Why Neptune? | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2023
- “The only choices left are choices that aren’t choices.”
Written toward the topic: "Near Term Space Colonization"
Video: • Near Term Space Coloni...
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for another great topic!
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About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story to the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this, I have fun writing them, and most importantly, the audience enjoys!
Thanks for stopping by!
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My man Mr Rowe! I'm so happy to see the numbers tick up on your channel. It will hit the 100k mark in no time.
Thanks AE! Appreciate your support! Yes, we're growing 😃One story at a time and one listener at a time!
I remember Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines when I was a kid. They both had all these fantastic things that was going to be in our future. Don't think any of them came to be.
It is funny which tech makes it into our landscape, Lady Ponfarr 🤔
I bet you feel a bit like a pioneer yourself. I see many channels with millions of subs that deserve them so much less than you do. I'd be surprised if in a year from now you aren't in the hundred thousands for subscribers. As long as you keep up this high quality work, it's inevitable you'll get there. And even if you quit tomorrow, you'd still be an inspiration to me.
Thanks, Patolomy! I appreciate the kind words and support! It's funny, I'm generally too busy to think too much about what I'm doing 😃 But if anything, I see this type of writing as anti-pioneer. I studied classical civilizations, and this mode of publishing is strikingly similar to the bardic tradition of Hesiod and Homer and the wandering storytellers walking from village to village. I just think we're going back to the campfire again, only it's a much bigger, more nuanced campfire. Whatever it is, though, it's super fun!
Well done! You certainly, and successfully, went out on that ledge, took in the view and swept us up in a pioneering trip through the universe you have created so brilliantly! Long may your universe expand😃
Thanks, Richard! I'll do my best to keep it growing 😃
Congratulations on 1 year! Preservation Falls is still one of the most memorable stories on this channel. On top of being a brilliant story teller, you are also a great teacher, and an inspiration. Cheers!
Thanks, MJ! That' one's close to home too! Appreciate those kind words 🙏It definitely keeps the fires burning for me 😃
Why don't you have 500,000 subs already? You are a great SciFi writers!
Thanks, Alfred! Working on writing the best story I can each week and hopefully keep growing 1 sub at a time 😃
I just finished Age Of Deception And Other Stories Volume 3 and THOROUGHLY enjoyed it! Some of the stories I have heard before but it was nice to visit them again.The other stories were a pleasant adventure.Rowe, your the best!!
Thanks, Kennyjoe! Really appreciate it! 🙏😃Also, if you have the time and inclination, a review on Amazon would really help the cause. Always appreciate your support!
Glad you're back! Missed the regular story.
Re: Co2 issues, BioSphere experiment.
Can't say why I know this.
A critical detail was missed, making the soil inside BioSphere. Lots of compost was incorporated , causing an excess of many tons, maybe 100's of tons of excess decomposing organics in the soils producing runaway CO2 levels. Hindsight is 20-20. It was stated to me that was so excessive, it would not be reversible even if the whole biosphere was planted with something. Learning involves errors. Stupidity isn't reserved for the uneducated.
Thanks, 2kittys! I did not know it was the soil! That's fascinating. My friends in the soil sciences would be disappointed in me. I've gotten more interested in agriculture as I've gotten older, and the beauty and complexity of developing a crop season to season is a bottomless rabbit hole for me now.
In the 1990s he conducted research there (biosphere II), revealing for the first time that ocean acidification causes corals to dissolve from a lack of calcium. (Scientific American) Cool Stuff.
I love the story's mate. Listen all the time. I never read books but started listening to halo audio books to get a better understanding of the halo universe after playing the games.
Your universe I find to be more vibrant relatable. I truly love exploring the universe through your storytelling. Thank you so much for sharing with the world.
Daniel
Perth Western Australia
Cheers, Daniel! I too came to reading and writing later than most writers, I'd say, but what matters is that you enjoy it when you do! Glad to hear you're enjoying my work!
