"Lahska" has been a 'work-in-progress' since the mid-eighties of the last century and my taking early retirement from teaching ESL. I should have taken up writing Sci-Fi earlier instead of pursuing...view more"Lahska" has been a 'work-in-progress' since the mid-eighties of the last century and my taking early retirement from teaching ESL. I should have taken up writing Sci-Fi earlier instead of pursuing a misbegotten (but ultimately instructive) career in Literary Criticism. Better late than never. I've been a Professor of Foreign Languages, a charter boat owner/captain, worked in a kibbutz, studied metaphysics and become a grandfather twice over. My main SF heroes are H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis, Olaf Stapledon, Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick.view less