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  • čas přidán 10. 04. 2024
  • “Humanity can endure much, but it will not long endure the technologies of inhumanity.”
    If this story is too dark for your taste, check out my playlist of uplifting stories here: • Uplifting Strories
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Komentáře • 123

  • @lindajacobs9116
    @lindajacobs9116 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Once again, 80 year old fan loves it!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Linda! Glad to hear it 😃

  • @JasonLastname228
    @JasonLastname228 Před 2 měsíci +10

    I look forward to your stories every week. The mythology that you are weaving across your stories in my own personal memory space sits with the greats of the genre. Your nuanced readings of them bring life to your characters with a subtlety that mere words could not. Thank you for this recurrent gift to us, to me.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Jason 😃🙏 So glad to hear you're enjoying!

  • @bewarethegreyghost
    @bewarethegreyghost Před 2 měsíci +5

    The ultimate tie in. I never saw it coming. Well played sir. Well played.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Greyghost 🐭 ha ha. You can't say I didn't tease it either 😃

  • @m.j.johnsonbooks7856
    @m.j.johnsonbooks7856 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Wow, a prequel to Mouse! What a pleasant surprise considering the tone of the story.
    Your words on totality echo my own experience, I too skipped in 2017 for reasons I cannot reconcile. It was unforgettable.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +3

      Thanks, MJ! Those obelisks belong in that creepy lab 🤣 Yeah, I had no plans until checking the weather on Saturday because I expected it to get clouded out. Weather since: partly sunny, overcast & rainy, overcast & rainy, overcast & rainy, overcast & rainy, overcast & rainy. It was the best day of the year so far!

  • @revanamarie7210
    @revanamarie7210 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Cant believe i see this so fast!! I look so forward to your stories!!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Cheers, Revana 😃🙏🚀

  • @kitkakitteh
    @kitkakitteh Před 2 měsíci +5

    You save my Thursdays❤😊

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Kitka 😃🙏🚀 Working hard to help people get to Friday 🤣

  • @user-et4fb7yu9e
    @user-et4fb7yu9e Před 2 měsíci +7

    Mark CEN CA 😊 I'm saving the story until the battery runs really low and then I'll listen to the whole thing while it's plugged up but I must say it sounds interesting already Justin the last couple of minutes that I listened looking forward to it

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, Mark! 🙏

    • @user-et4fb7yu9e
      @user-et4fb7yu9e Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@RoweLit Mark CEN CA thanks PE have a great day 😁

  • @MDSBock
    @MDSBock Před 2 měsíci +2

    Hot diggity dog, it's PE Rowe story time, favourite time of the week...

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, MDS 😃🙏

  • @ronbynum7304
    @ronbynum7304 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Another typically awesome story.

  • @charleskutrufis9612
    @charleskutrufis9612 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Once again, thank you for a unique story.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks, Charles! The first obelisk story (we think) 😃

  • @MorganMghee
    @MorganMghee Před 2 měsíci +2

    I loved hearing the recent discoveries surrounding the human gut biome in a story! 🎉

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks, Morgan! I had to read up a bit to write about it, especially since they don't seem to know much about the obelisks yet. Now I can't wait to hear about new discoveries.

  • @rlbf1967
    @rlbf1967 Před měsícem

    Crumbs you’ve out Umbrella’d and Mesa’d the pair of them! Brilliant story Mr. Rowe😃😃😃

  • @davek1855
    @davek1855 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Wow. Very exciting. Absolutely spell binding. Thank you Rowe.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, Dave! 😃🙏

  • @laveraparato258
    @laveraparato258 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Once again, you make important observations about humanity! Well done!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, LaVera! Plus, I had to figure out how Mouse got in there 😃

  • @IanHutchings_KTF
    @IanHutchings_KTF Před 2 měsíci +2

    Excellent story, yet again!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Ian. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @stevesyncox9893
    @stevesyncox9893 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Another great story ….thanks PE.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Steve! Glad you enjoyed 🙏

