Bob Cherny has been a fan of
science and speculative fiction since he found it in the young
people's section of the library. In grade school, he devoured works
by Heinlein, Norton, Azimov, and Huxley among others. By the time he
had finished high school, he had read every science fiction book in
the town's library.
College, and a disastrous Freshman
year at Brandeis University, forced a reevaluation of reading
materials. Switching majors to theater brought exposure to Shaw,
Strindberg, Ibsen, Stoppard, Pinter, Shakespeare and a host of young
would-be playwrights. As a technical theater major, Bob found that
the quantity of material to which he was exposed often surpassed the
quality. Too busy to do any writing of his own, Bob devoted his time
to supporting the efforts of others.
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Vietnam War brought a tour of duty in South Carolina and the
opportunity to begin graduate work at the University of South
Carolina. The war ended and Bob completed his course work before
migrating to Florida and the only job he could find at Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus World. Master's degrees in theater
were not worth much in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Fortunately, through a series of unlikely
coincidences, Bob landed a job as technical director of the then
brand new Tupperware Convention Center. At the time, it was the only
full time convention center in Central Florida. Bob would stay there
for twenty years earning an MBA along the way although his work
schedule left little time for either reading or writing except for
articles in technical journals.
Bob's sudden departure from Tupperware provided
the time to return to reading and writing. The "Stagehands" series
started in this period with gracious help from the writers in the
CompuServe Writers Forum. Two of the planned three volumes have been
completed. Bob returned to devouring speculative fiction reading
authors like David Weber, John Ringo, Anne McCaffrey, CJ Cherryh,
Kim Harrison, Tom Clancy, and Clive Cussler. He started writing the
five volume science fiction "Warrior" series which has recently been
completed.
A short stint at Disney Event Productions
introduced Bob to the power of "Pixie Dust" although it would be six
more years before he would figure out how to turn it into a novel,
the novel you see before you today.
Bob left Disney for Paradise Show and Design
where he returned to his roots in live event technical support. He
took a short detour to open the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee,
Florida before returning to Paradise where he currently works.
"Don't give up your day job."
Driven by boredom as much as anything else, Bob
cranked out a single volume alternate history placed in what is now
known as New England as it might have been if the Vikings and Irish
explorers who found Greenland and Iceland had ventured far enough
south to discover Cape Cod and established viable colonies.
"Flying with Fairies" is Bob's most recent work.
It is intended to be light reading. Don't try to read too much
between the lines. There's nothing there. Relax and enjoy.
FLYING WITH FAIRIES by Robert
Cherny....The
reign of Fiona, Queen of the Fairies, is threatened by an unknown
affliction. With most of her court and soldiers sick, she sends her
only daughter to bring back the one man, a human, that she knows can
save them...More>>