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2026 versionThe 2026 Clavius Deep is the definitive and authentic version of the author’s novel which replaces everything else that came before. Title: Clavius Deep |
| Origins: Before I settled upon a title for my time travel adventure Baja Clavius: Moon Men Deep Inside (the former title), I initially created a precursor story—a novella about a character named Danny Muncaster.
 After the release in the early 2000s of the Danny Muncaster precursor story I went on to write two science fiction time travel adventure novellas, Dare Not Ask The Dead (2008) and Lost Cowboy Moon Time (2012). The original print paperback book version of Baja Clavius: Moon Men Deep Inside was officially registered in the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, DC in 2017 — Registration Number TX 8-423-630. My science fiction time travel adventure writing brought about censorship when I attempted to distribute it through a lesser-known alternative eBook vendor, Smashwords. I hate censorship and needed to respond, so I pulled my works off Smashwords. I was happy as a writer that I switched instead to Amazon for the 2020 novel and the 2021 sequel. I never experienced any censorship at all from Amazon and I recommend other writers choose to stay away from Smashwords.
In addition to censorship, I also experienced discrimination rooted in anti-gay prejudices held by straight people. From the very start, as a gay male author, I accepted that I would invite challenges by writing science fiction time travel adventures for gay men. For one brief moment, I even considered that I should write science fiction time travel adventures for straight readers. My thinking was that readers who are gay—particularly gay males—are fewer in number compared to the population of straight readers of both genders. I chose to more forward and write science fiction time travel adventures for readers who happen to be gay and male to be true to who I am. |
Several outdated and unavailable titles, covers, and details continue to be listed on Comparing Previous Versions
| 2026 Version | The only authentic version, Clavius Deep, was released in 2026 and has full uncensored text. Note that many previous digital and print versions unfortunately are still available online. Steer clear of those because they do not have my approval. |
| 2023 Version | This version is out of print and no longer available. I consider this as a failed attempt on my part to replace the outdated novel paperback book and the serialized sequel. |
| Novel (2020) and Sequel (2021) | Outdated and out of print. |
| Paperback — Version “A” | Outdated and out of print |
| Rebooted, Remixed eBook — Version “B” | Outdated and out of print |
| Text + Images eBook — Version “C” | Outdated and out of print |
2021 Sequel (no longer available)
I was persuaded by the exuberance shown by Amazon for their publishing platform, Kindle Vella, to write a sequel. However, Amazon failed to show the marketplace relevance or a consumer need for such a token-based publishing platform. The concept had some merit. The sequel I wrote for this platform was released in 2021 in good faith for the Kindle Vella platform.
Title: Baja Clavius: Dream Time for Moon Men
Author: Madeira Desouza
Publisher: independently published; No longer available because Amazon took down Kindle Vella in 2025 due to lack of audience interest
Release date: July 14, 2021
Cover artist: Madeira Desouza
Genre: science fiction, time travel
Pairing: man-on-man sexual encounters
Tags: gay, masculine men, bara genre
Length: approx. 40,000 words; approx. 100 printed pages
Warnings: violence, aggressive gay men, bara genre
Notes:
Clavius Deep contains new storytelling and character revisions that I added which never appeared in any previous editions. I made the revisions to improve the storytelling.
The 2020 novel contains a dozen or so new sentences that I added which did not appear in previous editions.
The most obvious change from versions “A” and “B” and “C” to the 2020 novel is a rearrangement of material for clarity. The opening chapter had been entitled “Clavius Cowboys” which became “Chapter 2: Cowboys on the Moon” in the 2020 novel.
An obvious difference between the 2020 novel and “A’ and “B” and “C” is that there was a chapter entitled “The Mortal Remains” that has been deleted. My assessment was that chapter was not essential to the storytelling and I came to accept that chapter slowed down the narrative flow. There are other, minor, deletions of portions of chapters in the 2020 novel compared to previous editions to streamline the finished product.
Other Changes:
The 2020 novel has individual titles for each chapter. “B” and “C” chapters only were identified solely by number compared to chapters in “A” which each had individual titles. Also, in the 2020 novel and “B” and “C” I no longer identify subsections as “Book One,” “Book Two,” etc. because I felt designating those subsections by name slowed down the narrative flow.