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New cover!

We have a new cover, and it is beautiful. Credit goes to Landon Trine; I could not ask for a more fitting summation of Invictus. There’s a a few things worthy of comment:

-The double helix is artificial. This mainly reflects on the afterlife, which is a thing of our own creation. However the theme of authenticity runs strong throughout the story - in heaven, identity and appearance. The faces of those of the Inner City are a nice example: very clean and tidy, very pretty, but oh so fake. 

-The colours. The double helix is rainbow coloured! I’ll admit that this speaks to me on a personal level, but also reflects those in the story. I can’t not write LGBT+ characters, and such themes feature very heavily in certain character’s stories. Harriet, Silver and Alyx predominantly.

I’m going to stop gushing now and get back to writing. The first draft is coming along nicely, and I’m consuming far too much coffee and confectionery for my own good (even by maths student standards).

As always, thank you to everyone who has commented, reviewed and recommended Invictus. I always love reading feedback, and am always open to contact. Intercontinental hugs go out to you all.

Love,

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    Author Spotlight

    Taking a break from self-promotion with today’s update to talk about a fellow author. I would like to highlight this incredible book by fellow Dragons, Dread, and Droids member, Landon Trine: First On Mars.

     

    First On Mars is an extremely interesting sci-fi book that from the first chapter seems like a rush of tension. The book explores the first manned crew to venture off to Mars. Though sabotage and distrust plague their journey. Will they be able to band together in order to survive or will they tear each other apart?

    Please support this independent science fiction author in pursuing his craft. Go give his content a gander that is free on his page, and if you dig it snag a copy.

    Thank you.

     

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      I would like to highlight this incredible book by fellow Dragons, Dread, and Droids member, Matthew Dho: I Am Waltz.


      This work promises to showcase the best of what science fiction can be, familiar, yet strange, and exploring timely and deep philosophical questions while also entertaining and delighting readers.

      Please support this independent science fiction author in pursuing his craft. All author proceeds go to the families of those killed in the Orlando nightclub shooting, so you will also be supporting a good cause.

      Thank you.

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        After reading just one chapter, I am hooked on Dho's depiction of a robot repair technician living amongst piles of arms and legs and decorating with the used human-like heads.  There is something incredibly disturbing about the matter-of-fact nature of their work, how easily they input commands to flay the skin off androids without a second thought, and yet still wonder why the robots should or should not have free will. Out of the few minutes I've spent with this world, I am incredibly disturbed and intrigued by turns. I kept getting a "The Prisoner" vibe, which is only enhanced by the writer's apparent fascination with Britain despite the setting being the Nevada desert. I look forward to reading more, but probably won't do it right after breakfast like I did today.  
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          After reading just one chapter, I am hooked on Dho's depiction of a robot repair technician living amongst piles of arms and legs and decorating with the used human-like heads.  There is something incredibly disturbing about the matter-of-fact nature of their work, how easily they input commands to flay the skin off androids without a second thought, and yet still wonder why the robots should or should not have free will. Out of the few minutes I've spent with this world, I am incredibly disturbed and intrigued by turns. I kept getting a "The Prisoner" vibe, which is only enhanced by the writer's apparent fascination with Britain despite the setting being the Nevada desert. I look forward to reading more, but probably won't do it right after breakfast like I did today.  
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            Ok, this is seriously good. The detail has the right balance ie enough to give us a fair idea of the technical stuff, without getting over the top and losing the reader. You also set up really early on the biggest dilemma that mankind might really face one day if AI really happens, and that is the fact that in this world there is real AI, but it is under our control. There's a certain irony, and I'm not sure if the author intended it, or is going to delve into it, but it's truly quite incredible and could make this book an absolutely huge success. You've made us Gods, and we have created sentient life, but have not given this it the freedom to choose to do what it wants, to do its own thing, or even to turn against us. I wonder if the God of Adam and Eve had this dilemma?By the end of chapter 1 you've drawn us completely into this robotic world, and of course finish it beautifully with a great hook when a robot begs for his life 'help me, I don't want to die.'All in all, a great job, a great read, and I suspect a great future.Bryn
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              Ok, this is seriously good. The detail has the right balance ie enough to give us a fair idea of the technical stuff, without getting over the top and losing the reader. You also set up really early on the biggest dilemma that mankind might really face one day if AI really happens, and that is the fact that in this world there is real AI, but it is under our control. There's a certain irony, and I'm not sure if the author intended it, or is going to delve into it, but it's truly quite incredible and could make this book an absolutely huge success. You've made us Gods, and we have created sentient life, but have not given this it the freedom to choose to do what it wants, to do its own thing, or even to turn against us. I wonder if the God of Adam and Eve had this dilemma?By the end of chapter 1 you've drawn us completely into this robotic world, and of course finish it beautifully with a great hook when a robot begs for his life 'help me, I don't want to die.'All in all, a great job, a great read, and I suspect a great future.Bryn
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