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by samuelmichaels
Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

Emergence , by David Palmer. David Palmer also wrote a sequel, Tracking , but it's a bit hard to find. Analog July/August, September, and October 2008 issues for the sequel, which was news to me; my family ceased subscribing to the SF magazines in the late 1990s, as Dad wasn't keeping up with them....
by samuelmichaels
Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

kd7mvs wrote:Emergence, by David Palmer.
David Palmer also wrote a sequel, Tracking, but it's a bit hard to find.
by samuelmichaels
Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)
Replies: 452
Views: 758322

Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

Abaddon wrote:The series is called Dahak trilogy by David Weber. First book is available in Baen's Free Library
The entire trilogy is available as one omnibus Empire From the Ashes, including for free from http://baencd.freedoors.org/Books/Empir ... /index.htm.
by samuelmichaels
Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)
Replies: 452
Views: 758322

Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

arargh wrote:The table of contents entry for the chapter does not have the correct URL.
Aha, I had the same problem. Rapina changed the link, but the the Chronicles' Table of Contents was cached in my browser. Once I refreshed the page, I could see and click to "A Tail of Trolls".
by samuelmichaels
Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)
Replies: 452
Views: 758322

Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

Rapina has posted the more-or-less annual installment (Chapter 75, A Tail of Trolls) in her long-running Chronicles of Rapina.
by samuelmichaels
Sat Sep 05, 2015 12:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

ya. this is one of the reasons i hate him as an writer. he had the full stories posted and than he took the later chapters down and stuck them behind an paywall. i actually had an copy of all his original stories but i lost them in an HDD crash few years back Fo what it's worth, he seems to be publ...
by samuelmichaels
Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Artificial intelligence story on SOL
Replies: 9
Views: 17173

Re: Artificial intelligence story on SOL

looking for a story on SOL, any help appreciated. young man creates an A.I. at a company he works at. Girlfriend joins in. A.I. protects them when they go on the run. Eventually A.I. builds a ship and a computer containment for them to travel to the stars. All I can remember. My searches haven't fo...
by samuelmichaels
Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone know what happened to Fouquet?
Replies: 6
Views: 11142

Re: Anyone know what happened to Fouquet?

I knew that but apparently he just posted several re-edited books and I noticed the following which I had not before. "Virgil wrote this book prior to his stroke that left him unable to type and impaired his communication abilities. Two years later, he is able to publish those completed works ...
by samuelmichaels
Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

Looking for a story that I think was/is on SOL. It's about a man that is abducted by a group of women because there master had died. about all I can remember. lago Are you thinking of "The Golden Mule" by Silli Artie - because if you are that was removed from circulation long ago. Not onl...
by samuelmichaels
Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

lagomilo wrote:Looking for a story that I think was/is on SOL. It's about a man that is abducted by a group of women because there master had died. about all I can remember.

lago
Could it be POW (Prisoner of the Widows) by Joe J?
by samuelmichaels
Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)
Replies: 452
Views: 758322

Re: Links to Good Reading (Part 2)

FYI, Raptina has released a new chapter in her epic work The Chronicles of Rapina http://www.asstr.org/~rapina/stories.html . It's long and she usually only post one long chapter a year, but it's well worth the read. You know I love the Rapina saga. However the author is frustrating his/her readers...
by samuelmichaels
Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost & Found
Replies: 585
Views: 724264

Re: Lost & Found

im looking for a story i read few years ago. i dont remember the name or the name of the author. but i think it was posted on SOL here what i remember : the story is about young man who made an AI he gets and female android body for the AI from his older brother. his grand father invented spider bo...
by samuelmichaels
Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Something I'm Confused about with Ebooks
Replies: 8
Views: 11032

Re: Something I'm Confused about with Ebooks

Ok, so my wife decides to buy me a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, instead of the 27in monitor (2560x1440) I wanted.. :P So I decided to give the Kindle/Nook, etc a shot, first thing I go look at is some older Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt) books, all of them are 9.99 each some of them over 10 years old are s...
by samuelmichaels
Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Other Authors (RAPINA)
Replies: 53
Views: 59670

Re: Other Authors (RAPINA)

expedient wrote:Rapina Chapter 73 Shut In.

Arise! The yearly chapter has been released.
Ah, very cool. Now the wait is on for "Trial by Enok".
by samuelmichaels
Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: well all things considered
Replies: 50
Views: 51817

Re: well all things considered

Then there's the other extreme view on abortion by a strongly religious country such as Northern Ireland where they refuse to perform an abortion as long as there is a foetal heartbeat: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20321741 I my opinion that instance is nothing less than murder of ...