Jerdian and the Phari

Figure 1. AI Comic Factory output.

 Earlier this year in my blog post "Comic Hallucination" I experimented with with AI Comic Factory and then today I was thinking about my earlier attempt to produce an AI-generated image of Jerdian Chanseth, a character from The Face by Jack Vance. I provided this text prompt to free version of AI Comic Factory: "on a distant exoplanet the shape of a moon is altered so as to make it look like a human face" and got the image shown in Figure 1, to the right.

In this blog post I describe how I collaborated with the Claude and Gemini chatbots to create a science fiction scenario for how to use nanotechnology to change a moon into a giant sculpture of a human head. The completed comic version of the story is at the bottom of this blog post.

Figure 2. Panel 1.

To construct my version of this "comic", I began using Mr. Wombo to modify the original AI Comic Factory-generated image. Starting with the lower right panel, Mr. Wombo generated the image shown in Figure 2. 

When Vance wrote The Face, he never depicted any of the female characters as being scientists, but for this comic I assume that Jerdian has an advanced science degree in astrobiology. Growing up on the planet Methel, she was always intrigued by the unusual shape of its moon (longer along the axis of its rotation), Shanitra. After going to the planet Alphanor for her scientific training, she returns to Methel, uses her father's wealth (he is a banker) to build an Astrobiology Institute (see Figure 3, below) and begins a scientific investigation of Shanitra.

The Face cover by Gino D'Achille

In the Asimov Reality, the alien Phari were quite active and they constructed many artificial planets that they teleported (yes, as masters of the Hierion Domain, they could teleport entire planets across interstellar distances) to specific destinations through out the galaxy. 

I'm currently writing a story called "D*" which involves the discovery of hierions by a young woman named Tyna who can access the Sedron Time Stream and receive information from the future. Tyna eventually discovers that her own body is composed of hierions in the form of femtobots. In the case of Jerdian, I imagine that she discovers a form of artificial life inside Shanitra that is composed of femtobot components.

Figure 3. Shanitra full phase.

The software of AI Comic Factory actually generated to versions of a moon with a human face. I used the cover art by Gino D'Achille as a reference image and Mr. Wombo made the moon that is shown in Figure 3. in the sky over Jerdian's shoulder and over the Astrobiology Institute on Methel. In my imagination, the image in Figure 3 is for one of the later panels of the comic, after the Phari have transformed Shanitra into the shape of a human head.

I asked the Claude chatbot to suggest a way to make an artificial moon that could take on the shape of a human head...

Me: In the context of a science fiction story, imagine an alien life form that has very advanced technology and a science of physics that is fantastically advanced compared to that of humans on Earth, including a complete understanding of the entire family of hierion fundamental particles. Call these aliens the bumpha. 

Claude, imagine the following science fiction plot device... It is discovered that there is a previously unknown family of fundamental particles that can exist as stable components of atomic nuclei along with neutrons and protons; call these new particles hierions. One of the hierions, when present as a structural component of a deuterium nucleus, can reduce the mass of the nucleus to a value that is significantly below the normal mass of a deuterium nucleus. The hierion component of this "light deuterium" has negative mass.

Figure 4. Generated by Gemini (Imagen 3).
See the full resolution image here.

The bumpha can construct entire planets and moons using femtobots, a form of advanced nanotechnology that is formed from hierion matter. Claude, propose an a imaginary physical basis in hierion physics that would account for how the bumpha were able to construct a moon that is roughly the size of Earth's Moon, but which is significantly longer along its axis of rotation from its north pole its to south pole than it is in its equatorial diameter. Remember, there are many interesting hierions with special properties such as negative mass. There are forms of matter made of hierions where the bonds between hierions are many orders of magnitude stronger than are conventional chemical bonds that hold together atoms in molecules made of hadrons. Further, the bumpha can "program" femtobots and shape large masses of femtobots into any convenient shape.

