Frontlist | Imogene Nix's erotic romance novels on love, sex and aliens to make Moon debut

Frontlist | Imogene Nix's erotic romance novels on love, sex and aliens to make Moon debut
on Mar 22, 2021

A time capsule of human creativity is being sent to the Moon for future generations — and steamy stories of sex and aliens from Queensland author Imogene Nix will be among the 21st century novels making their lunar debut.

The Kingaroy-based erotic romance novelist's books about a sexy, time-travelling, stealth ship captain … an average bookstore owner and one psychotic alien, will be among 125 works blasting off to the Moon in July.

The works will be contained in a time capsule on US-company Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine Lander — the first commercial space mission to the Moon.

Nix said she hoped to leave a legacy on the Moon's desolate surface that future visitors, human or otherwise, could look on hundreds or thousands of years from now.

They can see who you are, and they can see some of the body of work, Nix said.

Nix said reactions to the news that her books would escape the gravitational bonds of Earth and land on the Moon had been varied.

Most of them are gobsmacked, which is a good thing, she said.

Then you get the others, you know, who go, 'What? Huh? What are you talking about?'.

[caption id=attachment_11676 align=aligncenter width=862] An artist's impression of the Peregrine Lander. (Supplied: Astrobotic Technology)[/caption]

Romantic fiction boom

Nix, a pen name,  began writing in 2010 and has so far written more than 40 titles.

She said she started writing science fiction-influenced erotic romance novels due to her love of authors such as Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey.

She said while some people rubbished the idea of her novels being chosen for the lunar project, she believed her books would make an important contribution.

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The fact that it's independent is indicative of the world-changing in publishing.

[caption id=attachment_11678 align=aligncenter width=640] Imogene Nix's Warriors of the Elector series will be included in the time capsule.(Belinda Sanders)[/caption]

The author said she applied for, and won, a spot after stumbling upon the opportunity to have her books included in the time capsule.

There's a little bit of the 'look at me' value, my books will be on the Moon, she said.

'It's going into my will'

Other works from independent filmmakers, screenwriters and artists, including from Australia, will also be sent to the Lake of the Dead, or Lacus Mortis, on an SD card as part of the Writers on the Moon project.

Project coordinator Susan Kaye Quinn said the idea to send creative works to the Moon came to her after a conversation with her husband, who worked for Astrobotic Technology.

[caption id=attachment_11677 align=aligncenter width=862] Astrobotic Technology mission director Sharad Bhaskaran with another item bound for the Moon.(Supplied: Astrobotic Technology)[/caption]

Ms Quinn said a website, with all the works on the Lander, would remain active for future generations to explore.

It's literally going into my will that the website should be maintained, she said.

Writers on the Moon is a snapshot of people creating, persevering, telling their stories, living and loving, even in this dark time.

Mostly, I hope it's something every author will share with their families and pass down through their own generations — a hint that we cared very much about the future they represent.

The return of the US

If successful, the July mission will be the first time since the Apollo missions 50 years ago that the United States has had a presence on the moon.

Astrobotic Technology, which won a contract from NASA for the project, said 15 commercial customers from seven nations would be on board the Peregrine Lander.

Company spokesperson Alivia Chapla said among the other mementos being stored on the Lander was a piece of Mount Everest.

Nix said she hoped her novels would become as popular as Harold Robbins' books were in the Star Trek universe, but if not, she hoped at least they would give people in the future a bit of a laugh.

I expect they'll laugh at the simplicity of the science in it. But that's OK, she said.

It's like anything, science will continue to grow and evolve.

Source: abc.net.au