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Tesla Elon Musk New "Tesla Bot"

22 Aug 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Robert_14

Teslas are basically just "semi-sentient robots on wheels," Elon Musk said on Thursday. So why not just ditch the wheels? That's what Tesla's doing: It's working on a full-fledged, humanoid robot, called Tesla Bot, and Musk said the company is planni...

Emberlight - Chapter 36

15 Aug 2021 4 minute read 2 comments Gryphonboy

Artifacts of the Apocalypse  "The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly."  - Richard Bach [Vault Log 16022122 - Audio Recording, S...

ALIEN: Manticore - An idea running on it's own

11 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments TheRuneLion

 I and a friend of mine wrote a book and I mean a BOOK set in the ALIEN universe but took things in a different, non-trope direction. It has characters that act Intelligently, it covers a lot more ground that all of the ALIEN movies put together...in...

They Both Die At The End

8 Aug 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Namsu

Published: 5, September 2017 Author: Adam Silvera Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Humor, DramaI was not interested in reading a book with this kind of title, where you can see the ending without reading a word of it. But someone told me about t...

The Dragon in the Sea

2 Aug 2021 4 minute read 1 comment The Archivist

(The Library: Book Review) When I decided to read what I felt was an important piece of science-fiction, I decided to look at some of the other works that the author had written. This is what led me to explore the Herbert section at the book store. A...

The False Mirror

23 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Namsu

Published: 1992 Author: Alan Dean Foster Book 2 of 3: Damned Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Space Opera   This book is one of my first books from an open air book market, it was in a large parking area and was full of books from one corner to the...

Psychohistory's Foundations

23 Jul 2021 8 minute read 2 comments The Archivist

(The Library: Book Series Review) We all learn that to build something solid, it is better to build on solid ground. We call the initial laying of cement on this solid ground, this bedrock, the foundations of an edifice. But when it comes to designin...

DUNE

22 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Namsu

Published: 1965 Author: Frank Herbert Book 1 of 8: The Dune Series or The Dune Saga Genres: Sword & Sorcery Fantasy, Space Operas, Epic Fantasy, science fiction   In simple words the greatest and number one science fiction novel ever. And truly the b...

Open source software powers Mars Helicopter, links

16 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Powell Quesne

"As Jupiter's magnetic field sweeps past Io, electrons from the moon are accelerated..these electrons generate 'decameter' radio waves..[Juno] can 'listen' to this radio emission" Listen. Read. Mars Helicopter dev: "We're flying an open-source operat...

Tolkien, TYRANT STAR and what I seek for my audience...

16 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments TheRuneLion

 In Tolkien's works, he stayed well away from Allegory, and I seek the same for my works. I try to keep them within-themselves...not reflecting our world at all, except where absolutely unavoidable. Within the universe is it's OWN history and own rel...