Silicon Valley is what some of the more artfully minded people call a monument to invention. It focuses on computer technologies of course, but any inventor is welcome in the city, and the Edison Patent Office is the busiest patent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Twilight’s fourth season saw the gang going to the Indian Reservations for the first time. Their trip to New York City started a search that ran up Long Island to the Hamptons until they rolled into the Shinnecock Reservation. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Silicon Valley has a much smaller population and land area than Los Angeles, but beautiful crystalline technological megastructures rise far above the surrounding landscape. Some of the most advanced AIs built by humanity run their environmental and security systems. Cars[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the playful romp in New Orleans, Twilight spent an episode each in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New York City. They drove a procession of Ford vehicles around the cities in search of more serious terrorists threats to the American homeland,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once we perfected the deploying of orbital elevators we began shipping single-tether starter elevators to the existing colonies, and we of course added them to the basic colonization packages. Colonization missions were no longer pure scientific, exploratory, or flag waving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One thing I learned when I visited Los Angeles is that I love it. LA and the surrounding cities are so peacefully multicultural. You can find anything from Indian rain dances to Mexican maraca parties within walking distance of each[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Dixie and Twilight shows always had a loose relationship with time. Major events that were years apart in real life happened right after another in the show, but in general they showed things a couple years after they happened[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We built our colony ships long and slender due to the required length of the hyperdrives. The long ships served the dual purposes of making the rides smoother and allowing more framework to hang the colonization packages onto. Colony ships[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The one thing I’ve always remembered about Los Angeles is just how hot and dry it is. Not that it’s really all that hot. The ocean actually moderates the temperatures a lot if you’re looking at weather service records. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original Dixie and Twilight series spanned a decade of time, and you can see America change in them. They always welcomed new people from anywhere, and sported Californians working with New Yorkers and the Texans that made up the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…