Chris Goodwin Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Has anyone taken a look at this? Short version: in 2057, a secret group with access to nanotechnological mind enhancement is attempting to escape Earth and the corrupt corporate governments to be found there. It's fairly typical of self-published novels in PDF format, but I find myself seriously wishing to game in this world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." That's just the kind of feedback many authors dream of - I hope you've mentioned it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thia Halmades Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." Er, you mean like Deus Ex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." Er' date=' you mean like Deus Ex?[/quote'] Buh, wha? I'm not familiar with Deus Ex. A quick Wikipedia read later and.... yeah, there are some pretty obvious similarities. Not my department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thia Halmades Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." Just sayin'. Cyberware, Nanotech, big corporations. It's 100% Deus Ex flavored. And it is a great world, but it's a PIA to tell a decent game story in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." Nodes. These are the nanotech-built mind augmentation devices. They create a virtual environment for the mind, and two or more Nodes connected to the network can interact (though a lot of Nodes together attempting to create an extended environment can slow down). Build as Extradimensional Movement, to a "Virtual Community", with the Leaves Body Behind Limitation. The specific Virtual "dimension" has a different speed-up factor depending on the generation of Node used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." I'm going to study and steal the measurement system found in the, "Author's Canon," for my sword and planet campaign. It's pretty much exactly what I wanted... references the Sumerian sexagesimal numerical system... measures time and space with the same unit (the 'tock')... measures matter and energy with the same unit ( the 'speck'). Totally freaking sweet. I can't get over how much otherwise wasted time this is going to save me. Plus, it's reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs' half-conceived/semi-arbitrary Barsoomian measurements... only it's much more complete and essentially universal. Going to read the novel. Thanks for posting this, Mr.Goodwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: "Hopefully, failure will be indistinguishable from success." Just finished the novel, "Autonomy." It's quite good. I got pretty into it early on, and couldn't put it down. Really liked how it described a possible technological singularity. There were spots that I felt like it wasn't living up to its potential; points where I felt like the Autonomy should have been smarter or more imaginative; but otherwise a very compelling story. I was sorry when it ended. There were tons of good ideas in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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