Exploring the Future

Author Spotlight: Bob Freeman’s New Interview on H2LiftShips – Vol. 1 – Beyond Luna

Indies United author Bob Freeman had an interview drop this week, and it’s a perfect opportunity to highlight the depth, science, and sheer originality behind his H2LiftShips saga. The interview focuses on Vol. 1 – Beyond Luna, the first book in his space‑opera series. .

Bob’s work stands out because it blends hard science, humor, and inventive world‑building. Instead of relying on familiar sci‑fi tropes like faster‑than‑light travel or alien civilizations, he builds a future grounded in solar‑sail cargo ships and hydrogen‑balloon lift systems, a concept introduced directly in Beyond Luna . The series follows Captain Graciela and her crew of genetically enhanced animals — including canines, primates, and octopuses — as they navigate pirates, anarchists, asteroid colonies, and the unpredictable economics of a solar‑system‑wide society.

Bob’s background is just as fascinating as his fiction. Before turning to writing at age 70, he spent decades as a public health microbiologist, laboratory director, and software developer, working on anaerobic bacteria research, cross‑border tuberculosis studies, and laboratory information systems . That scientific grounding shows up everywhere in his books — reviewers consistently praise the series for its realistic science, originality, and energetic world‑building .

If you want to hear Bob talk about the science, the story, and the wonderfully strange universe he’s built, his new interview is a great place to start.

🎧 Listen to the interview: https://rubipod.link/H2LiftShips

Congratulations, Bob — it’s always exciting to see your work reach new readers, listeners, and sci‑fi fans.