Infinity Curve [FREE eBook: #postapocalyptic #dystopian #longevityscience] Book 4 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series] ________ Rick has but one objective before he dies – to broadcast a brilliant, momentous laser signal to warn alien civilizations about humanity's tragic decline. In 2075, the dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation-state in which he lives is ruled by tech-enriched oligarchs who monitor every human activity to ensure that a second apocalypse will not occur. Rick knows that the punishment for unwanted surprises will likely be fatal, and he's clearly gone over the line already by secretly constructing a petawatt laser in the barn and disgorging a furious criticism of the present state of society. But suspicion is growing fast, and he's running out of time... https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337

Rick has but one objective before he dies - to secretly broadcast a bright, momentous laser signal to warn unseen aliens how to avoid humanity's tragic decline. But it's 2075, and time is running out. Post-apocalyptic Earth is ruled by tech-enriched oligarchs who monitor nearly every human activity - and they don't like being embarrassed. SAMPLES FROM A FEW CHAPTERS: 58 - UNSEEN FRIENDS: "Please forgive the lack of excitement that you might otherwise find in an action novel. This is not an interesting story or adventure, unless you consider the birth and death of a sentient species such a thing. An adventure develops a plot line and does character development, tying you emotionally to the protagonists and antagonists." "To your misfortune, I'm the driest character on the planet and a Stoic to boot, so I am riled nominally by the emotions of humankind. In my life, emotions are for the careless. Emotions are food for the ruthless. Thus, don't look for much excitement in what I impart." "It's sad we weren't granted emotions once our psyches were capable of tolerating them. Instead, humans are birthed with emotions first and foremost. By some effort, a few humans grow to manage them. Too few. I hope your species is different and more disciplined." 59 - ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: "We became oxen and our nose rings were the devices we used, knotted to the information ropes that tugged at us. This constant assault on the senses ensured that we'd miss the larger purpose of our existence." "Over time, those sources were managed by fewer and fewer control entities, and finally the oligarchs. Humans became products of those entities, tools and chattel for the profit of others. Our brains were sponges, and we were too enamored with the continuous supply of content, sponging it up feed by feed, to recognize what was happening to us." 60 - ON UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES: "We had no agreed upon plan for managing ourselves as a species. You might think it's impossible to attain such a thing in any sentient society, particularly one as fractionalized and disparate as ours. But I think not. I believe people can agree on a few very simple tenets, rules, and ethical constructs. There are so few. In fact, some are encoded into the old Constitution, the poor thing, as it inhales its last gasps of air." "Some rules and norms exist there that transcend human differences, that we could have gotten everybody to agree upon. The same goes for holy books and other teachings. If I count them, I'd say there are no more than a dozen basic tenets. Surely we might have gotten everyone to agree on twelve tenets." 63 - ON OUR ASSUMED PRIMACY: "This assumed primacy percolated throughout our societies. As we became more science-oriented, some began to wonder how we could be the only sentient beings in the universe, but that required a fair understanding of our solar system, galaxies, and the universe at large. This idea grew roots within the last few centuries, but that tiny seedling of curiosity was already overshadowed by the massive forest of long-established primacy." "Our assumed primacy was an outgrowth of our belief that we were special in God's eyes. Interestingly, we encoded our religious texts such that they would not allow other societies to exist in other places in God's universe. We believed God was unique to us and we held a special position above all creatures in the vastness of infinity. To consider otherwise would have extricated us from our prime position as an entitled collection of beings guided by the invisible hand of God."

One of Woolf's most experimental novels, The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night, from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a glorious chorus of voices that exists not to remark on the passing of events but to celebrate the connection between its various individual parts.

Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions our species has imposed on the ocean. Gumbs employs a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility and naturalist observation to show what they might teach us, producing not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wondering and questioning. From the relationship between the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale and Gumbs’s Shinnecock and enslaved ancestors to the ways echolocation changes our understandings of “vision” and visionary action, this is a masterful use of metaphor and natural models in the service of social justice.

Ageness [eBook: #dystopian #apocalyptic #sciencefictionaudiobooks] - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on our Imminent Ageless Dystopia by Blade Cort; Book 1 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series (complete, auto-narrated) Four billionaires conspire to control the distribution of new longevity tech, intending to expand their wealth throughout eternity and give access only to those who are most deserving. Mia Seis, a scientist responsible for the breakthrough aging-reversal discovery, stumbles unwittingly across their devious scheme. Her secretive, abusive billionaire boss presses her to find an injectable solution, yet he just placed a death mark on a co-worker who innocently suggested that this stunning, new capability should benefit all of humanity, not just the few. New friends suddenly appear and offer to protect her from a similar fate, but she's torn between hating her boss and loving her work. Will they convince Mia to leave in time? https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3; Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337