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Chris Simmons

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<div class="ev-article-kicker">AUTHOR · DEVELOPER · BUILDER</div>
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Chris Simmons writes the [[Evansphere]], a science fiction series about a Martian family, the systems that sustain them, and the principles they find hardest to practise when something goes wrong.

His stories begin with things people need: warmth in a room, clean water, food on a table, a safe way home. Around those needs are people doing demanding work, making imperfect decisions and trying to remain available to the people they love.
== Work, experience and fiction ==
Chris brings experience in technology, operations and oil and gas safety to his writing. As a software developer and builder of practical tools, he is interested in the distance between a design that looks sound and a system that has to work in human hands.

That interest runs through the Evansphere. The equipment has a purpose, the work has consequences, and competence includes knowing when to stop, ask a question or listen to someone else. Physics and engineering shape the setting, while human behaviour determines what people do with the knowledge they have.

Responsibility is a recurring concern: who notices a problem, who has the authority to act, and who lives with the result. These questions belong as much to a family kitchen as to a control room.
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== The family behind the stories ==
His wife, Cathrine, and his family are at the heart of the books’ dedications. The Evans family lives on Mars, but its arguments about work, trust, pride and making time for one another are much closer to home.

The books give ordinary moments space alongside the larger problems: a school assignment, a cooling meal, a colleague’s question, a promise to be there. Those moments let the reader meet the people behind their professional roles.
== Explore the Evansphere ==
* ''[[39 Minutes|John Evans: 39 Minutes]]'' introduces John’s journey from Mars to Earth and the work of restoring essential systems.
* ''[[The Divide|Paul Evans: The Divide]]'' follows the demands of keeping a community warm while being present for a family.
* ''[[The Two-Body Problem|Caitlyn Evans: The Two-Body Problem]]'' brings food, care and the boundary between protection and control into focus.

The [[Reader guide]] offers a starting point. [[Books]] lists paperback and large print editions, and [[Discussion questions]] leaves room for readers to disagree about the ideas behind the stories.
== Other ventures… ==
[https://sltd.ca/ '''Starlit Digital →''']

Chris’s software work continues through Starlit Digital, an independent Canadian studio building practical tools for the people who use them. Its work includes Voci, a workspace for karaoke hosts, alongside tools for developers.

The connection with his fiction is straightforward: understand the work, pay attention to the person doing it, and take responsibility for how the system behaves. Visit [https://sltd.ca/ Starlit Digital] to explore that side of his work.

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Maintenance script uploaded File:Chris-Simmons-Author.jpg == Summary == Chris Simmons in a suit and tie. Author-provided portrait published at his request. Copyright Chris Simmons.

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== Summary ==
Chris Simmons in a suit and tie. Author-provided portrait published at his request. Copyright Chris Simmons.

Places

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	~~Two~~ worlds ~~remain connected by trade, history~~, and the ~~systems each needs to survive.~~		Explore worlds, habitats and workplaces through the book you are reading. Choose one setting at a time, or see how the published stories share a world.
	~~== Mars ==~~
	~~[[Mars]] is contained, procedural, and resource-conscious~~. ~~Explore [[Port Alpha]], Ring Four, Sector Seven~~, the ~~Valles geothermal districts, and the Hellas Basin.~~
	~~== Earth ==~~
	~~[[Earth]] is damaged, recovering, and politically fragmented. Restoration work tests who has access to essential services and who controls their repair.~~
	~~== Pacific Remnant Outpost ==~~
	~~[[Pacific Remnant Outpost\|The Alliance’s coastal base]] brings engineering, health, transport, and reclamation work together~~.

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	== The Divide: Valles and the habitats ==		== 39 Minutes ==
	* [[Valles]] ~~and~~ the [[Valles geothermal plant]]: ~~the district and~~ Paul’s workplace.		=== Mars ===
			[[Mars]] is John’s home world, where enclosed habitats depend on maintained systems. [[Port Alpha]] introduces pressure boundaries, shared meals and the rhythms of an Mday. Ring Four, the Valles geothermal districts and the Hellas Basin are part of the Martian setting described in the book.
			=== Earth ===
			[[Earth]] is damaged, recovering and open to weather. Restoration work connects engineering with the people who depend on essential services.

