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The story is about people just trying to get along and make the best of what happening most of which they cannot control. It is not in a galaxy for far away or long long ago, it is in the next bit of our galaxy about five strings of stars to the left. Here life spins out all be it on a larger playing field. Here too people want a quiet life and a good job but sometime fate has other plans. Thus it for a data manager called John Harris....

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Chapter 5 - - THE JUMP Harris stood waiting in the small switch room, waiting for what he did not know. Raftos was standing next to Harris, Mick was sitting on the floor in the corner watching the large panel on the main part of the wall. A small tinny sounding intercom speaker suddenly came to life and a voice came over cool and quite calm. " Command base control to Light Star, all personnel clear of the ground hanger, you may proceed to launch at your own time." Raftos leaned forward and pushed a switch near the intercom. " Light Star to base control." said Raftos. " All systems are steady, we are ready to make jump." Raftos let go of the switch. The speaker sounded for one last time. " Base control, good luck."...

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The story is about people just trying to get along and make the best of what happening most of which they cannot control. It is not in a galaxy for far away or long long ago, it is in the next bit of our galaxy about five strings of stars to the left. Here life spins out all be it on a larger playing field. Here too people want a quiet life and a good job but sometime fate has other plans. Thus it for a data manager called John Harris....

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Chapter 4 - - LIGHT STAR The shuttle circled the first moon of Morstan and headed toward Petra the furthest and smallest of the Morstan moons. As the dark side crescent of the third moon looped beneath the nose of the shuttle, the small barren moon of Petra appeared in view. It was a dark and uninviting place with no life except the very secret base where the Light Star project laboratories and assembly hangers were. The shuttle lurched as it gave a short burn to reach the high outer orbit of the moon. The planet below shrank rapidly smaller as the darkness of space enveloped the shuttle....

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In an apocalyptic Nebraska, where it hasn't rained in years, water has become a valuable commodity. At a time when no one can be trusted, 16-year-old Rabbit, is about to find out, just how far the government will go, to reserve resources for those they deem worthy- and for those they do not. Its up to Rabbit, and her father, to find a way to survive, in a chaotic world filled with thirst....

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It’s been four years since the last rainfall graced mother earth with its presence. Crops have withered away, wildlife has diminished, and the world has gone crazy with thirst. I have been scavenging for water wherever I could find it- abandoned homes, and from the rubble of burned out buildings mostly, but it’s never enough. My lips are constantly chapped, and my skin is as dry as a lizard. I try to drink just enough to survive, because I never know when my next score on a case of water is going to be. At a time when I should be celebrating my sweet sixteen, and dating boys- I am instead, dealing with the aftermath of a world without water. Dad had been talking to a few of the other survivors in our project, and they overheard a conversation with some military professionals, and the outlook looks bleak for those of us who have nothing to offer society. We are what the government refers to as “the filth of the human race.” With no degrees to our names, and no skills to offer- other than cleaning up after the rich- we were spared only for their pleasure, and then tossed out like an old toy when something better came along. ...

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The story is about people just trying to get along and make the best of what happening most of which they cannot control. It is not in a galaxy for far away or long long ago, it is in the next bit of our galaxy about five strings of stars to the left. Here life spins out all be it on a larger playing field. Here too people want a quiet life and a good job but sometime fate has other plans. Thus it for a data manager called John Harris....

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"I hope you slept well." Harris looked up, it was Peters who was just putting a cup of coffee down in the table. Peters pulled out a chair and sat down. "I suppose you want some serious explanations today." said Peters. Harris deliberately took this time spreading the marmalade on his Mallory bread, he cut a small piece off and slowly eat it. Peters was patent and sipped his coffee. What Harris wanted, he complained to Peters, was a quiet life, he did not want to know what was going on, as he had the feeling it was going to get very complicated, very political and possibly dangerous....

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The story is about people just trying to get along and make the best of what happening most of which the cannot control. It is not in a galaxy for far away or long long ago, it is in the next bit of our galaxy about five strings of stars to the left. Here life spins out all be it on a larger playing field. Here too people want a quiet life and a good job but sometime fate has other plans. Thus it was that the fortunes of fate settled its hand down on the head of a data manager called John Harris....

