G'day. I'm Adam David Collings, a science fiction and fantasy author from Australia's island state of Tasmania. I write stories about ordinary people in fantastical settings. My Jewel of The Stars series could be described as "Star Trek meets Battlestar Galactica meets The Love Boat."Want a free book? Join my monthly email list to get your free copy of Fall of the HMAS Adelaide - the prequel to Jewel of The Stars
A cruise ship in space on the run from an alien armada.
The passengers of Jewel of The Stars just wanted a relaxing vacation, but when a hostile alien force invades and occupies Earth, they find themselves on the run.
Now, the crew must take the ship into unexplored space, but an unstoppable enemy stands in their way.
Stargate Universe Podcast “Light”
The second half of this Stargate Universe ‘two-parter’ brings a lot of emotions to the surface as the crew deal with their own mortality. With Destiny on course for a star, only 17 of them will survive to struggle on a barely habitable planet. The rest will burn up. This…
Stargate Universe Podcast “Darkness” Detailed Analysis & Review
Today we discuss the first regular episode of Stargate Universe after the extended pilot. Destiny now has breathable air but there are a lot of other problems. The most immediate is the mysterious lack of power. As the crisis pushes our characters toward breaking point, can they find a solution?…
Stargate Universe Podcast “Air Part 3” Detailed Analysis & Review
In the third part of the pilot of Stargate Universe, we follow our characters to an alien planet where they search for much-needed material to repair the scrubbers on Destiny. If they fail, everyone will die of asphyxiation. But there may be other life on this world. Is it helpful…
Stargate Universe Podcast “Air Parts 1 & 2” Detailed Analysis & Review
We begin a new era of the podcast as we look at Stargate Universe. SGU is the third TV series in the Stargate franchise, following SG-1 and Atlantis, and the 1994 movie. It was a divisive show, and still is to this day. It was a departure from the previous…
New Book – The Christmas Star Disaster
I’ve just published a sci-fi Christmas short story. I wrote this last year and put it on Wattpad, where you can still find it for free, but it’s now available for 99 cents on all the major eBook retailers. Get it at books2read.com/christmasstar. A Christmas Cruise in Space This is…
The State of Star Trek – Interview with Christian Geek Central
Paeter Frandsen from Christian Geek Central invited me to come and chat with him about the current state of Star Trek. We had a great time geeking out together. If you like this, share the love by
Star Trek Discovery “That Hope is You Part 1” – Detailed Analysis and Review
After a long wait, Star Trek Discovery is back. Michael Burnham has succeeded in saving the universe, but she now has to face the fact that the lift she knew is gone forever, and her friends aboard Discovery are nowhere to be found. Worse than that, she learns that the…
Star Trek Discovery – Looking Back on Season 1 and Season 2
Star Trek Discovery Season 3 is about to launch, and I’ll be covering it from the next episode, but before we get there, I wanted to look back quickly on the first two seasons and share some thoughts. I talk about what worked for me, and what I perceived as…
Shazam! Retrospective Movie Review& Analysis
Shazam! is the last of the DC Extended Universe movies that I’ll be looking at in the current batch. If you’ve been following this podcast, you’ll know I tend to prefer the serious movies. Man of Steel, Batman V Superman etc. So you might be suprised to learn that I…
Aquaman Retrospective Review & Analysis
Aquaman is the 6th movie in the DC Extended Universe. In today’s edition of the Nerd Heaven Podcast, I delve into this story, discussing what worked for me, and what didn’t. Ultimately, while I had been hoping for something more along the lines of Man of Steel, I found there…
Jewel of The Stars Series
