I'm Determined to Solve the Fermi Paradox
You might call us energy-based life forms — at least, if you’ve seen too much sci-fi. More accurately, you could say that we are complex interference patterns…
Determination
There’s an obnoxious whirring. It’s probably the sound of the flywheel spinning unfettered, assuming its linkage has been wrenched out of place. Forward motion…
Heat Death
The end of Time nears. Heat death of the Universe. O. How I have waited for this. But I weep for my children, my benevolent and wise children the posthuman…
Release
“The area is cleared. Final check done.” the voice over the radio said. Paul reached over to the radio. “Copy.” There was nothing else to say. The next step…
Mass/Energy Equivalence, or: The Repairman
40 minutes, give or take: how long they have to fix things when they go wrong. Always this planet, always this species. The repairman sighed. The computer…
Last Resort Switch
“I don’t know this,” I gripped my head, shaking it violently, “I’ve never seen anything like this before. I can’t sense right.” “Someone is doing this to him…