Robert Sultan – Author – Fact & Fiction

In my fiction, I like to tell tales of quirky characters caught in the maelstrom of world events. Whether driving along parched and broken roads in central Laos, crossing the Xiang River with the Red Army, or walking naked through the streets of a future Eden, I strive to evoke people and places with meticulous accuracy, placing the reader convincingly into the times about which I write. In my nonfiction, I bring a scientists sensibility to topics like sex and pain that lie at the core of our lives.read full bio >

Understanding Pain

Writing in progress

A Scientist’s Perspective

Living with chronic pain is frustrating. Why can’t doctors simply ‘turn off’ pain signaling? I explain, in layman’s terms, the mechanisms by which pain is sensed, transmitted, and perceived by the brain. The reader will learn exactly how medications like Novocain, gabapentin, and opium are able to block pain, and their limitations. This book may not reduce your suffering, but it may relieve the frustration of not understanding your pain.

The Old Man and the Semen

Sex and the Aging Male

I take a science-based look at the particular challenges facing old men who seek a fulfilling sex life. How do elderly men navigate an environment where most women their age are no longer interested in sex? How do these men find sex partners? How do older men overcome sexual problems like erectile dysfunction, anorgasmia, and loss of libido? This is a real-world view of how old men have sex.