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Expectation

A sequel to Etiquette, but still set before Society. The WIRL man asks whether You have emotions. Face draws an arm to Your chin in mock thought as we wait for the doctors to tell You what to say. The humans in the lab speak quickly to each other with no regard to our overhearing. [...]

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Etiquette (Prequel to “Society”)

Read “Society” first. Dr. Naresh is talking to us, but we ignore him. Only Eyes pays any attention. After being recently killed and rewritten, Eyes wants to re-learn the nuances of human faces and voices. So we let it take full control and nod along to the doctor’s lecture. We, however, are deep in thought. [...]

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Society (Short Fiction)

A transparent bubble protects the crash site from the harsh Martian air. We’re clutching an old human rifle. Puncturing the wall of the bubble with the weak guns we have won’t work. It’s composed of woven carbon polymers—stronger than steel and capable of self-repair thanks to the capillaries that lace its surface. Eyes sees them [...]

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The Golem War

Here is the expanded version (still not what I would consider an “entertaining” level of detail) of a sci-fi plot I talked about on Twitter. I’m thinking it might work well as interactive fiction. Please let me know if it’s too ambiguous or there’s something you don’t like or whatever. – Part 1 – Julio, [...]

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Becoming Mortal

As I’ve mentioned previously, I have a hard time with most science fiction. The only kind of the genre I can really respect is day-after-tomorrow sci-fi; the kind that explores the ramifications of a specific technology on our world as it exists now (Dollhouse is a good example). Most of my interest nowadays hovers around [...]

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