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The Final Fall of Man: The 499-Minute Configuration Edition
In the 39th Century, great men and women of the human race strode among the stars. And the crew of the Astro Tramp 400 were also there. Six untrained civilians. Two seasoned officers and two radically unspaceworthy scientists. One mad … Continue reading
Zero (Thick of Mind, Part 19)
Day 54. 64 pages, 30,172 words. Working on it. Pretor The pressed on the door chime and waited, stiffly at attention, until the commander-or-whatever acknowledged her call. When the door opened she strode in unhesitatingly. “Overspecialist The,” the commander said. … Continue reading
The Return of Jadis (Thick of Mind, Part 18)
Day 53. 64 pages, 30,172 words. He sat in the green shade, listening to the whispering of the leaves. They told a story. They told him who he was. They always had. He just never quite managed to remember. Back … Continue reading
The Grey Damorakind Fire (Thick of Mind, Part 17)
Day 51. 64 pages, 30,172 words. The dome was dimly-lit, and felt dank and wet even though it had long since been drained and cleared. The floor was discoloured and the viewing panels had only been partially replaced, leaving a … Continue reading
The Grief (Thick of Mind, Part 16)
Day 50. 64 pages, 30,172 words. Happy Gretchen was agitated about something. Any people who knew why were lying low. Any people who didn’t know about it at all soon found out and let the word get around their little … Continue reading
The Fallacies of Self-Reinforcement and Creative Gap-Filling (Thick of Mind, Part 15)
Day 48. 64 pages, 30,172 words. Doctor Galhbron led him out of the lab – these excursions were growing slightly more common since their visit to the Pelindrake but were still a rarity – and through the well-guarded Biorelic … Continue reading
The Other Five (Thick of Mind, Part 14)
Day 46. 64 pages, 30,172 words. One step forward, one step back. Still editing and cutting some stuff I didn’t like. He couldn’t hide his ability from the doctors, of course. He wasn’t even sure he wanted to hide … Continue reading
The Awakening of the Skullied (Thick of Mind, Part 13)
Day 43. 64 pages, 30,290 words. Maladin didn’t see much of the Worldship Pelindrake, preoccupied as he was with staring at the vessel’s inhabitants. He’d never seen such colours. The laboratory rooms in which he’d spent his return to … Continue reading
Leaving the Lab (Thick of Mind, Part 12)
Day 42. 64 pages, 30,290 words. The year was 3230 YM, they said, but he didn’t know what that meant. And if he didn’t know what it meant, he didn’t understand how they expected him to tell them what year … Continue reading
The Good Specimen (Thick of Mind, Part 11)
Day 40. 64 pages, 30,290 words. He sat as straight as he could and tried not to grimace as he swallowed the long strands of medicated nutrient. They always made him retch, but the doctors said it was very … Continue reading
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