Who is Yano Solong?

Now that these blog posts are appearing on my Twitter and (shudder) other social networks, some people may be asking themselves, Just who is this Yano Solong? I'd like to draw back the curtain and invite you inside my wunderkammer:

A rebel hero. A wanderer of the psyche. A self-aware fictional character, Yano Solong is the son of Han Solo and the grandson of a French anti-hero named Lone Sloane, created by a young author to serve as his avatar in an autobiographical space opera, set in an armada of corporate warships known as the Nova Consortium, on the anarchic fringes of which Yano S. was the pilot of a small mailroom freighter. Along with his co-author, androidized clerk Douglas Reich, Yano conducted raids against the fleet of Fleet Commander Bill van Fleet and thwarted the flamboyant dealings of Darth Scarf, Sith lord and relentless windbag. After rescuing Reich from the clutches of the supercomputer Nova1 Sonomi, Yano and Douglas escaped to the desert resort city of Safern on the planet Shenker 4, where they lost track of each other. It was some time before the young Yano, finding himself living in the Imperial Capital, reforged an old bond with the illustrious Dr. Lance Cardigan, elective prosthetics expert, and the two set to work building an engine of knowledge and discovery known as the Science Patrol.

It was during this time that Yano increasingly became this author's online pseudonym for all explorations of science fact and fiction, the building of new realities, and the study of ancient and dying arts. Now working as a freelance reality builder, learning the trade of harnessing lightning, Yano continues to tinker in his workshop on the structure of time and space itself.

By the way, most of the original stories of Yano Solong and Douglas Reich have been lost, but the legends remain, and may be set down on paper again sometime in the future. Continue to follow his adventures through all three venues:

Science Patrol

The Voyages of Yano Solong

Yano Solong's Twitter Feed

So long,
Yano