<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[JD CORTESE AUTHOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[JD CORTESE AUTHOR]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/blogs-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:32:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.jdcortese.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ALL MY STORIES ARE ABOUT TIME]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if we are not the result of a linear past? Are both our future and past fixed? One way or another, I find myself picking a pen (or...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/all-my-stories-are-about-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b9ff714ebd1eb14e61b5cf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:25:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_4cad9fcccdee4a759fcddc804db4266b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONSPIRACIES ARE THE MODERN MYTHOLOGIES]]></title><description><![CDATA[My new novel, Fences of The Light, could have been a collaboration between Arthur C. Clarke and Dan Brown There are elements of “2001: A...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/conspiracies-are-the-modern-mythologies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629f66a9974b012454831664</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:43:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_d33ac8382df8480998c4ec729d984485~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT IF THE ULTIMATE QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most famous short stories in the Science Fiction universe is The Last Question by Isaac Azimov [1,2]. A self-conscious...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/what-if-the-ultimate-question-has-been-answered</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62838db4c17967fa1187eaf6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 14:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_bcdbfd9ca67443c1b0d94d1d51143b39~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE MAKING OF A NEW ODYSSEY]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘‘Our TV visions about the universe don't even scratch the surface of what might be out there.’’ Many years ago, I was a child sitting in...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/the-making-of-a-new-odyssey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">627bfc8a20d82b76ac7010b6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 19:28:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_82a2d00da61b4a19ae9dc000e5cc89f4~mv2_d_3934_2046_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MY  BELOVED IS THE OTHER DYLAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[A good title should have its own story Fences of the Light has been with me since I was a teenager, and in love with the poems of Dylan...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/my-beloved-is-the-other-dylan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62715371a74e7f0ce8ad1e16</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 16:17:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_bff42db670f148f998ea3c2f3899c842~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[STORIES MY BOOKS TELL ME]]></title><description><![CDATA["There's much more to books than what their authors can see.” I have been trying to comment on my Argentina time travel novels—one...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/stories-my-books-tell-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62684c07c5dbf3f8abacc7e5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_ef41638c482f4440a090eb6442903ac2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book from Winchester, one of the greats in non-fiction. A perfectionist himself, he is always able to turn a deeply-detailed...]]></description><link>https://www.jdcortese.com/post/the-perfecionists-by-simon-winchester</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5b55d0ed06d8310014e66e8a</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK REVIEWS]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:06:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de7dd7_a458b24238c94e6d8aef0bc29a8c520f~mv2_d_2946_2586_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>J.D. Cortese</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>