  • @KeithCarmichaelInFL
    @KeithCarmichaelInFL Před 2 měsíci +1

    So excited! Thanks for the new story, can’t wait to listen to another masterpiece from you!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Keith! 😃🙏

  • @barrydysert2974
    @barrydysert2974 Před 2 měsíci +1

    i'm looking forward to next Thursday !:-)

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thank you, Barry! It's been fun following all your comments! They are much appreciated! So glad you're enjoying my work 😃🙏😃🙏😃🙏

  • @OrangePulp9
    @OrangePulp9 Před 2 měsíci

    Microbiome shout out!! Mine are delighted to hear mention of their world expressed in digestible ways. Thank you for writing and publishing your work!!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci

      Cheers, OP 🤣Happy to share 🙏 How is there no gut biome emoji?

  • @CosmikRogered
    @CosmikRogered Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks for the upload, really enjoyed the story

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, Cosmik! Glad you enjoyed 😃🙏

  • @danirizary6926
    @danirizary6926 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Anybody know if the sabaka stick (spelling?) mentioned in many P.E. Rowe stories is based on a real game?

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +4

      Not yet, Dan! All I know is it's hard as hell and awesome 😃 The muse may teach me the rules one day, but I'll never be as good as Sosh.

    • @danirizary6926
      @danirizary6926 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@RoweLit I will stop my confusing inquiries to easy sellers :)

  • @Katyas-Korner
    @Katyas-Korner Před 2 měsíci +2

    Ah… there it is.

  • @CraigKing-bv7jx
    @CraigKing-bv7jx Před 2 měsíci +3

    And so we see how mouse would come to be.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Cheers, Craig! 😃🙏

  • @ElicBehexan
    @ElicBehexan Před 2 měsíci +3

    I saw the eclipse! It was the first time I've had the chance to do it and don't expect to live to see the next. The reason I couldn't go in 2017 because my wife was on peritoneal dialysis.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +3

      See, that's a far more legit reason than my sad excuse. The real reason is that I had no idea what I was missing out on. Had I only known ...

    • @ElicBehexan
      @ElicBehexan Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@RoweLit I'm sure you are young enough for the next time, I'm 70 and not in the greatest health.

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Ahhh! Time to decompress for an hour. Thank you for Thursdays!❤

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Tara! 😃🙏

  • @paulross225
    @paulross225 Před 2 měsíci +6

    It's still quite strange (to me) that narrators feel obliged - or indeed obliged to put disclaimers in front of a story.
    Has no one ever read Shelley's Frankenstein or anything by Lovecraft or HG Wells, amongst many others?
    Fact can be stranger and more disturbing than fiction and it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that biological research into things as described in this story has already produced some sinister results.
    It's a well known fact that humanity has lived under the threat of annihilation for the best part of century, I was even aware of this before I was ten years old!
    It's disturbing but that's the world we live in. Maybe current generations are more psychologically fragile (unstable?) than we were, point is, I just find the need for these disclaimers rather odd.
    Anyways, apart from that, that was an interesting topic and a great story to boot!
    I would like to add, apropos of all of the above, it would not be unappreciated if every now and again, if you can find it within yourself (you're extremely talented and these stories don't write themselves) to dive a little further into the abyss and come up with some more disturbing nightmarish material, themes that will truly have pearls being clutched tightly to breast etc.
    I know not everybody will be on the same page as me as imagine a lot of people come here for the more cerebral stuff, but hey, that's just the way I roll - sometimes.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks, Paul! It's funny, as a reader I agree 100% and as a teacher, I would never put a "trigger warning" on content. Literature is art, and art is a reflection of life, which, as you say, gets plenty dark. As a content creator, though, especially a writer, whose job is to generate images that resonate with and come to life in the minds of readers, my concern is that people have the opportunity to opt out of something dark they don't want bouncing around in their head. My tone varies a lot over the course of the channel, and I don't go that dark that often, so I don't love the idea of creeping out anyone who wouldn't want to go there. But either my gauge is off, or it's a damned if you do/don't scenario. Thanks so much for your feedback!