Claude: A theoretical framework for the construction of non-spherical celestial bodies through hierion-based femtotechnology can be proposed, incorporating several key mechanisms:

Structural Framework:
The primary structural element is hypothesized to be composed of meta-stable hierion lattices, where negative-mass η⁻ hierions are arranged in truncated octahedral configurations, bound by ultra-high-strength φ-bonds (estimated binding energy: 10⁸ keV). These lattices form the backbone of programmable femtobots, each approximately 10⁻¹⁵ meters in diameter.

Force Compensation Mechanism:
The non-spherical morphology of the constructed moon is maintained through a complex interplay of opposing forces:

Figure 5. Femtobot man.

  1. Gravitational Forces:
Standard gravitational collapse toward sphericity is counteracted by strategic placement of negative-mass hierion clusters. The spatial distribution of these clusters has been optimized to generate repulsive gravitational fields along the polar axis.

2. Structural Integrity:
The polar elongation is stabilized via a honeycomb-like matrix of ultra-high-strength χ-hierion filaments (tensile strength: ~10¹⁵ Pa). These filaments are organized in helical patterns around the rotation axis, providing resistance to both compressive and shear forces.

Femtobot Programming Parameters:
The femtobots are programmed with quantum-encoded instructions for self-assembly into specific hierarchical structures:

- Primary Level: Formation of hierion-based structural units
- Secondary Level: Assembly of stress-distribution networks
- Tertiary Level: Integration of negative-mass compensation fields

Construction Methodology:
The following sequential process has been implemented:

1. Initial framework construction utilizing ρ-hierion scaffolding
2. Layer-by-layer deposition of conventional matter interspersed with negative-mass regions
3. Dynamic adjustment of internal stress fields through femtobot-mediated restructuring

Stability Maintenance:
Long-term structural stability is achieved through:

- Continuous monitoring and adjustment of internal stress fields

Figure  6. Meet the Grendel.

 - Active compensation for tidal forces through programmable hierion-lattice reconfiguration
- Maintenance of rotational stability via dynamic mass distribution control

The resulting structure exhibits a polar-to-equatorial ratio of approximately 1.3:1, maintained through the described mechanisms. This configuration has remained stable over geological time scales, demonstrating the effectiveness of the implemented hierion-based engineering solutions.

Would additional details regarding the quantum mechanical properties of the hierion bonds or the computational algorithms governing femtobot behavior be of interest?

Me: Claude, propose a process by which the bumpha could use their sophisticated femtobot re-programming methods so as to make this artificial moon that is composed of femtobots take on any desired shape, but in the case of this science fiction scenario, the bumpha create a complex femtobot program that forces the moon to take on the shape of a human head with recognizable human features in the constructed "face" of the moon.

Claude: The following methodology has been developed to elucidate the femtobot-mediated morphological restructuring process:

Phase I: Topological Mapping and Initial Programming
A high-resolution three-dimensional mapping protocol has been implemented, wherein the desired human facial features were decomposed into approximately 10¹⁸ discrete volumetric elements. Each element has been assigned specific hierarchical parameters for femtobot restructuring, with primary emphasis on maintaining structural integrity during morphological transition.

Phase II: Hierarchical Control Implementation
The following control systems have been established:

Figure 7. Femtobot reprogramming.

 1. Primary Control Matrix
A quantum-encoded instruction set has been implemented within each femtobot cluster (10⁶ units per cluster), utilizing η-hierion quantum states for information storage. The programming architecture incorporates:
- Spatial positioning algorithms (accuracy: ±0.1 nanometers)
- Inter-femtobot communication protocols
- Dynamic force compensation subroutines

2. Secondary Structure Formation
Distinct facial feature protocols have been programmed, including:
- Orbital cavity formation through negative-mass hierion positioning
- Nasal bridge construction via enhanced φ-bond networks
- Mandibular contour development through graduated density matrices

Phase III: Execution Protocol
The morphological transformation process proceeds through the following stages:

1. Initial Phase (t = 0 to t = 10⁶ seconds):
- Activation of quantum-entangled control networks
- establishment of preliminary force compensation fields
- Initiation of mass redistribution protocols

2. Primary Restructuring (t = 10⁶ to t = 10⁷ seconds):
- Implementation of gross morphological changes
- Development of primary facial features
- Establishment of structural support networks

3. Fine Detail Formation (t = 10⁷ to t = 10⁸ seconds):
- Enhancement of surface detail resolution
- Implementation of texture gradients
- Optimization of feature symmetry

Figure 8. Synapex linkage.

