Aphelion

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My impression was that it reflected a primitive and possibly animistic culture that ascribed mystical significance to many things, Blood being high on the list. That was my guess as to the author's intent, but it simply highlights another inconsistency in the story, since these people were obviousl...

If the gratuitous use of capitalization was supposed to accomplish something, I don't know what that would have been. It did accomplish one thing -- it distracted me, taking my attention off the direction and flow of the story and making me wonder what the reason was for it. I also thought that the ...

She wondered when the day would come for her own inhibitor chip to be installed to stop these feelings of uncertainty and disconnect. And after reading this story three times, I wonder if I don't need an inhibitor chip, too . . . as it is, I just think that Allison needs a new OS and a good, swift ...

I'm looking at the Aphelion Spacecraft SS Explorer Series Proposal, and I'm curious about what will happen to that thing when the booster is fired. Of course, I assume the solar panels will be furled during acceleration, and you've mentioned that you corrected the CG . . . still, isn't that non-rigi...

Always keep backups, and always keep hard-copies . . . not that they may help you, since Those Who Write History will claim them to be forgeries -- possibly adding further charges against you. Remember how computers were supposed to reduce the use of paper? It had the opposite effect, perhaps becaus...

Depressing??? not at all, rather funny, every dayish, and if I do say, a branch from a biblical line.

Dayish? Explain, please?

This one kind of left me hanging . . . I was expecting it to take one of two conclusions: either the crew figures out how to disable the computer, or some really clever wag figures out how to completely talk it out of its newfound religious convictions and make it an atheist. Instead, we have a thir...

This one got the "Twilight Zone" theme music going in my head . . .

Hello, fellow Aphelioids, I'm new here, just found this place about a week ago. Out of sheer boredom, I clicked the 'science fiction' link on the Freefall webpage, and got teleported here. Started rooting around until I found the bar, and read up every episode, which took most of several days. It's ...