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The Silver Rain

August 7, 2023

The Silver Rain

More rain, or more fire? I can’t decide.

“Silent Scream”: “Mysterious Darkness”

August 6, 2023

“Silent Scream”: “Mysterious Darkness”

I defy you to justify those quotation marks to me.

Earned Intervention of Creation

August 5, 2023

Earned Intervention of Creation

It’s no better than you deserve.

Nanking Necromancer

August 4, 2023

Nanking Necromancer

It would look good to you if you were nanking as hard as the necromancer is. (h/t Marc)

Unbearably Deadly: A Roger and Suzanne Mystery Novel

August 1, 2023

Unbearably Deadly: A Roger and Suzanne Mystery Novel

I will agree that it’s unbearable in important ways.

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.
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Movie Seen Recently: Clearing the decks, part 1.
I have been watching movies for the last several months, but I’ve been entirely unmotivated to write about them. So here is the first part of a metric crap-ton of capsule movie assessments to purge the hopper. I Am Vengeance (2018) – Ex-commando reacts to the death of an old comrade-in-arms by coming to his... The post Movie Seen Recently: Clearing the decks, part 1. appeared first on NathanShumate.com.