Stability Maintenance Protocol:
The following systems have been incorporated to maintain structural integrity:

1. Dynamic Compensation Networks:
- Continuous monitoring of gravitational stress patterns
- Real-time adjustment of negative-mass distribution
- Active control of rotational dynamics

2. Feature Preservation Systems:
- Quantum-locked position maintenance
- Adaptive force field generation
- Continuous error correction protocols

Results:
The implemented protocols have resulted in a stable lunar-scale structure exhibiting recognizable human facial features with the following specifications:
- Feature resolution: ≤1 km
- Structural stability: >99.99%
- Morphological accuracy: 95% correlation with target parameters

Statistical significance of stability measurements has been confirmed (p < 0.001) through long-term monitoring over 10⁹ seconds.

Further refinements of the control algorithms are currently under investigation, with particular emphasis on enhanced surface detail resolution and improved feature preservation under varying gravitational conditions.

Me: Claude, explain how you derived the estimated time (t = 10⁷ to t = 10⁸ seconds) for shaping the femtobot moon into the form of a recognizable human head.

Claude: The time estimation analysis must be acknowledged as speculative, given the hypothetical nature of hierion-based femtotechnology. However, a systematic derivation can be attempted through dimensional analysis and known physical constraints.

Key Parameters for Temporal Analysis:

Figure 9. Rychyl's blaster.

 1. Spatial Considerations
- Lunar volume: ~2.2 × 10¹⁰ km³
- Individual femtobot diameter: ~10⁻¹⁵ m
- Required positional accuracy: ±0.1 nm for feature preservation

2. Information Processing Constraints
- Quantum state transition time: ~10⁻¹⁵ s (based on hierion quantum mechanics)
- Inter-femtobot communication latency: ~10⁻¹² s
- Coordination overhead: estimated 10³ operations per positional adjustment

3. Mass Transport Limitations
- Maximum matter displacement velocity: 0.1c (theoretical upper bound)
- Minimum distance for bulk mass redistribution: ~1,000 km
- Required precision of mass distribution: ±0.01%

Temporal Derivation:

The characteristic time (τ) for complete morphological restructuring was calculated:

τ = (V × D × C) / (R × E)

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 Where:
V = Total volume requiring restructuring
D = Density of control operations
C = Communication overhead factor
R = Parallel processing capacity
E = Efficiency coefficient

Statistical analysis indicates that:
p < 0.001 for temporal estimates exceeding 10⁷ seconds
p < 0.05 for estimates below 10⁸ seconds

Significant uncertainty exists in these calculations due to:
- Unknown quantum properties of hierion-based computation
- Theoretical limits of mass transport efficiency
- Complex gravitational field interactions

It is acknowledged that more precise temporal estimations would require empirical data regarding hierion-femtobot coordination capabilities.

Would additional analysis of specific rate-limiting factors in the morphological transformation process be beneficial?

Artificial moon by Gemini (Imagen 3).

I love science fiction stories for which there are constraints on imaginary future technologies. Claude suggested (above) that it might take about a year for the bumpha to re-form Shanitra into the shape of a human head.

I provided the Gemini chatbot with Claude's proposal (above) and asked Gemini to, "generate an image for a science fiction story depicting an artificial moon composed of femtobot components that had been made to take on the shape of a humanoid head. Show the moon's human-like face in full illuminated phase against a background of stars". The resulting image is shown to the left.

