HotU was my home in high school. I discovered so many awesome games from there, and the community was amazing.
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HotU was my home in high school. I discovered so many awesome games from there, and the community was amazing.
I don't feel like a sequel (sidequel?) is necessary. I like the vagueness of the earth that was left behind. We already know about the awful choices they would have to make to survive.
Like, I wouldn't be mad about it, but I don't know if I'd bother, personally.
A page of text posted from a WIP book. (Truncated to fit alt text.) Some day there will be a tree, with its roots planted deep into the fundament, that will grow as tall as the sky. Many trees will have come before it to allow it to grow so tall. Many lesser trees will have fallen and rotten to a pulp to feed its roots. Many creatures, perhaps all the creatures there are, will live and die and dream amongst its spreading branches. But one day, there will be such a tree — there must — and it will be as wide in canopy as it is in height, and when the strong wind blows the seeds will be carried further and beyond the horizon’s jealous imagination. Most of these seeds will fall on bare stone, or sink into the waters of the Old Sea where nothing can live and time itself does not pass. But should even one seed ever land on true soil it will take root, and should even one sapling grow, it will bud into leaf, and should even one seedpod bear fruit on this new tree then the old tree will live again, in this new place, leagues from where it began. And this new tree will know everything that was known by the old, in its bones, and it will be made from the sum of everything that came and went before and allowed that old tree to grow so tall. Thus, in this fashion, it can be said that trees can walk: down from the mountain and into the valley, out of the forest and onto the shore, and even, given enough time, across the vast reaches of the Old Sea itself.
The next book from @inkle.co will be:
Heaven's Vault - Book IV: The Rising Light
Conclusing a story that began in 2014 as two words (Space Archaeology), grew through a 2019 game into a novel duology, and will finish as a quadrilogy of books.
It is the tree, walking.
🖊️ forms.gle/QiVFkackkCNT...
I'll suffer, but I can wait, if it needs more time.
I feel similar. I prefer to vote for the candidate, but I know a lot of people hang their hat on a party, and I imagine they'd be big mad about their MP crossing the floor.
That said, I'd love to see people crossing *to* the NDP, as unlikely as that would be.
I know what you're talking about but have no idea. I feel like it goes hand in hand with the valley girl thing. I always think of Jocelyn from Bob's Burgers.
Glad to hear it. The third and fourth books are very different from the first two, but they're good in their own right. I'd recommend Peake's novella "Boy in Darkness" as well since it's a Ghormenghast story in all but name.
I hope you're enjoying it!
Cosmo would be incredible. Apogee started it but who knows where it's at now, which is a real bummer.
Have you read the Heaven's Vault novelizations? They're awesome and you should!
My only beef with that miniseries is that Mr. Flay's knees were not nearly musket-crackey enough.
Cybermage Darklight Awakening!
I figured she *was* the Rabban, and we'd get a Feyd next.
Not a great pic, but here it is.
Reminds me of a ship from the Star Hunter episode "Torment". Picture a stingray with a giant spherical "antimatter drive" on a flexible tail. Its owner would kidnap people and fly at relativistic speeds to sweat out random dodgers for decades. Can't find a photo but I'll add one if I do.
One thing I like about the newer shows is that medical staff are distinct from science. Like, imagine you're injured and you see a fella in blue, only to find out he's the ship's geologist.
Wow! SF Masterworks covers can be very hit-or-miss in my opinion, but this one is incredible!
It'd make a fun extra to pair with one of your next Fermi stories.
Big "Usborne World of the Future" energy in that thing. I like it.
Duke Nukem 1
I'm begging you for an update on Cosmo HD. Like, if you shelved it, you shelved it, but it'd be nice to know either way.
I don't think so. The subject is changing halfway through. Someone already mentioned something similar, but I'd go with something like "All the travellers arrived; their luggage did not." Or if no luggage arrived, "All the travellers arrived, sans luggage."
Yes! You could feel the conflicting emotions in him when he's talking with Jessica about his wife.
That would be awesome. Keith de Candido's IKS Gorkon series touches on that a little bit, but iirc the Imperial Intelligence guy was more about keeping Klingon crews in line with Imperial agendas.
What is your Star Trek project that only you would love?
Movie-era series set on an autonomous Federation Merchantman. Crew of ~12, all potential speaking roles. Lightly armed, falling apart. Dangerous situations with little backup. Dealing with hostile aliens and arrogant Starfleet captains.
Neat! The round rear door reminds me of the TMP era shuttle (e.g. Spock's, sans warp sled). Todd Guenther's Akyazi schematics show it could be left docked externally on the smaller ship.
Tbf, we have a lot to thank cement for as well.
Seriously though, sad news. Krysten telling Rimmer to "grind those balls, sir!" Has occupied about 15% of my brain's runtime since 2004.
Ah crap
Ugh. What a bummer. Thank you for the work you're doing!
