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Martin, Carl

Working name of Rodney Carl Martin Jr (1950-    ), US software engineer and author, son of Rob Martin, primarily of nonfiction as Rod Martin Jr [not listed below]. With John Dalmas he wrote Touch the Stars: Emergence (1983), in which US researchers developing a Faster Than Light drive allowing interstellar travel are opposed by Secret Masters who wish to keep humanity Earthbound and under their control. Martin's solo Space Opera sequel, adding Aliens to the mix and escalating to galaxy-wide War, is Touch the Stars: Diaspora (2014). The later Edge of Remembrance sequence opening with Edge of Remembrance: Gods and Dragons (2017 ebook) links discoveries by archaeologists in the present and in a forgotten advanced civilization of Earth's deep past. [DRL]

Rodney Carl Martin Jr

born USA: 1950

works (selected)

series

Touch the Stars

• Touch the Stars: Emergence (New York: Tor, 1983) with John Dalmas [Touch the Stars: pb/Vincent Di Fate]
• Touch the Stars: Diaspora (Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace, 2014) [Touch the Stars: pb/]

Edge of Remembrance

• Edge of Remembrance: Gods and Dragons (place not given: Tharsis Highlands Publishing, 2017) [ebook: Edge of Remembrance: na/Carl Martin]
• Edge of Remembrance: Tales of Atlantis Lost (place not given: Tharsis Highlands Publishing, 2017) [ebook: Edge of Remembrance: na/Carl Martin]

collections

• Entropy's Children (place not given: Tharsis Highlands Publishing, 2014) [coll: ebook: na/Carl Martin]

links

• Rod Martin Jr
• Martian Publishing
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 09:43 am on 10 March 2026.
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