Gene Steinberg discovered the magic of writing while still a teenager. He edited his own science fiction and New Age fanzine, and began writing a science fiction novel about an Earth man who finds himself in an unknown land faced with life-threatening situations.

In the 1970's, several of his science fiction/science fact articles appeared in Saga UFO Report and Beyond Reality magazines.

In 1984 Gene began to work with the original Apple Macintosh personal computer and never looked back. Over the next few years, Gene finally decided to follow his dream and become a full-time writer, but he also devoted extra time to work as a computer software/systems consultant, partly to provide material for his books and magazine articles.

Gene has written more than 30 books on computers and the Internet, plus hundreds of articles for such industry publications as MacAddict, MacHome, MacUser and Macworld. He has also written for CNET, ZDNet, Gannett News Service and usatoday.com. Gene's computer news and support Web site, The Mac Night Owl (www.macnightowl.com) receives over 1.5 million hits per month, and he and his son Grayson co-host a weekly technology radio show, The Mac Night Owl LIVE (www.macradio.com/friday).

As for that science fiction novel Gene began as a teenager, he and his son, Grayson, have expanded that original story and used it as the basis for the exciting new science-fiction adventure series, Attack of the Rockoids.

In addition, they have set up a Web site, www.rockoids.com, featuring news about the series, a message board discussion area, plus weekly entertainment news updates. A special forum covering the Rockoids series, plus Gene's computer books, has been established on America Online in the Books area of the service's Entertainment channel.

While not saying just what's being planned for the future, Gene admits that the first novel is just the beginning. There are more stories to be told about the characters he and Grayson have created. The best is yet to come.