			The [[Pacific Remnant Outpost]] is the Alliance coastal base where engineering, health, transport and reclamation meet.

			[[39 Minutes\|About the book →]]

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			== The Divide ==
			=== Valles and the habitats ===
			* [[Mars]]: the world of the Evans household and the heat network.
			* [[Valles]]: the geothermal district associated with Paul’s work.
			* [[Valles geothermal plant]]: Paul’s workplace and the source of heat for the habitats.
	* [[Olympus Prime]]: homes and growing spaces with substantial heat demand.		* [[Olympus Prime]]: homes and growing spaces with substantial heat demand.
	* [[Renticuluous Alpha]]: a habitat with constrained circulation.		* [[Renticuluous Alpha]]: a habitat with constrained circulation.
	* [[Volallies Beta]]: an inhabited development still under construction.		* [[Volallies Beta]]: an inhabited development still under construction.

	[[The Divide systems\|~~How~~ the ~~fictional heat network works~~]] · [[The Divide]]		[[The Divide systems\|Explore heat delivery and the language of safe work →]]

			[[The Divide\|About the book →]]

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			== The Two-Body Problem ==
			=== The growing community ===
			* [[Mars]]: the wider home of the agricultural community.
			* [[Olympus Prime]]: the habitat surrounding Caitlyn’s working world.
			* [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]]: growing domes, laboratories and family plots.
			* [[Sector Seven]]: the older growing dome introduced in the opening chapter.

			[[The Two-Body Problem systems\|Explore cultivation, observation and quarantine →]]

			[[The Two-Body Problem\|About the book →]]

	~~== The Two-Body Problem: growing spaces ==~~		</div>
	* [[Olympus Prime agricultural extension]]: domes, laboratories and family plots.		</div>
	* [[Sector Seven]]: the older growing dome introduced at the start of Caitlyn’s story.

	~~[[The Two-Body Problem systems\|Cultivation and quarantine]] · [[The Two-Body Problem]]~~		== Using this directory ==
	== ~~How to use the setting guide~~ ==		A location can have a different place in each book: a demand on a heat network in Paul’s story, for example, and a growing community in Caitlyn’s. The filter narrows this directory; linked articles may cover several books. No invented coordinates, distances or discovery routes are supplied.
	~~The pages move from worlds to settlements and workplaces.~~ A place ~~can belong to several kinds of story~~: ~~Olympus Prime is~~ a demand on a heat network in Paul’s ~~book~~ and ~~an agricultural~~ community in Caitlyn’s. ~~Those views complement each other without requiring a map of plot events~~.

	~~No invented coordinates or travel distances are supplied.~~ [[Everyday life]] ~~follows the common features of inhabited spaces, while the~~ [[~~Reader glossary~~]] ~~explains terms used across locations.~~		[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Characters\|Meet the characters →]]