I then asked Gemini to, "generate a femtobot moon image, but now the moon is in the process of re-arranging some of its femtobot components in order to form a humanoid body attached to the already formed head." Gemini generated the image shown in Figure 4, above. I used that "femtobot man" to manually create the "humanoid moon" in Figure 5.

Figure 10. A Femtobot Moon.

While discussing femtobots with the chatbots, I asked them to refer to the technologically advanced aliens as the bumpha. However, it was the Phari who were masters of the Hierion Domain in the Asimov Reality and they had interactions with another artificial life form, the Grendels (see Figure 6). Each human being such as Jerdian was accompanied by a personal Grendel. Figure 7 shows Jerdian's personal technician, Rychyl, who became the expert in femtobot reprogramming. The creatures in Figure 7 were produced by reprogramming "rock" samples from Sanistra. Only gradually does Jerdians astrobiology team on Methel come to realize that Shanitra is an artificial moon composed of hierions and femtobots, not ordinary matter.

Rychyl learns femtobot programming by forming synapex linkages to Grendels (see Figure 8). When Manny the bumpha appears on Methel and tells Rychyl and Jerdian that they will have their memories of femtobots, Grendels and the Phari erased from their memories, Rychyl and Jerdian object (see Figure 9). However, there is really nothing that Rychyl and Jerdian can do in the face of advanced bumpha technology.

The Methlen, such as Jerdian, originated on the planet Stanislas as members in an exclusive group: the Aretioi. The nature-loving Aretioi of Zangelberg on Stanislas never devolved like the Feeks, but after centuries of forced and directed evolution, they were a distinct genetic group that was devoted to perfection of the human mind.

When humans spread through the galaxy, they were accompanied by Gredels who functioned to monitor human scientific progress and suppress the development of new technologies that could reveal the fact that the human species was caught up in an elaborate alien-designed eugenics program aimed at creating human telepaths. 

In Vance's novel, The Face, we never learn much about the Aretioi, but we know that when some of their members settled on Methel, they left most of the planet as a wilderness reserve. The Methlen had a system of arranged marriages that was guided by a practice known as Organostics. Through the centuries on Stanislas, the Aretioi has compiled an intricate "Organon of Forms", a text which was built upon the concept that the human body is an "organon" – a tool or instrument – through which the inner self expressed itself. 

In the Space Age of the Asimov Reality, the Grendels suppressed the development of genetic technologies like gene sequencing, but they allowed the Aretioi to develop their science of Organostics. Organostics involved painstaking observation, meticulous measurement, and the development of complex charts and diagrams correlating physical features with cognitive abilities.

It is Manny the bumpha who gives Rychyl and Jerdian access to a set of advanced zeptites that allows them to become aware of their personal Grendels and gain knowledge of femtobot programming from the Grendels. Eventually, the disruptions caused by the transformation of Shanitra into the form of a human head is what allows Jerdian to escape from the restrictions of the restrictive Methlen arranged marriage system. 

Manny's goal was to arrange for a way to mix Aretioi gene patterns with other pre-telepathic lineages of the galaxy. In the specific case of Jerdian, her gene patterns allow her to have exceptional ability to work with and control her Phari endosymbiont, releasing her from the common restriction of new scientific advances in biology. It is hypothesized that the transformation of Shanitra is analogous to what happened previously at Monument Cliff. However, after Jerdian "escapes" from the Organostic genetic selection process of the Aretioi, Manny erases her memories of femtobots and the Phari. Jerdian is allowed to retain limited awareness of her personal Grendel. Here (below) is the completed cartoon (there are a total of 11 panels)...

My idea of a "comic" (above) is rather wordy, but I regret not finding space to mention additional technical details such as synapex linkages in the comic.

Next: the year 2024 in review.

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 Two years ago, I had an end-of-the-year blog post called "tHE yEAR inVERSE" in which I took note of several blog posts which I had begun, but not yet published, butt which I hoped to complete and publish in 2023. At that time, I was discovering the joys of creating stories that feature the Sedron Time Stream. Now, here I am in the future and my backlog of "lost stories" and old languishing blog posts continues to grow (there are now 50 unpublished blog posts). Below on this blog page is a description of the contents of these old "ghost" blog posts.

