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Dr. Charles P. Graham: sci-fi author author of the Survive! series, semi-retired chiropractor, Navy nuclear submarine veteran, survivalist, squadron leader, search and rescue pilot and more!
After serving aboard the USS Plunger during the Cold War, Charles built a chiropractic practice in St. Johns, Michigan, and became a leader in Civil Air Patrol and search and rescue work.
He Survive! series — Marooned on Planet Tau Ceti g, First Alien Contact, and the soon to be released Galactic War — draws on his extensive experience in survival training and search and rescue. When he’s not writing or treating patients, he develops puzzle games on Steam and Google Play under Simple Software Solutions.
We talked about Charles’ experience in search and rescue—can you really eat that?—how his books stand out in the sci-fi field, the writing craft, his scariest airplane experiences and more. Oh, and of course—are Bigfoot and Dogmen out there?
This was an especially fun interview as Charles and his wife happened to be traveling very close to our home so we got to do an in-person interview. He was going to read to the sheep but it was a very muddy day so we didn’t do that!
What drinks would you pair to readings about a strange new alien creature, an attack by a bear-like animal, and a man alone on a damaged spaceship?
00:00 START
03:16 Drink 1: High Canopy Sour
04:44 Reading 1: Jay Meets the Pidogg
14:52 Writing ourselves into corners
17:01 Life in Search and Rescue
21:46 Drink 2: Growing Friendship Cucumber Cooler
23:12 Reading 2: Risking Wild Alien Animals for Water
30:17 A futuristic take on women and flawed heroes
34:47 Balancing the amount of science presented in fiction
40:27 Drink 3: Heroes Risk-Taker Dacquiri
41:50 Reading 3: Lezah Faces the End
51:30 Faith in sci-fi
55:03 Civil Air Patrol and airplane disasters
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