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With that nauseous feeling you get on re-entry the decent shuttle landed at the main space port on Morstan. Harris looked out the side window as the shuttle was gently towed from the runway across to the parking apron by a large support tractor. A waiting passenger tunnel reached out from the terminal building to automatically connect with the shuttle. The terminal building was simple and plain with none of the flashing lights or gaudy colours of some space ports. This building stated quality and status, befitting the political centre of the Eastern Empire. The few passengers that were on the shuttle made there way into the waiting lounge for final security and paperwork checks. Before Harris had chance to sit down however a large gentleman in a dark blue uniform made his way across the lounge towards him. Although his uniform had no insignia of any kind on it everything about this man said security guard big time....

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Arthur Mcnair climbed to the top of society with his world changing invention: The Memory Chip. This device, implanted above the user's right ear, can erase any memory or group of memories. The chip gave the world a chance to forget their problems and pain, and the world bought it. After many years of successfully leading the company as CEO, Arthur found himself faced with divorce papers from his wife and a lawsuit from his partner. On the eve of the court trial that would decide the fate of his company, Arthur was mugged, his memory chip hacked and the last twenty years of his memory erased. Risking his life and sanity, he undergoes an experimental treatment to retrieve the precious memories. Looking for clues about his enemies, his wife’s dealings and his company’s past, Arthur might not like what he finds....

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The rain covered the sound of footsteps behind him. He did not shout for help as a strong arm grabbed him from behind and another blow hit him square between the shoulders throwing him to the ground. He made no struggle as his arms were pinned behind his back. A car pulled up and he was thrown headfirst into the backseat. A female voice commanded his attacker, “Quick give me his head.” His head was lifted from the floor of the car and twisted to give unobstructed access to his memory chip. “How far are you going to go back?” Someone asked from the front seat. “Twenty years.” Arthur felt a code being punched into the memory chip on the side of his head, an instant later his vision was clouded by darkness and he sunk into unconsciousness. Time to start over again. ...

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The only future that can be predicted with 100 percent certainty is one that can be calculated mathematically--for example, the orbit of a comet. Adam is unknowingly selected on a short list for relocation by aliens, as part of a grand plan to save the Earth's species from certain extinction in the coming global catastrophe....

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Justin Willehelm works for a security company, getting along in an ordinary life, until suddenly changing course. His boss blames him for a failed assignment, simmering tensions erupt in his wife leaving, and he's left standing and staring at the Passage River. Running water has always fascinated him, and there's something about this particular river… Justin ends up in the river, and then literally out of the world he worked in. He meets extraordinary people like Una and Kherida and goes to extraordinary places—"Kang as watchang out for you"—the Gate of Winds—on his extraordinary journey, but perhaps most extraordinary is his personal journey, as he becomes someone very different from the man he was. A spooky story of parallel worlds and imaginative invention, this is the third novel in the Roads Between Worlds series, but it stands alone, with no need to read the previous books first....

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Some of the best bits: @2019 Kevin Wade Johnson Call me vile. Call me a villain. But I wasn't willing to be a victim. * * * I scuffed at the ground, kicking a dead leaf into the river. It swirled away, caught in the current. I wondered where it was going. I sighed. What I needed to do was stop wondering, and decide where I was going. "You're on your own, leaf," I murmured, but thinking more of myself. * * * I had to look out for her the way she had for me. One-way loyalty means exploitation. * * * Fists clenched, I was seething when we walked off. All the shots in my pistol wouldn't fight off more than half a barracks' worth of invaders on this base. I was powerless to stop this…base treatment. I followed her across the seemingly endless planks, into the seemingly endless rain, chill drops running down roofs and buildings like seemingly endless tears. Or maybe the most vital fluid, of some cold-blooded, cold-hearted creature. * * * We kept walking, coming after about twenty minutes to a fence. Black wrought-iron, ten feet high, with sharp points at the top, I thought, in the uncertain...

