Category: Fiction

Runaround — Isaac Asimov

By 5t4n5

Runaround -- Isaac AsimovYou can find this in (I, Robot), (The Complete Robot) and (Robot Visions)

In this little story we’re off to Mercury for another quick lesson in how the three laws of robotics work, and how they can cause some serious problems when a human gets a bit careless about the orders they give a robot.

Good little story, rather enjoyable.

Next up is going to be, Reason.

Isaac’s Page

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To Preserve — Mickey Zucker Reichert

By 5t4n5

To Preserve -- Mickey Zucker ReichertI finally reach the end of this trilogy.

For the most part i’ve enjoyed the whole trilogy, but there are some annoying bits.   Like in this book: how did Cadmium know that Susan and Nate would be walking through that park at that time to set up their ambush?   She’d only just managed to rescue Nate and escape and even Susan had no idea how that was going to happen until, by a freak chance, it did.   So all rather ridiculous if anyone is asking what i think.

And it just so happens that there’s a jogger who saves her who is a super handsome god type who convinces Susan (who knows she’s seriously plain Jane) that he thinks she’s totally beautiful and seduces her into rampant sex.   Well it was obvious from the start what was going on, but super intelligent, genius Susan couldn’t see it until it was basically slammed into her face by Jake.   Once again, ridiculous.

But, if you can overlook the ridiculous it’s not too bad a story and we do get some good history on the beginning of humanoid robots and how Susan Calvin became the world’s first robo-psychologist.

Now, thankfully, i can return to Isaac to read the real stuff.

Bye for now.

Mickey’s Page

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Alice in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll

By 5t4n5

Alice in Wonderland -- Lewis CarrollAnother book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.

It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.

As to the typing experience, it’s a quagmire of punctuation and capitalisation due to most of the book being in dialogue, which are obviously very useful skills to practice.   So i present it to you, totally recommended, as both a great read and also great typing practice: what’s not to like?

Alice in Wonderland -- Lewis Carroll typing practice results

Lewis’ Page

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Altered Perceptions — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Altered Perceptions -- AnthologyCopyright 2014

Standalones

Ravenous — Shannon Hale
Cybernetic Space Princess from Mars — Seanan McGuire
Third-person draft chapter from InCryptid — Seanan McGuire
The Nature of Masks — Mary Robinette Kowal
Deleted scene from Valour and Vanity — Mary Robinette Kowal
Playing Cards with the Corley — Jessica Day George
“No. I’m Fine.” — Howard Tayler
Married to Depression — Sandra Tayler
The Author and the A-Word — Bree Despain
Deleted epilogue from The Lost Saint: Aftermath — Bree Despain
Alternate first chapter from Into the Dark: The Shadow Prince: Haden — Bree Despain
Sections from the first draft of Pandemonium — Lauren Oliver
Notes from a Depressed Humor Writer as She Works on Her Humorous Book about Depression — Jacqueline Novak
Deleted scene from Swords of Exodus — Larry Correia
Unused chapter from The Dark Thorn — Shawn Speakman
Excerpt from Song for Anna — Annette Lyon
Original chapter one from Vortex — SJ Kincaid
Early chapters from Farworld — J Scott Savage
Epilogue to Feedback: Supernova — Robison Wells
Free-write prologue to I Am Not a Serial Killer — Dan Wells
Seeing Red — Luisa Perkins
Bonus chapter from Beauty and the Clockwork Beast: Marie — Nancy Campbell Allen
Family Portrait at the Kensington Manor Hotel — Sara Zarr
Three stories from the world of Wings — Aprilynne Pike
Womb — Kiersten White
The first three chapters of The Echo Lives in Blackfoot — Brodi Ashton
Book 8, which became Tres Leches Cupcake — Josi Kilpack
Bonus excerpts from Beyonders book 2: Oracular Interviews — Brandon Mull
Deleted scene from Becoming Lady Lockwood — Jennifer Moore
From Longing for Home and Hope Springs: Farewells — Sarah M. Eden
Prewriting from the Taken Trilogy — Erin Bowman
Lunar Sacrament of Conciliation — John C. Wright
Deleted chapter from A Thousand Pieces of You: Station 47 — Claudia Gray
Deleted scenes from the 2002 version of The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson

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