The most under-rated view in all of the known galaxy, for Mitchell Rictor at least, was that from the observation deck on the Cotti Shipyard.  He had journeyed to the edge of civilized space and beyond, had seen sights shared by only a handful of explorers, watched battle fleets tear each other apart and witnessed the super-hot deaths of worlds caught as their suns went nova.

Hi, I’m Alistair Bain and I’m an aspiring writer.

I write science fiction (and very occasionally, science fantasy) with a space opera leaning.  If you don’t know much about space opera think Star Wars, Star Trek, B5 or Battlestar Galactica.  Or check out a description here.  If you’re lucky you might catch Wikipedia on a good day…

DesertOfZin was set up, and set apart from the usual blog I’m involved with “JediMoose“, to be a home for my creative interests.

The name DesertOfZin is from a story I started some time ago and one day intend to finish.  Recently I’ve started taking it seriously as a novel.

My loving wife Ruth is a constant source of encouragement and I really couldn’t do it without her.

I can also be found (very occasionally) on Chronicles Network, Last FM, LibraryThing, MySpace, and MyMiniCity.  I do have a Facebook account, but I’m trying to wean myself off it.  After all, there’s only so much time in the day and I’m trying to write a novel here…

Oh, and apparently I’m a wrestler too.  That can’t be good.