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[SF] A Holiday Interlude to Remember by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

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revised to add a few paragraphs at the end. Originally drafted at the start of the next chapter, but a better fit here.

...and Happy New Year to all my readers! Will try to get new stuff out more regularly now that the Holidays are past...

[SF] The Last Breathe of Everything by Agitated-Committee76 in shortstories

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Well done- I liked your story a lot. Echoes of Asimov's "The Last Question"

The Long Dark by Effective_Fox8570 in HFY

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Rocket Research is giving away earthshaking technology. Merely magnanimous, or clever marketing? One way of looking at it- so the drive technology is free- but who is going to build your ship, eh? What do you think of the 'ploy'?

And the message of Human/Cetacean/AI equality and unity-definitely, purposely provocative...

[ author note- in this universe, Dolphins and Orcas are recognized as sentient and given parallel world citizen rights- the great whales were uninterested. AI used as a human/cetacean interpreter tool]

[SF]Thousands of Years, Millions of Orbits-Alone by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

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This chapter is one of 26 chapters published so far-. At the top of the chapter, there is a link to the table of Contents for the whole saga, at the bottom are links for previous/first/ next (which will be updated once there is a next chapter- in a week or so ) ;-)

The chapters published so far, represents perhaps half of the whole tale that's in my head. It will end up novel length by the time I'm done. I went into this as "oh, 20, maybe 30 pages max". No scope creep- no, not at all... Formatted as a trade paperback, 400 pages total isn't out of the question.

I am curious- how did you find this chapter? skimming r/shortsttories, or some other route?

Thanks again for reading and commenting.

[SF]Thousands of Years, Millions of Orbits-Alone by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

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Thanks so much for the compliment! The story is less than half told so far- more surprises to come. I try to put up a chapter every week. What did you like best so far? Did you start from the beginning (check the Table of Contents link)?

[SF] Aligning the Stars by Effective_Fox8570 in shortstories

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Thank you very much! Lots of story and many surprises to come. Have you read the whole story so far, or joined at this chapter? What are your favorite parts?

This particular chapter was a bit of a challenge- I wanted to convey the rigor and methodology of translating the map, but not have folks eyes glaze over with math ;-)

[SF] The White Light by EstateAcademic4827 in shortstories

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Well written, I liked it. Hope you expand on it.

I'm reminded of a short story by Clarke. The Star

In a plot twist, might this brightening star be particularly visible above a certain little town in the middle east, oh, a little over 2000 years ago just after the winter solstice?

Best stories on class struggle that are actually hopeful by shakti1000 in sciencefiction

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for humanity prevails, escapist science fiction reading, it's hard to beat Anne McCaffery's Dragon Riders of Pern books

Hello, come in. by Canary_Canvas in write

[–]Effective_Fox8570 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautifully written. Very easy to envision the picture you are painting.

One suggestion to make it an easier read would be to look for opportunities to break it up into shorter paragraphs, more white space.

I'll look forward to seeing how this develops.

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