    • @paulross225
      @paulross225 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@RoweLit Should the onus always be on you?
      To quote from the bible, "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out!
      Alternatively, just click to something else!
      Just sayin! 🤔😅

    • @charleskutrufis9612
      @charleskutrufis9612 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@paulross225 That is about as simple as it gets, and so very true.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +3

      Thanks, Paul! Good points. I won't be plucking out any eyeballs today, but I do have a tooth that's been bugging me 🤣 Yes, the bar to exit is very low. Truth.

  • @tgdomnemo5052
    @tgdomnemo5052 Před 2 měsíci +2

    ... thank You 🙂🖖🏼

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci

      Cheers, Nemo 🙏

  • @lorraine.cotten
    @lorraine.cotten Před 2 měsíci

    Made me THINK 🤔!

  • @lararabb8888
    @lararabb8888 Před 2 měsíci

    Where I live was total eclipse coverage too.

  • @youtubebero5154
    @youtubebero5154 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you

  • @karlgru3n654
    @karlgru3n654 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Creator bless the Archimedes of every Universe.

  • @lisasnyder555
    @lisasnyder555 Před 2 měsíci

    Brilliant!

  • @4362mont
    @4362mont Před 2 měsíci

    The term "inhumanism", learned and applied, could be a very good thing.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Here's hoping 😃🙏

  • @MrIzzyDizzy
    @MrIzzyDizzy Před 2 měsíci +4

    .The first great science fiction Obelisk story ever told!! Of the micro viroid like type, not the 2001 Space Odyssey type. It was a great story too . but strangely the android should have been named HAL ! maybe. Good ending too. Its my weirdness that I'm reminded of Robert Sapolsky for his great lectures from Stanford for free here on CZcams . , Perhaps mixed with some Josef Mengele, or the Clone Wars or the Reavers in the movie Serenity . Great job.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +3

      Thanks, MrIzzy! It was a great suggestion! 😃🙏 And a winning one at that! Can you tell I've watched those lectures 🤣?

    • @MrIzzyDizzy
      @MrIzzyDizzy Před 2 měsíci +2

      i thought you might well have.

    • @MrIzzyDizzy
      @MrIzzyDizzy Před 2 měsíci +1

      Rowe you need a "(ROWELIT) " post in the comment section here. That can also serve as place to submit poll ideas.
      How about this - Kristoff is captured! and made to reveal secret info on the artifacts. While leading ( insert villain) to an artifact he is transported back in time to earth! and meets and guides Julian H.! With his future understanding especially about robots!. ! Then leaves earth in a Julian H cylinder. to found the1st colony outside the solar system . Then he gets/creates a pet !! an enhanced parrot! (named Sabastion) trained to fly in zero G! The 1st space pet.! Once at the new moon around a gas giant in that solar system They meet aliens - thought not very advanced ones. the most advance is four legged spider like creature in the bronze age. and a wooly mammoth like creature that can communicate, but can.t make tools. Both can be dangerous but they are generally more curious than threatening.! ( this could take several polls )

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, MrIzzy 🤣Well, I must confess to being too much of a control freak to allow the Misfits futures to blow in the breeze of the audience poll, much as I respect the wisdom of this particular crowd 😃 But I do have IP reasons for never going deeper on a poll topic than a few words. Topic or theme but no more.
      Btw, at some point while investigating space cylinders, I stumbled upon a very detailed post where some mathematicians, physicists, and experts in flight were discussing how birds might fly in a zero-G or spin-G environment like a space cylinder. Very cool!

    • @MrIzzyDizzy
      @MrIzzyDizzy Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@RoweLit Oh come on be a sport .We love the misfits and Kristoff - just hanging out. . I can't recall if there were birds in Rendezvous with Rama? but i think there were?