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Chapter One: Let Me Go Chapter Two: A Forfeit Chapter Three: Fought for Life Chapter Four: O Obstinate River Chapter Five: An Unseen Impact Chapter Six: Like a Shark Chapter Seven: Cold as the River Chapter Eight: Watchang Out For You Chapter Nine: Impure Chapter Ten: They Moved Chapter Eleven: Following Through Falling Snow Chapter Twelve: Eye-Confusing Tangle Chapter Thirteen: Set the Boat on Fire Chapter Fourteen: Whispering Chapter Fifteen: White on Ivory Chapter Sixteen: Me a Few Feet from Me Chapter Seventeen: Where Does Infinity End Chapter Eighteen: Power over Others Chapter Nineteen: Freedom and Justice Chapter Twenty: Storm of a Thousand Worlds Chapter Twenty-One: Looming among the Stones Chapter Twenty-Two: Water Witch About the Author...

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A train, stopped on the western plains. A man rides up, on a horse he'd better relinquish. A struggle on board the train; a woman of surprising, even superhuman abilities, and an unconscious man. Who is this woman, named Aimee? For that matter, who is the man who comes to her rescue, named Phineas? How is it her train can travel to parallel worlds? Who are the people who attacked her train? "Beware of false friends, and false enemies." A world called "Aryan Trans-Atlantic." "Sumer is icumen in." Join a voyage of discovery, of who Aimee and Phineas are, not to mention Ammendina, Colonel Malcontent, and the Vicereine's husband. Discover where the overwhelming red dawns and the TONE take them. Discover what lies...across the worlds with Aimee and Phineas....

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I ordered staples and stores without any trouble, and went back outside to find a florid fellow questioning the wagon driver. The slave put his deed back in a pocket, and his questioner nodded and strolled over to me. "New in town," he observed. "Passin' through," I replied, pushing my hat back off my forehead. "Come in on that there train?" he said, lifting his chin to point. "Yep," I said. "Right nice," he observed. "Yep," I agreed. "Buyin' food?" "Yep." Why change a winning response? "Got any slaves aboard?" "Dunno," I said. "You don't know?" He seemed incredulous. "Nope." I grinned at him. "Don't go 'round askin' folks for deeds." "You gettin' smart with me, boy?" "Nope," I said equably. "Ma allus said, I ever get smart, that'll be a first." He stared at me awhile, then finally said, "Your ma was right." "Gen'rally so," I agreed. He stood with me while bags and barrels got brought out and loaded onto the wagon. "Quite a load," he said. "Yep," I said. "You ain't seen the half of it." "Gettin' more?" "Yep," I said. "This is 'bout half." "For a body as dumb as you, boy, you sure walk the edge o' smart....

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Chapter One: Aimee Chapter Two: Go West Chapter Three: Relations Chapter Four: Mounting Up Chapter Five: "Take Me Too" Chapter Six: Taking Advantage Chapter Seven: "Joined Her" Chapter Eight: "Mate with Me" Chapter Nine: Taking Liberties Chapter Ten: The Smell of Passion Chapter Eleven: Unforeseen Afterword About the Author...

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John Stephen Gray suffers sleepless nights from the memories of mistakes he's made, mistakes he can't forgive himself for. Or, at least, that he's never learned to forgive himself for. But neither he nor his daughter Janna have time to brood when invaders attack his home. In a world of visionaries who have invented such wonders as regeneration tanks, cloned hardwoods and advanced weaponry, they have to find a way to deal with their attackers, and more importantly the nature of their attackers; but they also need to discover their own abilities, the nature of those abilities, their world, so like and yet unlike our own, and its nature as well. Not to mention other worlds parallel to theirs. For all the visionary inventions of their worlds, their attackers use equipment strange to them. Where have the attackers come from? Where did they get, or make, their equipment? And why are they attacking in the first place? The Roads Between Worlds series, of which this is the second, deals with perception and understanding, along with parallel worlds, and parallel versions of humanity. Which is to say, along with the adventure...

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She ran out of the smoke straight to me. Gunshots and explosions boomed somewhere behind her. Fires flared. Dark-haired, dirty, and dressed drab, same as everyone else here in Bethlehem. Three years old? Four? I wasn't that good with kids then. I was slow. She'd grabbed onto my one leg, choking back sobs, before I could shoot her. Look, sorry, but too many kids were being used in this filthy little "uprising." Some had frag's or incendiaries taped onto them, under their clothes. I kept one hand on my M-7's trigger while I reached down with the other. Put my hand on her head. Gently. I'd always been good at sizing people up, once I could spend a moment, anyway. Always had a weak spot for kids. Or I'm just plain stupid. My heart turned over as the little girl cried against my body armor. "Hey," I said. "Don't worry, sweetheart. We'll track down your Mom and Dad. Your family. We'll get you back to them." She just cried harder. Never did find any relatives of hers in that inhumane mess. Never even found anyone who knew her, or could say what her name was. Worst day of her life, I bet, although she denies it. I...