Characters

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-The Evansphere follows people whose useful strengths can become burdens. Family members, specialists, and local communities each bring their own perspective.
+Meet the Evans family, their colleagues and the communities around them. Choose a book to see people in that setting, or browse all three perspectives.
-[[Places|Explore their world →]]
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-== The Divide: earlier family and community ==
+== 39 Minutes ==
-The same family appears at an earlier point in ''[[The Divide]]''. The introductions below avoid the outcome of Paul’s investigation.
+=== The Evans family ===
 * [[Anika]], [[Hawksworth]], [[Venn]] and [[Tessa Brandt]]: the plant and its working community.
-* [[Niko]], [[Ms. Ivers]], [[Rafi]], [[Sella Voss]] and [[Ellis]]: childhood, school and the habitat.
+* [[Tomas Vale]] and [[Joss Merritt]]: equipment proposals and commercial interests.
-* [[Tomas Vale]] and [[Joss Merritt]]: proposals, equipment and commercial interests.
+* [[The Divide supporting characters|Supporting cast directory]]: habitat representatives, operators, growers and other briefly named people.
-* [[The Divide supporting characters|Supporting cast directory]]: habitat representatives, operators, growers, medical staff and historical names.
-[[Organizations|Institutions and organizations]] · [[The Divide|About Paul’s book]]
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-== The Two-Body Problem: growing team and community ==
+== The Two-Body Problem ==
-* [[Caitlyn Evans]] and the Evans family, with [[Niko]].
+=== Family and friends ===
-* [[Rian Okoro]], [[Hana]] and [[Lia]]: the extension’s working team.
+* [[Caitlyn Evans]]: Botanist Prime at the centre of the agricultural story.
 * [[Sable Ashford]] and [[Aldous Crane]]: corporate and council perspectives.
-* [[Marta Anders]] and [[The Two-Body Problem supporting characters|the supporting cast]]: family growers, council representatives and the younger community.
+* [[Joss (agricultural extension)]]: visitor and communications work at the outer desk.
-[[The Two-Body Problem|Explore Caitlyn’s book]]
+== Using this directory ==
-== Following shared characters ==
+Shared character pages label appearances by book. The filter narrows this directory; an article may include introductions from the other covered books. Supporting cast pages collect smaller roles without inventing biographies. [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity notes]] distinguish an established role from an unconfirmed connection.
-The supporting cast directories collect shorter roles with chapter references. [[:Category:Identity unresolved|Identity unresolved]] marks a specific unconfirmed connection, not a secret identity or a promise of a future reveal.
+[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Places|Explore places →]]

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	Official Amazon descriptions are preserved in full on each book page. Shared character entries can reveal appearances across the covered books. Readers who prefer to know nothing in advance should start with the novels.		Official Amazon descriptions are preserved in full on each book page. Shared character entries can reveal appearances across the covered books. Readers who prefer to know nothing in advance should start with the novels.
	== Interpretation and identity ==		== Interpretation and identity ==
	Theme discussions and questions offer ways of reading, not new facts about the fictional world. A repeated name does not establish that two people are related or identical. The [[Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity unresolved]] tag marks an explicit evidence gap.		Theme discussions and questions offer ways of reading, not new facts about the fictional world. A repeated name does not establish that two people are related or identical. The [[:Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity unresolved]] tag marks an explicit evidence gap.
	== More ways to explore ==		== More ways to explore ==
	[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Discussion questions]]		[[Reader guide]] · [[Reader glossary]] · [[Everyday life]] · [[Discussion questions]]

The Two-Body Problem supporting characters

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	The council, family plots and younger community bring different scales of experience to Caitlyn’s world. A representative speaks from a public role, while a grower’s work also belongs to a household and a teenager’s friendship has its own importance.		The council, family plots and younger community bring different scales of experience to Caitlyn’s world. A representative speaks from a public role, while a grower’s work also belongs to a household and a teenager’s friendship has its own importance.

	This directory provides names and immediate relationships. It leaves developments within those relationships to the novel. [[Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity notes]] mark connections the text does not establish.		This directory provides names and immediate relationships. It leaves developments within those relationships to the novel. [[:Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity notes]] mark connections the text does not establish.

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	Family members appear at different stages of life. Their individual pages label appearances by book so a childhood scene is not mistaken for an adult role. Work titles identify an introduction, not everything a person is or will become.		Family members appear at different stages of life. Their individual pages label appearances by book so a childhood scene is not mistaken for an adult role. Work titles identify an introduction, not everything a person is or will become.

	The supporting cast directories collect shorter roles with chapter references. [[Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity unresolved]] marks a specific unconfirmed connection, not a secret identity or a promise of a future reveal.		The supporting cast directories collect shorter roles with chapter references. [[:Category:Identity unresolved\|Identity unresolved]] marks a specific unconfirmed connection, not a secret identity or a promise of a future reveal.
	[[Reader guide]] · [[Everyday life]]		[[Reader guide]] · [[Everyday life]]

Category:Reader guides

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