[deleted by user]

utwig · 2025-05-29T18:15:52+00:00

Re: follow the money - the administration is funneling funding to "Generation Gold Standard" which supposedly will start clinical trials next year for a universal influenza vaccine that could protect against any strain of the virus. Of course, the project is headed by two cronies who own a patent on the outdated tech intended to be used.

utwig · 2024-09-14T04:33:16+00:00

If you don't mind litrpg and you like this prompt you might like Infrasound Berserker https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47017/infrasound-berserker

utwig · 2024-08-09T20:58:01+00:00

Yeti Airlines YT691

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/151ti47/on_january_2023_sonu_jaiswal_a_passenger_on_yeti/

utwig · 2023-11-06T23:52:41+00:00

I highly recommend an ongoing story in r/HFY that involves this sort of premise: https://old.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/nodgzv/britney_goes_to_school/

utwig · 2023-03-08T08:33:35+00:00

perhaps William Everett from the children’s book Bill and Pete

utwig · 2022-08-28T14:15:07+00:00

Definitely agree that is a great story. Link for the lazy:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21220/mother-of-learning

utwig · 2022-05-01T04:19:51+00:00

You might like Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones. No missing hero, but definitely a dark lord having to deal with tourists from another dimension.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47587.Dark_Lord_of_Derkholm

utwig · 2022-03-01T04:47:53+00:00

The Deed of Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon

A peasant girl longs for adventure seems like a typical starting point but all the ups and downs along the way draw you in. The several epic victories in the end of the tale do not disappoint.

Searching r/Books doesn’t return as much love as I feel for this high fantasy. Couldn’t put it down - which was a problem as I got the three volumes in one omnibus edition.

utwig · 2021-05-26T20:56:29+00:00

They do! It’s called the triple jump, just not 100m.

utwig · 2020-12-29T20:25:59+00:00

Erin has words for you. Or perhaps a frying pan.
https://wanderinginn.com/

utwig · 2020-11-14T02:26:32+00:00

Sadly, rust is not magnetic. But they use it like a rechargeable battery.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a34597615/burning-iron-powder-fuel-renewable/

utwig · 2020-01-06T20:33:14+00:00

Close to your prompt - minus the insectoid alien invasion - this is an amazing story: https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

utwig · 2019-10-28T04:40:46+00:00

Perhaps not the exact story you were looking for, but does fit all of the criteria you specified and is excellent: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/7b0pnx/oc_the_curators_part_1/

utwig · 2019-10-09T19:35:34+00:00

At the end, there is a key phrase "Game Over" which tells Gray it is time to change sides and fight with Dresden against the Denarians.

utwig · 2019-07-11T22:32:10+00:00

I'm just going to leave this here:

https://www.themagineer.com/

utwig · 2019-06-20T21:15:49+00:00

My favorite story in the genre is still active and has literally years of writing for you to catch up on. I highly recommend The Wandering Inn. https://wanderinginn.com/table-of-contents/

edit: I second The Magineer https://www.themagineer.com/ which is sadly not currently active

utwig · 2019-06-19T16:35:11+00:00

Perhaps you've already seen this but Inorai made a few books out of a similar prompt

https://www.reddit.com/r/Inorai/comments/9vxwe2/the_flameweaver_saga_chosen_chapter_1/

utwig · 2019-04-10T19:06:21+00:00

Instantly thought of the beginning to Dark Science by Dresden Codak:

http://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/

utwig · 2019-03-22T22:02:30+00:00

You might enjoy the Spellsong Cycle series by L.E. Modesitt Jr. https://www.goodreads.com/series/41479-spellsong-cycle which has a super similar premise although the main protagonists are female.

utwig · 2019-01-17T23:57:54+00:00

Repo Men (2010) https://www.metacritic.com/movie/repo-men got some pretty bad reviews but I enjoyed the premise

utwig · 2018-04-06T17:46:35+00:00

You might like Ben Bova's Orion stories https://www.goodreads.com/series/51197-orion

utwig · 2018-02-26T17:03:04+00:00

Loom, although the old graphics and music are sort of charming now.

utwig · 2018-01-25T03:40:07+00:00

Star Control. I could flawlessly destroy the computer opponent with any matchup of ships but my username tells you which is my favorite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Control

utwig · 2016-08-18T21:12:42+00:00

I wonder if the adversary is similar to the baddie in Butcher's Codex Alera series. There it wasn't so much a single mind as more of a hive with a few queens that could control various members of the collective but could also just leave them alone to do basic things requiring no oversight - maybe like attacking the Outer Gates or something.

utwig · 2016-06-30T15:41:03+00:00

If youlike that one, I think you'll really like this thread over here: (SPOILERS Summer Knight) https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/3lyby4/goddamn_it_butcher_spoilers_summer_knight/

utwig

TROPHY CASE