Love this story. Going to revisit presavation falls my memory isn’t great. Thanks for sharing you are an amazing writer PE ROWE.
Cheers, Dean! Appreciate those kind words!
Thank you again and it's great to see Bird back for a visit.
Thanks, MH! She'll be around 😃
Thanks, MH! Bird will definitely be around again 😃
Congratulations, I’ve run out of superlatives to compliment the channel and content. Your talent is real, so please pace yourself and keep healthy. ❤
Cheers Nights! Glad you're enjoying. I actually like a hot pace 😃 Nothing I'd rather be doing!
THANK YOU! MR.ROWE. Happy Birthday!!!
The birth of P E Rowe
Thanks, Barron! 😃 It's been a fun year!
Good story.The words in conjunction with your voice portray a depth of soul(?) to bring the mind's eye alive. As do most of the other stories by yourself.Keep on writing and Tally-ho!
Thanks, Casard! Yes, onward! 😃
Bit of a different vibe from the the last one connected to this plot thread and I like where it's going.
Thanks, Crayfish.
Congrats Rowe! That's great. Thank again for another great story. Kind of curious what happened to earth in the misfits. Or if Jullian left before their neural implants started causing huge problems.
On top of that question and from stories such as telescope I am guessing that the misfits story is far from the milky way.
And with the far future storyline when humans are controlled by nonhuman (not sure if they are aliens or artificial beings that humanity no longer controls). Where does that story occur at? And will we ever hear more than whispers about the fate of earth in the misfits. I can kind of guess that dark age tech pretty much killed everyone not in the misfit area. But did any no Jullian groups survive?
Thanks, Todd! 🤔😃 You're asking some timely questions. Don't miss next week's story. Much to explore.
I love everything i don't have big words to praise your writing enough, just brilliant
@@snail6queen6hammy Cheers, Peg! Appreciate it much 😃
I think this story was really compelling. Well done sir.
Thanks, Darrel! 🙏
Engaging as always. Ty.
Thanks, Ty!
"Pick her up and give her a ride in your spaceship?"
Funny. Like speaking to a five year old.
Funny in our world and apparently funny in the story world as well.
Fantastic ! I hope there's more to this adventure in the future? And congrats on your anniversary. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you, Andre! Oh, there's much more to the Lifeboat stories. One of these days, I swear, I'll get the novel going. Glad you're enjoying!
Missed you last week, Hope you the best. Thank You
Thanks, Charles 😃
Dude! You are a very talented writer. I bought vol 2.
Thanks, David! I appreciate it, and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the stories 😃🙏
Such a great blending! Nice!
Glad you've found the near-Earth stories! Thanks, Keith 😃
The nice thing about sci-fi is how easily the spaceships operate in most planets' gravity wells.
No problemo.
That is one of the pleasant adpects.
Only until they don't, Martin 😲Then that's the story! 😂
Another great story! Thanks
Thanks, Ron! Glad you enjoyed!
Top notch as always!
Cheers, Benjamin!
Nice one keep up the good Storys and the Channel will grow!
Thanks, Exile! That's the goal each week 😃
Great story as always! ❤
Thanks, Lara!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.!! 👍 👍 👍
Thank you, Alan! 😃
Congrats!
Cheers, Kennyjoe! Appreciate your support 😃
Mark CEN CA loved this for the multiple time you mentioned at the end of this you made it to 3 thousand real soon you're going to have 7,000
Keep it up friend I'm 😅
Thanks, Mark!
Hey
I don't have a promiscuous CZcams account. I want to say that I'd like to make a request! I want you to create a story about a single cabin mate that survived on a ship alone, after all his/her fellow crewman died. The problems he/she experiences. The inevitable fate he/she knows that lies in store. And whether or not said person survives! I LOVE your story telling and honestly, idk if what I'm saying will get through.. I listen to EVERYTHING you put out, it's all so interesting. Not to mention you are an amazing narrator (would love some soundtrack 😜). But at the end of the day I got the idea from Magnetar on CZcams! He narrates some amazing stories and I think that you taking on that "alone in space" scenario would be amazing.
