L. Z. Dáin
Visionary Science Fiction Author
Visionary Science Fiction Author
L. Z. Dáin is the visionary science fiction author of Tales of the Horizon™ – the story of Earth and the journey of Galactic Humans through Time and Space.
Both, L. Z. Dáin and the literary works made available under this name were born from the present need to cast light on the journey we human beings are traveling on Earth. Our sciences and religions, our studies of history, our philosophies, art and educational systems, regardless of their advances, do little to illuminate the path through Time and Space that we started in a distant past and that will take us to a distant future. We have, however, arrived at a moment in our history when we are ready to face that journey and add the weight of our will power, of our creative capacities and of our love to make it a more joyful, easier and productive experience, and closer to the intended goal — instead of all the pain, suffering, and trial and error we have endured until now.
Most of the works penned by L. Z. Dáin, though not all, are in the form of storytelling in the genre of Science Fiction — more specifically, in the sub-genre of Visionary Science Fiction. There is a reason for this choice:
Fictional storytelling bridges in us the sub-conscious with the supra-conscious, and in so doing it ‘speaks’ to the innermost self in each of us, eliciting realization and understanding at the conscious level.
Visionary Science Fiction was chosen because in Science Fiction, even though this genre pushes the boundaries of our understanding, most times the imagined future of scientific and technological advances, and of social and environmental changes, is nothing more than a transplant, into that imagined future, of our present psychological and social situation on Earth and of the challenges we face today. Visionary Science Fiction seeks to avoid that. In storytelling of this nature, not just the scientific and technological advances are pushed to greater and positive horizons, but the natural world and human beings themselves — their psychology, their understanding of themselves, and their development and lives — are also envisioned in greater heights than those achieved so far.
The central principle in Visionary Science Fiction is:
The Universe in its entirety (and we all with it) is advancing or evolving along a path of an ever-growing perfection, and the future cannot be less than the present but better, brighter and more.
From the Author
“There’s always a thirst for new stories, different ones… stories about a positive future, not idealistic but realistic. The Universe isn’t our enemy, even though many today tell us so. Thus, stories of Earth’s future often speak about dystopias. We don’t see it in that way. We know the future is what we make of it, and that we are never short of the power to create a better future for us all. For this reason, we decided to tell stories we believe are more accurate of what’s really out there, beyond our planet, and beyond our present — stories of a more hopeful future, since the longing for such a future already resides in most human hearts.”
“Central to the stories in the Tales of The Horizon universe is the idea that the ‘voice’ is the most remarkable power to create we human beings have and that the capacity to sing is the greatest expression of this power. It was then early in the writings, in spring of the year 2012, that the word “aïdin” came by inspiration to describe the idea of “song-made” creations, specifically of song-made planets. The term ‘aïdin’ later served to inspire other words and terms used in the stories, and no present-day language from Earth was used as a source. Thus, any similarity with words from modern languages is a coincidence.”
Pen Name
The name L. Z. Dáin is a pen name chosen to express the guiding principle in the works of storytelling that constitute the story universe so created — The Tales of The Horizon Universe — and in other works of visionary philosophy.
The letters L and Z were chosen from the expression “Limitless HoriZon” so that the two would sound harmoniously with each other.
The word dáin is a grammatical form of the word dán, which is an Old Gaelic term with various meanings that have evolved through time. It is usually translated as bard.
Thus, the loose expression that inspired the name L. Z. Dáin is:
Storyteller of Greater Horizons !
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