This one, right? Added it to my wish list.
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And it's only $1.99. Just bought it. Thanks!
The "New Frontier" series
I saw several of those but didn't read the previews yet. I think a few of them made it to my wish list. Gonna have to see what the release/reading order is.
https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/136175/a-stitch-in-time/andrew-j-robinson/
I just found the DRM-free ebook version for $8.99. I just bought it officially (even though I just finished reading the ethically pirated copy lol) as well as the whole Millennium series.
I don't know how this didn't come up when I was searching for it before, but this site has a lot of the Trek books available without DRM.
I never got around to to it, but I did want to add Andrew Ryan quotes over scenes of Quark and see if anyone noticed.
Ah, okay. Mine's direct drive so probably doesn't need that.
Latest alt of a long term persistent troll who has nothing better to do with their life. Would be sad if they weren't such an obnoxious POS. Wish I had that kind of free time.
Looks like they got lazy and setup a bot on an endless loop.
Also, toast.ooo clearly needs to set some damn rate limits.
What does that actually do/address?
I've not had any issues without it on my E3v3
I always thought the standalone stardrive section looked like a headless goose lol.
If I need that level of precision, I'll use a digital clock or set an alarm.
I can usually tell the time, at a glance, within 1-2 minutes which is precise enough for 99.999% of cases. Most IRL scheduling has a lower bound of 5-minute increments, so looking at an analog clock for the exact minute isn't really necessary. e.g. 7:21 and 7:23 are effectively the same for all but the rarest of my purposes.
Mostly short stories based on a single "what if" concept. Like, "What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?" That may not be the premise of the story, but it factors into the characters and the world building and the story goes from there. Most of the stories don't really "go" anywhere, but that's not the point. The point is to spend a day in a world where the "what if" concept is true and see what society, people, and life is like.
The setting is usually ambiguously Earth but it's never stated nor that they're even humans or what time period. That gives it a lot of leeway.
It's mostly just a creative outlet / thought exercises so I don't even save half of them when I'm done.
Examples From the Example "What If"
For the "What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?" example, the short story had the following elements:
- Surnames / family names quickly became extinct since they were found to be redundant.
- Different cultures in that world implemented the unique name requirement differently:
- Some kept the family names but combined it with a unique name as a suffix. e.g. SmithFriendlyGame, SmithSoccerFan
- Some went with just number designations. e.g. 12345
- Most came up with brand new words when a child is born e.g. Fluginary
- Other cultures did something similar to "What 3 Words" does for locations by combining 3 or 4 ordinary words. e.g. BashfulCarpetTree
- Families could register specific naming conventions which could only be used by that family. Prestigious families could would add numbers to the family name with the patriarch/matriarch of the line being "0" or "first of their name". If someone was Smith47, it meant they were directly descended from the Smith.
- The uniqueness requirement included not reusing names of those who have died. e.g. There could only be one "John" ever, for example. All mentions of "John" would only refer to that individual.
- Because of that requirement, heirloom jewelry became popular in this world to make up for not being able to honor a loved one by naming your child after them.
Dumb phones. I've grown to hate smartphones, apps, and all that goes with them.
Bought that trilogy and will read it after ST: Destiny
That one was also recommended. It's in the wish list, but I gotta figure out the reading order and buy them in order.
I didn't even see those when I was looking, but will search for them directly.
Also on the wish list :)
Will check it out.
Thanks for the suggestions, and nice stack/collection! One of the drawbacks of ebooks is they're not great for showing off or filling up a bookcase lol.