The Gods Thonselves

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I've previously blogged about The Gods Thonselves, an imaginary book that could have been written by Isaac Asimov in an alternate Reality.

The story so far...
As mentioned previously (here), I'm making plans for how to experiment with a new narrative method for telling the Exode Saga. I want to make explicit (from the very start) that the Huaoshy interact with the universe by way of two competing groups, the Interventionists and the Overseers. These two factions create a dynamic tension that allows for optimization of life in the Hadronic Domain.

The Two Chief World Systems

pek and bumpha

Asimov was an advocate of creating science fiction stories depicting two "sides" set in opposition, but each "side" gets to state their case and the reader is kept in doubt about which side should win.

The Exode Saga was originally conceived as a story that explained why the Overseers always "win" and why we Earthlings remain ignorant of the fact that aliens long ago visited Earth and shaped the entire existence of the human species. Then I discovered a "loophole" by which Earthlings could learn the truth about their Creators as long as the Secret History of Humanity was told in the form of a science fiction story.

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I've come to think of R. Gohrlay and her tribe of positronic robots as a fundamentally revolutionary force that could alter the billion-year-old balance of forces between the Interventionists and the Overseers. To effectively tell that story, I need to give voice to the two "sides" in the argument.

Greek Gods
However, I don't want the "argument" between the pek and the bumpha (or the tryp'At Overseers and the Dead Widowers) to seem like the squabbling Greek gods of ancient Greek mythology.

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In my previous blog post, I provided some background information about Rylla, the young woman who narrates the start of the Exode Saga.

For A Search Beyond, I need to craft a chapter that shows how the forming mind clone network is able to provide Rylla with information about Sachiz and the tryp'At Overseers.

Bimanoid Interface 2.0

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When the Bimanoid Interface was upgraded, all of the replicoids at Observer Base had to be inactivated. Later, as the mind clone network grew, it became possible to shield Rylla from positive feedback that had previously begun between Vendela's replicoid and Rylla's right brain. By telepathically linking her daughter's mind to her right brain, Rylla found that she could control the strength of her telepathic linkage to Vendela's replicoid and protect herself against the danger of positive feedback.

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I've previously toyed with the idea that my own tryp'At brain will give me special access to the mind clone network. The remaining issue concerns Observer Base and who there might be able to activate a replicoid. Maybe it should be Yōd, within the AR Simulator, who discovers how to control R. Gohrlay's replicoid system. Within that simulation, at a time in the far future of the Asimov Reality, maybe R. Gohrlay reveals to Yōd how the replicoid system in the Hierion Domain is linked to Earth in the Hadronic Domain. Eustacia Pasimov would then be able to make use of what Yōd learned and activate Vendela's replicoid.
Related Reading: the inactivated robots of Solaris
Next: the Nereid time loop

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