Archive for May, 2006
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Tuesday, May 30th, 200650 Meters from Achebe Complex His arms wrapped tight, holding on as the collision cancelled most of his momentum. Keeping a hand gripped tight to his target, in what his instructors had called “positive control,” Mikhail twisted to meet the student face-to-face. A young man with an expression of sheer terror stared back at him. [...]
The Heat, and Discrete Structures
Sunday, May 28th, 2006I never took that class, incidentally. “Discrete Structures.” It had been a prerequisite for more advanced computer science stuff at Grand Valley State. I had begun frantically whittling down my ambitions before I got to that point, trying to get some kind of degree completed before college drove me crazy. Erm, anyway. For some reason, [...]
Gusev: Seven
Saturday, May 27th, 2006Achebe Complex, Exterior, Starboard “A salvage platform? How interesting,” Mikhail said, tearing down on the tab at the edge of the packet. Still looking around, rather than concentrating on the rote and automatic task, he slipped a thin laminate out into the open and pressed it against the surface of the structure in front of [...]
Blogging for Money
Thursday, May 25th, 2006I applied for a job yesterday as a blogger with MacNN. Of course, it might not be with them, but with a mysterious “new venue,” but hey, whatever. As much of a pain in the ass as it might be, I’d really like to get started on some kind of paid other-than-fiction writing, “diversifying” as [...]
Gusev: Six
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006Airlock A-3, Starboard Side As they got closer to an actual airlock, a student supervisor handed out rigging harnesses and tethers. Rows of safety boots lined one passageway. He slid his foot into what felt like a bag of warm jelly, and the boot collapsed around it, squeezing tight as a runner’s shoe. Like the [...]
Gusev: Five
Monday, May 22nd, 2006Locker Room A-3, Starboard Side They went into the locker rooms individually, carrying pressure skins, coveralls, and bags for holding clothes and personal effects. Misha closed the curtain behind him, thankful to be allowed to change alone. Gwen seemed like a nice enough girl, he just didn’t want her to see what he had under [...]
Gusev: Four
Friday, May 19th, 2006Sistani Lecture Hall, 102 “Docks and Locks provides an essential service to the students, faculty, and staff of Sagan University,” said the droning orientation program, addressing an auditorium sprinkled with new student employees. Mikhail leaned back in his seat, glancing around the room and marveling at the relative youth of his fellow students. He knew [...]
Gusev: Three
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006“Say what?” Mikhail glanced down at the desk, then set his handheld on it, blanking the display with a sweep of his hand. He had encountered the question often enough, and he always tried to keep his reaction cool. The hardest part was keeping quiet his desire to scream at Faisala.
Gusev: One & Two
Monday, May 15th, 2006The university campus spun slowly into view as Mikhail’s connecting shuttle matched velocity. The underlying structure looked to have started life as a superfreighter, or perhaps a pair of them, but decades of additions and appliqué structures shrouded the original. Dorms, shuttle bays, and a thousand other, indistinct structures passed the viewports as the shuttle [...]
A Webcomic, Minus The Pictures
Sunday, May 14th, 2006Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be posting a story to this here blog. It’s not just a story, though, as right now, it doesn’t have an ending. Overall, it might never have an ending, though in my vision of the thing, one could subdivide it into discrete portions that tell complete stories. Each installment will [...]
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