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Perhaps Not

January 1, 2025

No maybes about it.

Th3 Reborn

January 1, 2025

Happy New Year! (And no, that’s not what science is.)

The Dutiful and the Banned

December 31, 2024

The Dutiful and the Banned

What a way to end the year.

The Great Frontier: In the Beginning: Young Adult (Th3 Reborn – Young Adult Book 1)

December 31, 2024

The Great Frontier: In the Beginning: Young Adult (Th3 Reborn – Young Adult Book 1)

Low standards.

The Key to the Ranch (An Alexander Wright Mystery Adventure Book 6)

December 31, 2024

The Key to the Ranch (An Alexander Wright Mystery Adventure Book 6)

…when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
I’ve caught up to my sketchbook again, so it’ll be a couple of weeks before I have regular sketches to post. The post Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post. appeared first on NathanShumate.com.
How Many Artistic A.I.s Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
In an artists’ Messenger group, the discussion (inevitably) turned to the legitimacy of A.I. output as “art.” This was my response, and it was the longest thing I’ve written in a while, so I figured I would repost it here to preserve it, with a couple of my comments down the thread. This response was... The post How Many Artistic A.I.s Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? appeared first on NathanShumate.com.
A Fifth Magic
The author says: A Fifth Magic is a dark fantasy novel set in a fractured post-civil-war society where magic is both feared and tightly controlled. Detective Michael Hawthorne enlists the help of sceptical academic Laura Blythe to investigate a locked-room murder mystery that mirrors the methods of a war criminal they believed to be long
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
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Fragmented Sky
The author says: In the crumbling dome city of Grid 46, breathable air is a luxury rationed by Praxis Corp, a ruthless megacorporation that views survival as a commodity. Technician Lyra Sato struggles to keep her sick brother alive while uncovering a buried secret—the enigmatic Seed System, a sentient, evolving AI embedded within the dome’s
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
Skipped one for New Year’s Day. The post Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post. appeared first on NathanShumate.com.