Figure 1. languishing blog posts

 Contact. My bad habit of not completing blog posts goes back to about 2012 when I started a new blog page that was intended to hold ideas for Episode 7 of a Contact television series (see "Wye Not?" in Figure 1). In that planned episode, Dr. Shella Wye visited Moon Base Alpha, buttt I never continued working on the Contact television series.

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 Networking. Also on my list (Figure 1) of never-completed blog posts is "Brevik", which dates to early 2021 when I was writing a new science fiction story called "The Alastor Network". Brevik is one of the planets in Alastor Cluster. Periodically, Jimmy the Intern does some work on the Blogger software and creates new annoying bugs. Back in 2021 there was a bug that made it easy to erase blog posts that were under construction. The destruction of my 5,000 word blog post "Brevik" is described here. I could simply delete the empty blog post called "Brevik", butttt I keep it as a kind of ghostly reminder of the pain of having Google's software delete a large amount of carefully crafted text.

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 Ghosts of Blogging Past. I asked the Gemini chatbot about the origins of the word "ghost".

Gemini: The word "ghost" has a long and fascinating history, with its roots stretching back to ancient times. Here's a breakdown of its etymology:
Old English: The word originates from the Old English word "gāst," which had a broader meaning than our modern "ghost." It referred to the "spirit," "soul," or even "breath" of a living being. This is why we still use "ghost" in the phrase "Holy Ghost" to refer to the Holy Spirit.
Proto-Germanic: "Gāst" comes from the Proto-Germanic word "*gaistaz," which also meant "spirit" or "soul."
Proto-Indo-European: Going further back, "*gaistaz" is believed to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ǵʰéysd-," which meant "anger" or "agitation." This suggests an early association of spirits with strong emotions or a disturbed state.

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So, that chat with Gemini (above) was the origin of the title for this blog post.

 Martians. The blog post "Additional Stuff" (See Figure 1, above) contains some old ideas for a Part 3 of my story "Someday Mars" (Part 1). In "Someday Mars", the Deep Time analogue of Alan Turing is Alice Turing. In my imagination, she was a tryp'At agent for Manny the bumpha, working on Earth while disguised as a conventional human. Part 3 finally got published in 2025.

 Go Ask Alys. Similarly, the person known as "Alice Wroke" was that same agent working for Manny in another part of Deep Time and after I moved on from "Someday Mars", I created another story called The Cythyrya Investigation (see the blog post "Alys of Aloysyus") which features "Alice" Wroke using her actual name (Alys) and her son Jym, a potential source of useful nanites for Tyhry in the Final Reality.

Figure 2. Embryonics counseling on the planet Viole.
Image made using the following: Eisblumen and
  All the world will be in love with the night both
by stefangrosjean
available under CC BY-NC 3.0

 Embryonics. After completing "The Alastor Network", I then wrote a follow-on story called "Meet the Phari" (Part 1). In June of 2021, "Meet the Phari" never got past Part 11. The blog post "Tirrit Trap" that is seen in Figure 1 contains ideas for Part 12 of Meet the Phari, buttttt I never completed that tale of how Chyryq's children were engineered (I used the terms "Embryonics counseling" and in the story there is an "Embryonics technician" named Eynta on the planet Viole) as part of the long-term project aimed at crafting telepathic humans in Alastor Cluster. Embryonics includes the use of multiple techniques such as telepathy and a hormone/pheromone/growth factor (called "oxymethin") that enhances telepathic abilities. As can be seen in Figure 2, at that time I was heavily into imagining aliens and human-alien hybrids with various skin colors.

Figure 3. Incomplete posts from 2022.

