desert-and in a woman's heart</p><p>...learn the true story of a president's assassination</p><p>...journey 14000 miles to a high-tech fountain of youth</p><p>...win or go home-to an Earth you've never seen</p><p>and explore six other worlds created by a distinctive voice in twenty-first century science fiction.</p><p><br></p><p>==========</p><p>Want to learn more about science fiction author Raymund Eich? Here's a Q&A to tell you more about this distinctive voice in new science fiction.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>First off: Raymund Eich. Am I spelling it correctly? And how do you pronounce it?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>That's the correct spelling. My immigrant parents split the difference between the Anglo-French <em>Raymond</em> and the German <em>Raimund</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>My last name is pronounced with a long-i vowel sound like both syllables in <em>Einstein</em>. The preferred consonant sound is a sh. Overall one syllable <em>eye-sh</em>. </p><p><br></p><p>Tough to pronounce and also tough to spell. I've seen Elch Einch Etch Eitch Iech Eric and Erich. The misspellings used to bother me but I've grown philosophical about them.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What are some of your publishing credits?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>I've had short stories published in <em>Analog</em> science fiction and fact magazine and the sci fi anthology <em>Surviving Tomorrow</em>. And over a dozen novels and six short story collections are available as ebooks and paperback books and some also as audiobooks.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Final question. Science fiction sci fi SF speculative fiction or spec fic?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Is it an adventure on future Earth an exploration of a distant planet a discovery beyond the limits of human knowledge or a journey across deep space? Then I'll read it. The genre fiction label doesn't matter.</p><p><br></p>