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His own mother hasn't been willing to look at him since he was five years old. He and his twin sister have a connection that seems almost psychic. He realizes that close physical contact can let him know what others are thinking as well. His sister's different from most. He's different. But how? And why? He and his sister never knew their father, and their mother won't talk about the man. What they first learn only deepens the mystery. Could that have anything to do with how they're different? Maybe. But how? And why? They live in a more bureaucratic world. Mandatory service. Rules. Licenses. Their world is different. Could the difference be connected with theirs? Seems tenuous, but possible. Is so...how? And why? Trooper McInnes finds his talents lend themselves well to soldiering. Investigator McInnes becomes so good at detection that he gets a reputation for being practically telepathic. But he has to overcome the doubts his mother unwittingly saddled him with. He has to overcome the mystery that surrounds his and his sister's birth. He has to overcome the obstacles the world puts in his way. An...

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Gary McInnes gets his nickname of T-Man not from being transgender (although he meets and befriends a transwoman), but because of uncanny abilities he shows. How are they connected with this very different United States? Or the fact that his mother turns from him? He'll find out......

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Chapter One: School's Out Chapter Two: Back to Basics Chapter Three: G-Man Chapter Four: T-Man Chapter Five: Private Matters Chapter Six: The Visitors Chapter Seven: Points on the Plot Chapter Eight: Unraveling...

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Parallel worlds touch where two places are so similar that one leads to the other. Only people more perceptive than the norm can sense them, though. Einar follows the much more "knowing" Agnethe from one world to the next, each seeking their destiny....

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Snow was falling by the time the sun set, and I soon found myself in the monotonous state I'd been in last night. The frozen crust crumpling just a bit, the sharp wind, feathery with snow, icy against our eyes. No other skin was exposed, but it was once again too dark for the goggles. Winter nights have a certain, stark beauty. This far north, the nights last for hour upon hour; on a clear night, the stars glitter brilliantly. This clouded night, with the snow falling, the world instead became tiny, fading into pale shadows just meters away. The air seemed crystalline, the ground smoothed out by the drifts. Nothing moved, and I could almost believe the least impact would fracture the world. And that's exactly what happened. I fell to my knees, shouting wordlessly. My eyes had gone blind, my ears echoed with a vast soundless noise that swallowed my shouts into silence. My head was stuffed with cotton, or maybe guncotton, the way my skull felt blown to pieces. I moaned without hearing myself, pounded at the snow without feeling it. Then, for a little time, I felt nothing at all....

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Fifteen chapters and a prologue

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A science fiction novella with a political undertone, looking at what virtually unlimited power does, and how it might have been used over the years from 1934 into the 2010s...

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"[I]f the scientists are correct, the worlds out there are parallel to ours. Well, not parallel, but branches from the same tree, from the same history. … "Worlds where Tesla never heard about Yellowstone while visiting Colorado in 1903, never had his imagination fired by descriptions of 'Coulter's Hell,' never had the fundamental inspiration for the Tesla Field."...

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Like a Ghost Duel in a Ghostly Place The Senator's Ghosts Bay of Ghosts Ghost Watchers Ghost in Exile Gone Rogue Discovery Series Death in a Warehouse...

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Universes are colliding. Characters from a tangle of universes—Star Trek, Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Harry Potter, DC Comics, Middle Earth and more—are colliding in a reality that has gone mad.The evil, orange-skinned usurper, Uranus Blowhard, has hypnotized Amerricans with his mind-numbing MAGA chant. Blowhard is determined to collect the Time Cheaters that will make him the most powerful roach motel tycoon in the Infiniverse. The only thing standing in Blowhard’s way is Captain Quark and his crack team of superheroes, The Funtastic Five. Captain Quark is an ideal story for the silver screen because it draws inspiration and MANY cameo characters from the very biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The story is a retelling of Donald Trump's rise and fall which casts Trump (aka, Uranus Blowhard) in the character of a bungling Thanos knock-off. There are many epic battle scenes throughout Captain Quark that would rock the world of movie-goers. Besides all of the action, Captain Quark is a love story with a romantic ending that will tug at audience heart strings....

