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The First Feast, Part 20
The other two aki’Drednanth in the Earth contact convoy, Gydanna and Silver Bane, seemed perfectly happy with the change ‘Truck’ had undergone and whatever else was happening down there. They agreed to take part in the preliminary meeting with a … Continue reading
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The First Feast, Part 17
Day 43. 141 pages, 64,145 words. “The order would prefer to keep it quiet,” Mer said helpfully, “from the humans if not from the Fleet. Although of course, anything passed on to the Fleet might obligate them to share it … Continue reading
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Interlude: Sterilisation and Pro-Natalism
Day 42. 139 pages, 63,229 words. Oh yeah, we’re doing this. This morning I saw a delightful BBC article about a woman being abused because of her stance on breeding. Not that anyone being abused online is remotely newsworthy, but … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, breeders, child raising, humans, non-breeders, population, sterilisation, the environment
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The First Feast, Part 9
Day 23. 84 pages, 37,334 words. “Would the tech alphas be able to act as intermediaries in a diplomatic effort between Earth, the Fleet, and the machine mind?” Char asked, hardly able to believe she was saying the words. Mer … Continue reading
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The First Feast, Part 4
Day 14. 50 pages, 20,651 words. Gadrion Aran Char left it to her crew and the other Councillors to begin arrangements. A lot of this had long since been arranged at the Fleet end, but it would still be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Astro Tramp 400, blaren, bonshooni, Earth, first contact, humans, molren, the final fall of man, the first feast, worldships
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The First Feast, Part 2
Day 12. 44 pages, 17,786 words. “Greetings and welcome, you lost and weary nomads from a distant star. We, the people of the sovereign Pinian Brotherhood sanctified realm of Earth, unified and standing below none but the Goddess Jalah and … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, first contact, humans, the first feast
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The World’s End
Last night we sat down and watched the (I seem to recall reading) final chapter in the Pegg/Frost Cornetto Saga, The World’s End. I bought this DVD a while ago as part of an Amazon purchase, I seem to recall, … Continue reading
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Tagged cornetto, hot fuzz, humanity, humans, paul, pegg frost, philosophy, shaun of the dead, the world's end
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War and Creepy, Part 8
The small concrete building turned out to be an old bunker sort of thing, and according to the hand- (or perhaps tentacle) written sign in the door, it was serving as a recruiting station for the Gorbajixi Foreign Legion. We … Continue reading
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Tagged ammonia, Giant Venomous Scumborgian, Gorbajixi Foreign Legion, humans, signing up
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Interlude: That moment
Out for a walk recently, I was struck by a series of thoughts. Plus, it occurs to me that I have some crazy weeks coming up in April and should probably conserve my lazy pre-written just-post-it content so I can … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, aliens, humans, lights in the sky, philosophy
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