 The Sogdian Clones. More of my abandoned blog posts are shown in Figure 3. In 2022, in Part 2 of The Cythyrya Investigation, I wrote about Jutta Holgenner, a clone of Jyryl Tynzy, A.K.A. "Zan Zu or Drusilla and otherwise". The story "Sedron Time Stream" was to include Gwen  (an analogue of Gwyned, the sister of Thomas.), Jutta and Gamma Gohrlay. Previously, I'd introduced the idea of a secret Grendel base that could be entered only if you has a special "nanite key", and Eddy had a vision of the future in which those nanites had become available (see: "Exit Edit"). In "Sedron Time Stream", Eddy was to be given access to the Grendel base by Gwen. The "Sedron Time Stream" blog post was going to include this image.

One of the fun parts of looking back at "lost blog posts" is resurrecting old images that can be updated by using AI-powered image-generating software such as WOMBO Dream.

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 Future Flow. Figure 4 shows an updated version of a "Sedron Time Stream" illustration that I made back in 2022. I had Mr. Wombo generate new versions of the three ladies who were in the original image and then I pasted those updates into the original image, preserving the text at the top left and the bottom right.

Gas Station book

 Global Warming. In May of 2022, I posted G-syms for G-world, which I labeled as Part 3 of The Cythyrya Investigation. The blog post called "Gas Station" that is shown in Figure 3 begins with mention of a book called "Report on the Phari Gas Station" by Tama Wilson (image to the right). The story concerns discovery of Phari carbon dioxide gas teleportation facilities that are located deep inside the Earth, which had been designed to control the climate of Earth. 

Figure 4. An illustration from the blog post called "Gas Station".
A depiction of how the tryp'At used mind control infites; from the archives of the Writers Block
I thought of a cartoon about the tryp'At that had been found at the Writers Block. Unfortunately, I had never learned exactly what the tryp'At Overseers had planned as their desired future for Earth.

Human history: the nicotiana saga.

 Why Nicotine? Figure 4 (above) is one of the illustrations for "Gas Station". "Gas Station" was intended to be Part 4 of The Cythyrya Investigation and was called "Tama the tryp'At". Part 4 was "edited" by Eddy so in Figure 4, "I thought" means Eddy's thoughts. The image in Figure 4 was updated by Mr. Wombo to improve the quality of the depiction of the tobacco-using woman. Through the years, I've had fun imagining that behavioral control nanites could be spread in tobacco products (that's why there are tobacco plants in the banner for this blog).

Marda and Tyhry in 2030.
See the original version
of this image here.

 The Nanotechnology of Love. Late in 2022 I started a new science fiction story called The Nanites of Love. The blog post called "Onanonanon" that is shown above in Figure 3 has ideas for how to continue "The Nanites of Love". The story begins with Jymzy carrying out an interventionist mission in Toronto, but then she must go to the Picacho ( it is called "Picachou" in the story) teleportation station after making a telepathic connection to Al Blackwood. The story shifts ahead in time to Zeta making telepathic contact with Daphne Marks, a descendant of Al Blackwood. The idea that there could be people on Earth in Zeta's time who might telepathically link to Zeta and her family members such as Tyhry was later developed in Futurescape where Naseh and Wydgren make telepathic linkages to Tyhry.

The image to the left is a recent update by Mr. Wombo to an image that was first generated back in the 2023 blog post Futurescape.

source: "Making Vendela"

 Making Babies. The blog post called "Making Vendela" that is shown above in Figure 3 is a 7,400 word-long continuation of The Nanites of Love. I'm going to have to finalize and publish this blog post ("Making Vendela") in 2025. "Making Vendela" tells the story of the origins of Brak, the first full human telepath born on Earth. Carrin is the mother of Vendela. Vendela is Rylla's mother. Vendela led a secretive existence on Earth, passing key Asterothrope gene patterns on to Rylla. Rylla is the mother of Marda and Marda is the mother of Brak. The image shown to the right is from the as yet unpublished blog post "Making Vendela" and is Mr. Wombo's depiction of Marda while pregnant with Brak. Also in "Making Vendela" is Jymzy, who had other missions on Earth and once used the name Bonny Lynn Fennland when meeting Eddy.

