Peter Kazmaier

Why do so many people read Science Fiction? Why do so many more watch movies with Science Fiction themes. This was discussed on a TV Special called Listen Up TV on Global Television yesterday. You can also see it online .

One of the key conclusions was that Science Fiction encourages a sense of wonder and even of hope.

At the end of the special, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Lorna Dueck about The Halcyon Dislocation and my motivation for writing it.

Thanks for reading,

~Peter

In Chapter 1 Bill Dembski discusses the fascinating story in the New York Times (July 23, 1985, p. B1) of Nicholas Caputo, the Essex County Clerk and a Democrat who conducted a series of draws to determine who would be given the top ballot line in the county elections. Interestingly enough as a consequence of his draws, the Democrats were given the top line 40 out of 41 times. After the last draw, Mr. Caputo was sued and the case brought before the New Jersey Supreme Court. The court ruled 6-0 against Mr. Caputo noting that the chance of picking a party in this manner 40 out of 41 times was less than 1 in 50 billion and further stated that "confronted with these odds, few persons of reason will accept the reason of blind chance." So what does this have to do with The Design Inference ? Continue reading ‘THE DESIGN INFERENCE by William A. Dembski’

It was about a year ago when a friend of mine asked what I thought of Peter Joseph’s movie, Zeitgeist . Zeitgeist is a movie that has been viewed by more than 50 M viewers and has propagated by viral marketing (i.e. one viewer after another emails the link to their friends because of its startling and controversial message). The movie itself is divided into three sections. The first part claims that Jesus and his life is a "recent" version of an astro-theological myth that has been replayed many, many times in the past. The second part claims that the 9/11 catastrophe was orchestrated by the United States, and the final portion makes claims about an international banking conspiracy.

Now let me say at the outset that I watched part 2 only once and never watched part 3, so I have no comments to make on these. So what are my thoughts on part 1?

Continue reading ‘ZEITGEIST, the Internet Movie by Peter Joseph’

I found out this past week that my novel The Halcyon Dislocation (Wolfsburg Imprints ) has been selected as a finalist in The Word Guild 2009 Canadian Christian Writing Awards in the category of Futuristic Fiction. The award recipient will be selected at the Awards Gala in Mississauga on June 17th.

The other finalist is a novel by Richard Allen Wunderlich of Salmon Arm, B.C. called Tomorrow’s Paper (OakTara Publishers). Mr. Wunderlich has graciously made several chapters of his book available for download on the internet.

For more information about The Word Guild, go to www.thewordguild.com .

For more information on the awards gala contact Jeanette Duncan

Email: twgjeanette@gmail.com

Ph: 519-886-4196

I have read many fine books on apologetics, but Kreeft and Tacelli’s is the best one I have encountered. They begin with an excellent introduction on the value and limitations of reason in general and apologetics in particular. They explain why reason and faith are complementary. Finally they summarize by providing details on the terms, premises, and arguments that confront anyone who seriously and objectively examines tha validity of the Christian Faith. One of the most valuable things I learned answered the question: What makes reasoning valid? Continue reading ‘“Handbook of Christian Apologetics” by Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli’

One of my passions is to develop Erasable Paper, a paper that can be rewritten again and again. and reduce the amount of paper we discard. Recently a Youtube video of me demonstrating Erasable Paper was uploaded. If you are interested, you might check it out.

Thanks for reading,

~Peter

THE HALCYON DISLOCATION was reviewed by "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind " and given 4 out of 5 stars.

…The universe that the author creates is one that I can only best compare to Tolkien’s epic tales (and I’m not saying that because I know him and he’s likely to read this review, it’s completely true). It’s often a tall task for any author to portray a simple world around it’s main character, but in Tolkien fashion, Peter Kazmaier creates a vivid universe filled with multiple cultures, philosophies, character-types, and story-lines, all handled with care representative of someone who truly understands and loves the characters and universe that they have created.

I give this novel 4 out of 5 stars, and highly recommend it. It can be found for purchase online through the following web link: THE HALCYON DISLOCATION

THE HALCYON DISLOCATION has just been reviewed by Canadian Christianity :

February 2009

Peter Kazmaier: The Halcyon Dislocation (Wolfsburg Imprints, 2009) Peter Kazmaier is a man of many parts: a research scientist in industry and an adjunct professor of chemistry at Queen’s University, he also has patents on more than 100 inventions. Now he has written a science fiction novel which deals with power struggles at a university community which has been transported to a new world.

I recently received a request from Essence Publishing to participate in their newsletter. They asked the following questions:

1) What challenges did you encounter in the writing process?
2) What has the reaction been like to your book(s)?
3) Do you have plans for future books?
4) What has been the most exciting part of your publishing experience?
5) What would you say is your most interesting writing quirk?
6) Do you have any advice for first-time authors?

If you would like to see how I answered them, please read on. Continue reading ‘Q & A on THE HALCYON DISLOCATION in the Essence Publishing Newsletter’

"Kennedy : I feel I’m really sticking my neck out, though, debating with a professional theologian.

Lewis : I’m not a professional theologian. But real debate, debate to unearth the truth, not to beat your opponent, seems to be the right thing to do here-as if we were brought here for that purpose. Do you have that feeling too?"

Peter Kreeft Between Heaven and Hell , p24, InterVarsity Press (1964)

When I look on my own schooling on debating, I believe the focus was very wrong. First we often began with a nonsensical proposition (for example "black is black enough") and then we were placed on the Affirmative and Negative sides by fiat. Finally, (and in my view most disastrously) our objective was to win the debate. Who won was usually determined by a show of hands by the audience or by a ruling of a panel of judges.

So what’s wrong with this? Continue reading ‘The Right Kind of Debate’