  • @Gramma-rs1qb
    @Gramma-rs1qb Před 2 měsíci

    Wow. Dark, as you warned. But there is much to ponder here.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks, Gramma! Yes, if it was only darkness, I probably would have gone in another direction. But hopefully it's a useful visit to the dark side.

  • @mrtodddelaroderie
    @mrtodddelaroderie Před měsícem

    Awesome so this is the robot rabbit and the immortal mouse? Thanks PE you are great!

  • @unom8
    @unom8 Před 2 měsíci

    thanks

  • @peterlennon1139
    @peterlennon1139 Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent! I'd like to visit your mind,, but I wouldn't want to live there 😂

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci

      Cheers, Peter! It's kind of a mix of 🤪😧🤣. Lather, rinse, repeat.

  • @dtl2081
    @dtl2081 Před 15 dny

    Excellent

  • @michaellively6467
    @michaellively6467 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Sweet

  • @maxjjackson
    @maxjjackson Před 2 měsíci

    Ah, here we go. I didn't listen when it dropped. I'm all caught up now......

  • @nickifiresnow1931
    @nickifiresnow1931 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Naturally, I am thinking of Mouse of small things. 🤔 so exciting.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      🤫🐭😃

    • @nickifiresnow1931
      @nickifiresnow1931 Před 2 měsíci

      @@RoweLit oh and my partner who oddly is not a sci-fi lover like I am listened to mouse as she loves mice and she really loved that story.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Awesome! Converting new sci-fi fans one mouse at a time 🐁🐁🐁😃

  • @tyotypic
    @tyotypic Před 2 měsíci

    9:50 ... "Sports"... Yes, I sensed we were on *this* planet.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Nothing like chilling with your 🐭 and ⚽ 😂

  • @David-cf2iq
    @David-cf2iq Před 2 měsíci +9

    Bhagavad Gita...in Space...

  • @louissablon4849
    @louissablon4849 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you! They said it all!😂

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Cheers, Louis! 😃🙏

    • @louissablon4849
      @louissablon4849 Před 2 měsíci +1

      And it's my birthday tomorrow! You know I am hoisting a few and going to dinner and a movie tomorrow night with brother and Friends and Melissa as well! Going to be48 and have a good old night

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Happy birtdhay, Louis! Have a good one 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @dennisfarris4729
    @dennisfarris4729 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Lol. the Biome is God, there's a reason it's called a gut feeling.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thanks, Dennis 🤣 My garden consists of leeks and kale right now. It's early yet, but my bacteria this year are telling me to be more ambitious 😃

    • @dennisfarris4729
      @dennisfarris4729 Před 2 měsíci

      @@RoweLit my mycelium yearn to propagate in alien soil under a hot young star.

  • @markormsby4633
    @markormsby4633 Před 2 měsíci

    Listeners should follow up after this story with a previous story called Mouse of small things. I'm curious to know what will happen with Morans 'necklace'?

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Mark! Perhaps one day we shall see ... 🤔

  • @user-et4fb7yu9e
    @user-et4fb7yu9e Před měsícem

    Mark CEN CA going to do this again it is that good 😮

  • @philippriestman8516
    @philippriestman8516 Před 2 měsíci

    Bbrrrr! Cold

  • @user-et4fb7yu9e
    @user-et4fb7yu9e Před 2 měsíci +2

    Mark CEN CA so their designing Transoms 😂

  • @vizardl
    @vizardl Před 2 měsíci

    Kindly asking to avoid trigger warnings. I asume these stories are not meant for children. Good work!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks, vizardl, especially for asking kindly 😃

  • @user-et4fb7yu9e
    @user-et4fb7yu9e Před 2 měsíci +1

    😅 Mark CEN CA I can only pray that you're not a prophet this my friend is a dark story😮

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Mark! Me too 🙏😃

  • @noahkleugh9323
    @noahkleugh9323 Před 2 měsíci

    Poor poor snowflakes...