For me, speculative fiction has at its heart the fortunes of the human race. While my plots begin with a dystopian situation, my characters pursue the overarching question: What will it take to mend the world? I enjoy writing about the future of humanity through the lens of human quirks.

Key influences which called to me as a writer include Larry Niven, R.A. Lafferty, James Tiptree Jr., Ursula K. Le Guin, Carl Hiaasen, Louise Erdrich, Barbara Kingsolver, Jane Smiley, Ann Patchett and others, because these writers make the reader think.

In the previous millennium, I was a Senior UX Designer, a technical writer, and creative copy pro, taking positions in user experience design from Netscape to Cisco. My free-lance articles were featured in Byte Magazine, Quality Progress, Glass, Glass Studio Magazine, Prescott Living Magazine, and Sports Car.

Current Titles

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Beauty Pill – Drowning in Mother’s Lies
Next History: Lilith Ascending (2013)
Angle of Attack: An Adventure in Aviation, Love, and Crime (2012)
Lance Sidesaddle: Adventures of the Old West’s Most Lovable Lout (short story collection, 2012)
Halcyon Dreamworlds: An Avatar Paradise of Seduction and Death (2015) Book 1, The Catapult of Singularity
Robot, Run! – Enslaved by Rogue AI (2024) Book 2, The Catapult of Singularity

Reader Comments

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Backgrounds in Art and Music

Baldwin is a visual artist and jazz keyboard player. Baldwin was making music videos in Los Angeles before they were a thing.

In his artwork since the 1970s, Baldwin conceived his three-dimensional approach to art glass design, invented the painting style known as Hard-Edge Impressionism, and coined the term Repainted Photograph to describe his digital treatments of California landscapes.

About My Dad

I am the son of the late Thomas Russell Baldwin, professor of music in the California State Colleges. Professor Baldwin received a resolution from the California State Senate after his passing in 1982, for his lifetime contribution to the musical life of California.

From 1947 until his retirement in 1978, Professor Baldwin was a member of the San Bernardino Valley College music faculty. A native of Chicago, at Valley College he taught composition, harmony, counterpoint, music history and piano, and served as head of the music department. He also served as president of the Redlands Spinet club. He lived in San Bernardino from 1947 to 1958, and in Redlands from 1958 until his passing in 1982.

Mr. Baldwin was an accomplished composer. His composition, “Concertino in F Major for Piano and Orchestra,” was commissioned and performed for the commemoration of San Bernardino Valley College’s 50th anniversary in 1976. Today, SBVC maintains a scholarship in his name to support exceptional piano students intending to transfer to a four-year college.