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"Once you delve into the illusions of orthodox history—such as, who deserves credit for discovering Amerrica—you will understand how the past can change, because..." Muddle’s pulse quickened, " ...you will have changed it!" Muddle fell back a step and held his breath. He had dropped his bombshell. The professor exhaled slowly and agonizingly. Down and down sank his chest and with it went Muddle's hopes. Instead of erupting into riotous applause Muddle's students looked singularly unimpressed. Muddle imagined that he could hear crickets chirping in the amphitheater. He sighed. Some things never change. Muddle encountered the same reaction whenever he trotted out his blockbuster theory of Historical Transitivity. Crickets... The gist of Muddle's theory was simple but provocative. Interpretations of the past often change when priorities shift in the present. Wars, dynasties, even entire historical epochs were forever falling in and out of historical fashion. With that in mind, historical transitivity asserted that the past was just as malleable as the present. If Muddle’s theory had stopped there, he might have been able to gene...

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Umat manusia telah menemukan rumus keabadian: pemeliharaan dan penggantian organ-organ tubuh secara rutin, serta penyimpanan harian data lengkap otak ke dalam komputer. Di masa depan yang amat jauh dari sekarang, saat hanya kaum wanita saja yang tersisa di bumi ini, kehidupan mereka berjalan tenteram dan kekal, tanpa terusik ancaman apa pun. Setidaknya sampai......

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“Rasanya tak masuk akal,” sanggah Hawiya. “Aku maklum bahwa topik ini tidaklah terlalu umum, tapi menurutmu apa mungkin dari antara ratusan juta orang yang ada di dunia ini tak seorang pun tertarik untuk mengingat planet terakhir yang kita tinggali sebelum pindah ke bumi ini? Lagipula, kita semua tahu bahwa perpindahan antargalaksi menghabiskan sejumlah besar energi dan materi, meski hanya untuk memindahkan sekedar ratusan orang. Bagaimana kita dulu sanggup memindahkan seluruh penghuni planet? Dari mana kita bisa menemukan bahan untuk membuat begitu banyak kendaraan dengan kapasitas yang luar biasa besar? Lalu hidrogen untuk bahan bakarnya dari mana? Kau pernah bilang sumber daya alam semesta ini nyaris tak terbatas, tapi mengapa kita tidak menggunakannya untuk menjelajahi planet-planet lainnya? Tidakkah kita penasaran? Rasanya pertanyaanku tak ada habis-habisnya.” “Memang, akhirnya kau sendiri pun sadar,” tukas Baxti sambil mendelik ke arah kawannya. “Terlalu banyak pertanyaan tanpa arah yang jelas. Keberadaan kita sudah cukup menawarkan kesenangan tanpa harus menjadikannya lebih rumit lagi. Pertanyaan-pertanyaanmu itu bagaikan b...

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توصلت البشرية إلى تركيبة الخلود: فحص منتظم للأعضاء واستبدالها، ونسخة يومية من بيانات المخ بالكامل على كمبيوتر. في مستقبل بعيد جدًا يقطنه النساء فقط، سارت الحياة أبدية وهادئة، ومنيعة على ما يبدو ضد كافة التهديدات المحتملة. على الأقل حتى......