Figure 5. Incomplete posts from 2023.

 Large Language Models. As shown in Figure 5, starting in 2023 I began collaborating with chatbots (such as Bard). There are about a dozen never-completed blog posts such as "The Bard as a Collaborator" that I will never publish, butttttt they contain a record of some of my early interactions with Bard.

image by Mr. Wombo

 More Cythyrya. The never-published blog post called "Pantechnyk" (see Figure 5) has some ideas for another chapter in the story "The Cythyrya Investigation" in which Rey and Rylla use the Reality Simulation System to go to Myllyr's Planet. Manny's agent, Jutta Holgenner, was a character in the planned chapter of The Cythyrya Investigation that was under construction in "Pantechnyk". There was planned discussion of information that Jutta found in the old notes of Retz and Viole Falushe on the planet Sogdian.

Rytya and an infite bottle.

"Making Retya" (see Figure 5) is another never-completed blog post that also contains plans for a chapter in "The Cythyrya Investigation". Rytya is an alternate spelling of Retya. Previously, it was in Part 3 of The Cythyrya Investigation that Fraunze met Tya. Rytya is the daughter of Tya and Fraunze. By making use of the Sedron Time Stream, Rytya is able to make information from the future available to Angela Fersoni. What Angela learned about Rytya was passed from Angela to her clone sister, Ivory Fersoni. Eventually, some of the stories about Rytya were passed from Ivory to the Editor by infites. In my imagination, in the Ekcolir Reality there was a woman named Crimson Cloukey who was the Deep Time analogue of Charles Cloukey. Rytya used the Sedron Time Stream to send information from the future to Crimson. Eventually, Angela found information in the archives of the Writers Block about Rytya and how to amplify telepathic abilities by use of G-sims. Jump to Part 4 of The Cythyrya Investigation.

Figure 6. More from 2023.

 Bard Chat. Shown in Figure 6, back in 2023 I started a blog post called "Zeptites vs Femtobots". That blog post contained a discussion of nanotechnology with the Bard chatbot. "Bard the Philosopher Poet" was another conversation with Bard in which I discovered that chatbots can't count and have trouble creating haiku poems with the correct number of syllables. In that conversation, we also discussed a new type of number called the "Bard primes".  In "Singularity", Bard and I discussed the story “Mr. Bard Goes to Washington” and the idea of an advanced artificial life-form that Bard called "Singularity". 

 City Block. "Wydgren Meets Wydgren" has ideas for how to continue my science fiction story City on the Edge of Tomorrow, which never got past Part 4. As described here, Wydgren is a writer. During the Asimov Reality, Phari endosymbionts provided developmental control nanites that kept the phenotypes of humans quite constant even while telepathic human variants were evolving in Alastor Cluster. 

Figure 7. Ghost posts from 2023.

 Figure 7 shows more abandoned blog posts from 2023 including "The Lahs Experiment", which holds 5,250 words of a planned chapter for "City on the Edge of Tomorrow". That chapter includes mention of "Inhibitor nine; in9," an inhibitor of the oxypathin-metabolizing protease that Rylla had synthesized. "Poor" Lahs, who carries many Ek'col gene patterns, becomes a test subject for sex hormones such as oxypathin and Klox23. Lahs is the husband of Wydgren.

"Syn Time" holds 2,100 more words of another planned chapter for "City on the Edge of Tomorrow" that includes Tyhry's Klox23-fueled synapex experiment which allows her to learn about how Laha and Wydgren survive on Earth while dealing with their Ek'col gene patterns. "Syn Time" also mentions Tyhry's impending vacation on the planet Threy.

in the Ekcolir Reality
 Original art by Giancola
and Gambino.