If you have time.
Cheers, Silver! Thanks for you kind words and enthusiasm 😃 I think that is a great story scenario. It's so good in fact, I may already have plans for that kind of a story to appear somewhere in the future 🤔 I can't say where, when, or in what context, but if you stay tuned it, something like that is definitely going to come up!
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Always a pleasure. Gray
Cheers, Gray!
Wonderful tale. The nonfiction opening was a little depressing though. I still remember Virgin galactic selling, then cancelling tourist moon flights and Moller international cancelling their skycar.
Also, I caught the Titan sub reference. Sneaky.
Thanks, Greyghost! We're going to get there eventually. I do think the breakthrough will be something like Julian's Space Ladder.
Which reminds me of 1) Arthur C Clarke's "Fountains Of Paradise" .....his underutilized space elevator concept, ( and the failures along the way to building a megastructure ) .....and 2) ...of how imaginative and engrossing your storytelling is...... Particularly your character building and backstory building.......yes , I'm comparing your writing to something approaching Sir A C Clarke ,... perhaps my most favorite hard Sci fi writer. ! He was right about satellites, and the Moon as permanent infrastructure for staging to the beyond..... 🤓👍🏽@@RoweLit
Cheers, Solitary Science! 🙏Those are some big shoes for my humble little feet to clunk around in, but I surely appreciate the kind words 😃
Mark CEN CA here now 😊 I remember the bio sphere
Big controversy on the nightly news! "They snuck in hamburgers! Shock!" 😂
Preservation falls
With an ONeil Cylinder, you sleep on the inside of course. But on Earth we dont sleep on the ceiling. I wish I could calculate how fast the cylinder has to rotate to equate to earth gravity. Create a graph.
Sounds like a problem a sophmore should be able to solve.😭
I'm pretty sure you can find the answer fairly easily in some of the proposals. I think it all depends on the circumference, but I'm no physicist 😃
y3k? . idk it should be so much more. congratulations!
Thanks, MrIzzy. Writing has taught me patience, like a lot 😃
Well waiting may bring good things, but your abilities deserve it now! I'm pulling for you and enjoying your work. best wishes for continued growth and success.
Nice
Cheers, Michael!
I'll see you on the dark side of Neptune...
Have a grape?
Have you heard about the Strange History of Steve Bannon and the Biosphere 2
A strange history indeed! I've read quite a bit about it, because I was very much swept up in the hype as a kid.
Missed you last week. Vacation?
Thanks, BC! Took a break to rest the voice and get a week ahead on the writing. Hoping it helps improve vocal quality going forward.
Still here and 😂
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CONGRATULATIONS 🎊
😃🙏😃🙏😃 THANKS, Tara!
You have a very wide ranging imagination.
Thanks, Susan! Space is a pretty big place, I guess 😂 We'll see how much my imagination can touch 😃🚀
Our lives are so short that to accomplish anything on this scale we will require something like a cult system.
And that really doesn't seem like a great idea.
AI maybe?
Elon is an example of a human being that will NEVER manage it without inflicting great harm.
I think workbots--eventually--will be the primary laborers in major megastructures. And they can be programmed to be perfect believers, and maybe, in time, perfect welders too.
@@RoweLit
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Great wit.
You gonna have to get around to that FAQ page.
I'm going to miss you when there are hundreds of thousands of questions and you don't have the time to respond on Christmas Day any more.
🤣.
I am hopeful that I do reach an audience that is so big I can't possibly respond and still get the writing done, but I will sure miss it, Bob.
You could have left out The constant accusations from an underling that a billionaire is trying to pick up a 23 year old . They add nothing and only spoiled the ambience
Thanks, A 😃
I disagree. It shows that some social dynamics persist even as time and technology grow. It helped keep the individual expectations and experiences of the characters unique and grounded.