When the going gets tough, the tough get going. (John Belushi, Animal House, 1978) Bageechaa, coordinates 99.001/-55.447/1803.240June 24th, 666 GE Running toward the spaceport, Twiglet tried not to think about her house, the hyperneural probe, or everything she’d left behind. Right now, escaping the werewolves was all that mattered. GriefContinue Reading
Down out of the terrible past, a black river of thatmonstruous blood flows in the veins of Homo Sapiens.We aren’t all human… and that alien inheritance haunts ourunconscious minds with the dark conflicts and intolerable urges that Freuddiscovered and tried to explain. And now that evil blood is in rebellion.[…]Continue Reading
Uncover The Secrets Of The Saga The Demon Princes is a galactic saga that Jack Vance wrote in five installments: The Star King (1960), The Killing Machine (1964), The Palace of Love (1965), The Face (1978), and The Book of Dreams (1979). The Star King follows the journey of KirthContinue Reading
First published in 1965, Dune has become one of the most influential Sci-Fi novels ever written, spawning multiple adaptations and a long-lasting franchise. Set in a distant future, where interstellar travel and feudalism dominate the universe, the story follows Paul Atreides, a young noble thrust into the political and ecologicalContinue Reading
Callisto, May 7th, 2100 C.E. The voice of BETTY, GaMEWayS’ main computer, jolted Dr. Rachel Simmons awake. Of course, BETTY wasn’t the AI’s official name. But Rachel had long ago reprogrammed its vocal profile to mimic her late mother’s voice. “WAKE UP, RACHEL. IT’S 7:30 A.M., CALLISTO TIME.” She groaned.Continue Reading
Callisto, December 24th, 2099 C.E An unexpected transmission disrupts the usual stillness at the Galilean Moon’s Earth Way Station — or GaMEWayS — on Callisto. It’s an old Christmas tune.“Last Christmas.”Something from the late 20th century.Not unusual in itself.Except it’s coming from Callisto B59 — a decrepit outpost abandoned yearsContinue Reading
CHAPTER 1: AWAKENINGS The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis the XIV, to pick up a name at random, would not have liked it, would have found it not sunny enough, and insufficiently full of mirrors. (Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, PocketContinue Reading