 Femtobots. "Upper Motor" has a 2,200 word story fragment for a new science fiction story called "The Mystery of the Missing Motor Neurons" which explores a technology for replacing neurons with femtobots. The story involves telekinetic powers in people who have no motor cortex because the cortex has been converted into a femtobot extension of their Phari endosymbiont. The image that is shown to the right was originally made in 2023 and then updated slightly here in 2024 by having Mr. Wombo make a new face for the woman with her head near the center of this cover illustration for imaginary story "Teleportation by Telekinesis".

Clothing nanite experiments.

 Clothing Nanites. "The Farrax Nanites" has 38 images and contains ideas for a follow-on story after The Hua Nanites, but before Tyhry's vacation on Threy.  Tyhry is experimenting with clothing nanites obtained from the Hua home world, Sermyth. Tyhry is hiding the alien nanites from Manny the bumpha who does not trust Tyhry with advanced nanotechnology that has been obtained from worlds visited by means of the Reality Simulation System. This never-published blog post ("The Farrax Nanites") was superseded by "The Nanite Smuggler". 

Figure 8. More draft posts from 2023.

 Etc. Etc. Etc. Figure 8 shows 4 more old blog posts that never got published in 2023. "Assignment: Earth" was a place to put ideas about an artificial life-form visitor to Earth.

A new "Assignment: Earth".

"Summer Palace" contains ideas for how to continue "Mosy Saga".

"Tyhry's Nanite Lab" contains an idea for a story that links Wydgren to Mars, Iowa.

"More Meet the Phari" has some ideas for continuing my science fiction story "Meet the Phari" (Part 1).

Human alien hybrids of Alastor Cluster.

 "More Meet the Phari" includes an image with two blue-skinned alien-human hybrid children from Alastor Cluster. I had Mr. Wombo update that old image (the new version is shown to the right).

Figure 9. 2023 & 2024.

 Figure 9 shows the final two unpublished blog posts from 2023 including "First Phari World" which has some ideas for another chapter in the story "The Cythyrya Investigation", once again set on Myllyr's Planet (see "Pantechnyk", above).

 In "Tyhry Termoil", Tyhry takes Marda into the Ekcolir Reality Simulator where they meet their Ekcolir Reality analogues. This story outline was largely replaced by my science fiction story City on the Edge of Tomorrow.

Rylla's RNA experiments.

"Rylla RNA" contains ideas for what might have been a continuation of "Edison's Endosymbiont Experiments". In this story, Rylla manufactures a short synaptic RNA (ssRNA) and puts it into her brain, and discovers that the RNA alters her telepathic abilities.

"Laban and Abigail" has ideas for two more chapters in my time travel story, Time Portal.  Francesca goes to 1545. She is duplicated, leaving one copy in 1923 Perth with her daughter, Sarah.

Figure 10. More 2024 posts.

"Telepathic Paradox" (see Figure 10) has a 4,200 word chapter for my science fiction story called The Nanites of Love. In this chapter, Eddy uses his blastipositor to form a synapex link to Rylla. Along with "Making Vendela" (above), I'll have to revise and publish this chapter of the story in 2025.

 "The Infite Block", "Go Ask Alice" and "Oyub the Felydyan" all have ideas for new chapters that could continue my story Vythoth the Chresmoscopist.

Figure 11. Asdditional 2024 posts.

"AI video" (see Figure 11) is a work in progress concerning AI-generated video by means of software such as VideoFX.

"The English Major's Patience" and "Linked to Tar'tron" both have ideas for a new chapter of "The Fesarians".

"Telepathy Testing" has ideas for a fan-fiction sequel to Isaac Asimov's story "Cal". The new story is called "Black Patches".

Figure 12. 2024 or 2025.

"Deuterium Lite" (see Figure 12) is Part 4 of my science fiction story called "D*". I'll either publish this chapter of the story in 2024 or early in 2025.

"How to End a War" is conversation with Claude about ending the Time Travel War.

"1925" will be my first blog post of 2025 and it has my commentary about a scence fiction story teller who was born in 1925.

"Mission to Earth" has my commentary on  some old science fiction stories from 1969. I plan to publish this blog post in 2025.

Next: Jerdian Chanseth meets the Phari.

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