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«لأنني لست مقتنعة. بدايةً من أنه طبقًا للرواية الرسمية فنحن على الأرض لأن الكوكب الذي كنا نسكنه من قبل لم يعد صالحًا للحياة، بسبب اقتراب النجم الذي يدور حوله من الانهيار. لكننا لا نعلم ماذا كان اسمه، ولا أين كان يوجد، ولا إذا ما تبقت منه بعض الأقزام البيضاء أو أشياء أخرى، لا نعم شيئًا. أليس غريبًا؟» نظرت (وحاء) إلى صديقتها بملامح مليئة بالتساؤلات، ورفعت الأخرى كتفيها كناية عن أن الأمر في النهاية ليس شديد الأهمية، فلم يعد أحد مهتمًا بالتاريخ، لوجود الكثير من الاهتمامات الأخرى الأقل مللًا. أصرت (وحاء) قائلةً: «لماذا لا تتذكر أي منا الكوكب الي كنا نعيش عليه من قبل؟» أجابتها الأخرى بضيق مصطنع: «لأن الأمر لا يهم أي مناااا. إن مخنا لديه ذاكرة كبيرة جدًا، لكنها محدودة، والجميع تفضلن استخدامه لأغراض أخرى». ردت (وحاء): «لا يبدو الأمر لي منطقيًا. أتفهم أن الموضوع ليس بهذه الشعبية، لكن أيبدو لكِ ممكنًا أنه من بين مئات الملايين من الأشخاص الموجودات في العالم لا تهتم ولا حتى واحدة بالاحتفاظ بذكرى الكوكب الأخير الذي كنا نقطنه قبل الانتقال إلى الأرض؟ ثم أننا نعرف بالفعل أن أقل انتقال داخل المجرة يتطلب استهلاك هائل للطاقة والمواد، فقط من أجل نقل مئات قليلة من الأشخاص. كيف تمكننا من نقل كوكب بأكمله؟ أين وجدنا الخامات من أجل المركبات، التي بالتأكي...

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האנושות גילתה את הנוסחה לחיי נצח: תחזוקה קבועה הכוללת החלפת איברים וגיבוי אלקטרוני יומי של כל בסיס הנתונים במוח. בעולם עתידי, רחוק עד אין קץ המאוכלס בנשים בלבד, החיים זורמים נצחיים ושלווים, בלתי פגיעים ולכאורה בטוחים מפני איום אפשרי, עד ש...

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״אבל כל שנדרש הוא מאמץ תאורטי קטן להסביר הכל. הדבר היחיד שאני עדיין לא ממש מקבלת הוא כמה ממדים יש, אם המספר שלהם הוא אינסופי ואם כן, האם ניתן להחיל נימוקים דומים על מספר הממדים עצמם - בהנחה שיש בכך תועלת כלשהי. הראיות מצביעות על כך שכנראה שלא. אבל כל הא-נשים יודעות זאת, אז למה את שואלת?״ ״כי אני לא קונה את זה. קודם כל, על פי הרשומות הרשמיות, אנחנו חיות על כדור הארץ כי כוכב הלכת המקורי שלנו נהיה בלתי ניתן לאכלוס כאשר הכוכב שסביבו הוא סבב קרב לקריסה. אבל תראי, אנחנו לא יודעות את שם הכוכב, היכן הוא היה, או מה קרה לו - אם נהפך לגמד לבן או למה שזה לא יהיה. את לא חושבת שזה מוזר?״ חווYה פנתה אליה במבט שואל. בקXטי משכה בכתפיה כאילו רמזה שזה לא חשוב כל-כך. איש לא התעניינה בהיסטוריה, היו הרבה דברים מעניינים הרבה יותר לדאוג להם. ״למה אף אחת לא זוכרת איפה חיינו קודם? ״התעקשה חווYה. ״כי אף אחת לא מתעניינת,״ השיבה חברתה בקוצר רוח. ״למוח שלנו יש קיבולת אחסון ענקית אבל לא אינסופית, וא-נשים מעדיפות להשתמש בה לדברים אחרים״. ״זה לא נראה לי סביר,״ אמרה חווYה. ״אני יכולה להבין שהנושא לא פופולרי, אבל איך ייתכן שמתוך כל מאות מיליוני הא-נשים בעולם, אף אחת לא הייתה מעוניינת לשמר את זיכרון כוכב הלכת האחרון עליו חיינו לפני המעבר לכדור הארץ? והרי אנחנו יוד...

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Человечество открыло формулу бессмертия — в виде регулярной профилактики и своевременной замены органов с ежедневным электронным резервированием всех данных мозга. В необозримо далеком будущем, когда население планеты составляют исключительно женщины, жизнь спокойно течет своим чередом, и ее размеренному ритму, кажется, ничего не угрожает. Во всяком случае, до поры до времени......

