By the time the Peloran showed up, organ banks were the way to live. Even the middle class could by them. And government banks granted access to those that couldn’t afford them in the politicians’ undying effort to buy more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The first true Internet linked the world in a web of power and communication in the Twenty-First Century. Civilizations long separated by months of travel time sending letters back and forth could see each other in full video in real[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The United States of America joined the Great War with patriotic zeal. The news media and government reports united in claiming it was every red-blooded American’s duty to kill the Huns who sank Lusitania. It became a fight of good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In some ways, growing organ banks full of replacement organs unlocked immortality for us. Oh, we could die of disease or accidents, but healthy livers can filter out a lot of trash. And a healthy heart usually doesn’t stop beating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Twenty-First Century brought a revolution in computing technology. Primitive pointing devices morphed into touch displays, and voice recognition replaced keyboards for the average user. Fully functional portable computers became smaller tablets and then wearable technology similar to modern personal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always been a fan of the classics. Cars, ships, bikes; everything we’ve ever built has a style we don’t make anymore that somebody loves. For me, that’s the stuff we built when I was young. True, first generation gravtech[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the British blockade starving Germany, the German government held that up as a justification for their submarine campaign against merchant ships supplying Great Britain. President Wilson declared the British blockade to be entirely acceptable and once again demanded that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the Twenty-First Century, we were finally starting to use basic genetic sciences. Nothing compared to what the Peloran brought of course, but those could afford it finally began to fill their organ banks with stuff grown from their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The early Terran AIs understood humanity enough to know that you feared the unknown. Sometimes they found people who would welcome them as friends. They drove some fast cars, amazing trucks and flew spiffy aircraft. Of course they were never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German submarine changed World War I. Though carrying ammunition to support The War effort, it also carried nearly 2,000 passengers and crew, most of whom died. This incensed the British and Americans,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…