The first draft of the third book in the Janus Unfolding series, Inheritance is completed and in editing.
The second book in the series, Emergence is now available in paperback.
Category Archives: Emergence: Janus Unfolding Book One
Whew! That took a while.
I found out what was stopping me from finishing the third book. Soon I’ll be able to say, the first draft of this one is done. 🙂
Weeding, Reading and Writing
Doing more weeding and reading, than writing. In the back of my mind, I am working on how to finish the third book in the Janus Unfolding series. I have tried to begin that work several times and it doesn’t come. I don’t want to force it so I’m Weeding and Reading.
“…indistinguishable from magic.” Janus Unfolding
As I write the Janus Unfolding series, Arthur Clarke’s quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” comes to mind.
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Suppose we are the less advanced people (easy enough to imagine that). Then ask: What would be so advanced relative to our experience to seem like magic to us? For example.
Magic – Moving from one location to another instantly, perhaps without being seen in transit.
Magic – All children are loved, clothed, fed, sheltered and given an education, and all women are treated with respect and empowered to fully participate in society. We may as well throw in that there is no more war or armed aggression and bullies do not prosper.
What would we have to understand for the first one to seem common place?
What would a world have to be like for the second one to be the norm?
Chanticleer Review of Janus Unfolding: Emergence
JANUS UNFOLDING: EMERGENCE by C.A. Knutsen
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Genre(s): Crime Thriller, Fiction, Lab Lit – Scientific Thrillers, Lab Lit/Science, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense
Publisher: C.A. Knutsen (2014)
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In the remote town of Frazier, Washington, a house fire burns so inexplicably white-hot that the firemen are forced to retreat. There are no known materials used in home construction or interior decoration that can explain the heat and ferocity of the blaze. Upon closer examination of the charred remains of the structure, the firemen discover a body burned so completely that only bones survived. And in the surrounding property, they find the comatose bodies of three professional assassins, clearly laid out for the authorities. Read More at
“Mimsy Were the Borogoves”
The 1943 science fiction short story Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett is about a toddler and his infant sibling who do things that are quite unusual.
It is a story I am reminded 
of this whenever I see young children playing, unfettered by ‘impossibilities’ that are so obvious to adults. It’s not so much the specific story line as the concept that there is more to our existence than can be described by our senses and the associated four dimensions.
In my writing, I present characters with something that is ‘impossible’ and then ask them to find out how such a thing could occur.
I’m often surprised by what they come up with.
Speculative Fiction – Janus Unfolding Series
Is the Janus Unfolding Series Science Fiction? A genre title that is a better description of this series is Speculative Fiction.
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One reviewer thought Emergence was a ‘whodunit’ with a ‘dash of science fiction’. There is some ‘speculative’ science in my books. Just like faster-than-light travel which we all accept in our science fiction novels, the things I raise may seem impossible.
I’m with the Queen of Hearts and Richard Feynman on the subject. I like to think of impossible things before breakfast and afterwards for that matter, and we don’t know it all.
I recently encountered material presented by Nassim Haramein describing the exciting revelations he found by looking into what is in the empty space that makes up nearly all of the volume of you, me and the universe: Interesting point of view.
So I speculate.
Transformative Ideas
I like the word transformative when I think about my writing. Transformative could be viewed as Creative-with-an-agenda – – conscious or unconscious. Transformation like Creation is saying that the desired result has happened. The transformation I have in mind for myself is likely a lifelong process. The transformation I have in mind for our species may take longer: Care for others, not fear others; Care for our world, not fear what might happen. In my writing, I introduce a change that puts ‘care’ ahead of ‘fear’. I believe we already have it in us to make this shift without the change I introduce in my books, but we fear and the media reinforces our fears.
So I write.
Thank You
Thank you for visiting this new site. At this point I have only added things that I knew I wanted here. More will be added as I learn more about the art of websites and as my journey encounters other interesting things.