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— К тому, что меня этим не купишь. Взять хотя бы официальные данные, согласно которым считается, что мы живем на Земле потому, что наша родная планета стала непригодной для обитания, когда звезда, вокруг которой она вращалась, начала приближаться к коллапсу. Но нам не известно ни ее название, ни где она находилась, ни что с ней произошло — превратилась ли эта звезда в белый карлик или что-нибудь в этом роде, — вообще ничего. Тебе не кажется это странным? — Хавия бросила на подругу вопросительный взгляд. Баксти пожала плечами, словно бы давая понять, что это не так уж важно: история — штука скучная и никого не интересует, есть множество куда более занимательных вещей. — Почему никто из людей не помнит, где мы жили раньше? — продолжала настаивать Хавия. — Потому что никому из нас это не интересно, — с нарочитым раздражением ответила подруга. — Объем памяти нашего мозга огромен, но не безграничен, и мы предпочитаем использовать его для других надобностей. — По-моему, неубедительно, — возразила Хавия. — Я еще могу понять, что эта тема не пользуется большой популярностью, но разве возможно, чтобы из сотен миллионов людей во всем мир...

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Die Menschheit hat den Schlüssel zur Unsterblichkeit entdeckt: regelmäßige Wartungen und der Austausch von Organen sowie eine tägliche elektronische Sicherung sämtlicher Gehirndaten. In einer weit entfernten Zukunft, bevölkert ausschließlich von Frauen, fließt das Leben endlos und ruhig dahin, scheinbar immun gegen jede Art der Bedrohung. Zumindest bis ......

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„Weil ich es einfach nicht glaube. Erstens einmal sollen wir laut offiziellen Aufzeichnungen auf der Erde sein, weil unser ursprünglicher Planet unwirtlich wurde, als der Stern, den er umkreiste, unmittelbar vor dem Zusammenbruch stand. Aber wir kennen weder seinen Namen, noch wo er sich befunden hat oder was davon übrig ist. Hat er sich in einen weißen Zwerg oder sonst irgendetwas anderes verwandelt? Findest du das nicht seltsam?“ Hawiya wandte sich mit einem fragenden Blick zu ihr um. Baxti zuckte mit der Achsel. Es war nicht so wichtig, schien sie zu sagen, niemand interessierte sich für Geschichte. Es gab genug andere Hobbys, die weit weniger langweilig waren. „Warum kann sich niemand daran erinnern, wo wir früher gelebt haben?“ Hawiya ließ nicht locker. „Weil es keine einzige von uns interessiert“, antwortete ihre Freundin in gespielter Verzweiflung. „Unser Gehirn verfügt über riesige, aber nicht unendliche Speicherkapazitäten und wir alle verwenden sie lieber für andere Dinge.“ „Ich finde das einfach nicht plausibel“, sagte Hawiya. „Ich kann verstehen, dass es kein besonders beliebtes Thema ist. Aber wie ist es möglich, das...

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A humanidade descobriu a fórmula da imortalidade: a revisão e a substituição regular dos órgãos e a cópia eletrónica diária de todos os dados cerebrais. Num futuro infinitamente remoto, habitado unicamente por mulheres, a vida flui eterna e serena, aparentemente invulnerável a qualquer possível ameaça. Pelo menos até......

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‒ Porque não acredito nisso. Para começar, de acordo com os registos oficiais, estamos na Terra porque o nosso planeta original tornou-se inóspito quando a estrela em torno da qual orbitava se aproximava do colapso. Mas não sabemos o seu nome, onde ficava ou se a estrela se transformou numa qualquer anã branca ou noutra coisa qualquer. Não achas isso estranho? ‒ Hawiya virou-se para a amiga com ar interrogativo. Baxti encolheu os ombros: já não era assim tão importante, parecia sugerir, já ninguém se interessava por história, havia muitos outros assuntos para cultivar que eram muito menos aborrecidos. ‒ Porque é que ninguém se lembra do planeta onde vivíamos antes? ‒ insistiu Hawiya. ‒ Porque nenhuma de nós está interessada ‒ respondeu a amiga com uma exasperação simulada. ‒ O nosso cérebro tem uma capacidade de armazenamento enorme, embora não infinita, e todas nós preferimos usá-la para outras coisas. ‒ Isso a mim não me parece plausível ‒ contestou Hawiya. ‒ Consigo compreender que o assunto possa não ser muito popular, mas como é possível que, de todas as centenas de milhões de pessoas no mundo, nem uma única esteja interessa...