This is a reasonably lengthy read which I popped into my favourite app #voicedream. But for any kind of serious futuristic writer #dreampunk or #hardscifi this is a worth while read. Always great quality essays from #Aeon http://bit.ly/2sSQqEa
Month: January 2019
Seven
There were twelve crew operating The juggernaut Another Destiny 7. Three data scientists, Three HER specialists, Three engineers, two first officers and a lead officer. "Please find a seat." Mika asked them in a authoritative but silky manner, perfected over many hundreds of cycles. A cycle was still 365 days, but with no signal solar… Continue reading Seven
DreamPunk gets real
Silent Genocide
AI’s were not allowed into the Hobby shops uninvited but sensing his worry they were now asking for an entry card. The buzzing got so loud Digbee had to stop and press a panic button. Noise stopped and Digbee was floating somewhere, it always happened like this with controlling AI. You were just there. Digbee… Continue reading Silent Genocide
The Hobby Shop
Digbee knew the message was from the real Hector and not a copy because he used his name at the start of the e-note. Technically in the Goo, there was no need for e-anything. They were living in "e-", and as such should be able to just touch each other at a moment's notice. However… Continue reading The Hobby Shop
Bishop to C4
Martin Muller stood and looked through his window. What he beheld was in his mind the pinnacle of evolution. A world, New Earth. Grown from hardened calkium9 crystals, it was twice the size of earth. Engineered already for internal and external habitation. He watched a hyper zoomed in Holo Column showing him images of the… Continue reading Bishop to C4
Outside
The vast arena he surveyed that had once processed hundreds of people a day contained the last encoder machine, although technically in an emergency his HER vehicle could work in reverse and reabsorb you into the GOO if something went wrong with the isolation protocol, keeping your master digital copy MDC updated where ever it… Continue reading Outside
Scorched Earth
DigBee's three counterparts were currently traveling to him from the other Habitable Zones, having completed their last encodes. Potts, Sheepman and Drew. The last window for encoding would take place in four hours at 16:00 at his location. It was 1000 years since the digital reset when all electronics were destroyed, the magnetic chaos erupting… Continue reading Scorched Earth
Dupie
It was about five a.m. Sunday morning a few hours after the dream. Neither of them could sleep and they were having a semi heated discussion about what had happened and what to do next. "But Jay, we have broken several laws in the last 24 hours. Neither of which I think we will get… Continue reading Dupie
History Lesson From The Future
When Jay came back to bed, Abby rolled into his arms and looked up into his face. Concern wrinkled her brow but this time for her not for him. It was time she told him, especially considering what had just happened. "Jay," she said sternly enough to snap him out of his own thoughts. "What's… Continue reading History Lesson From The Future