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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 10d

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 19d

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 19d

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 19d

Have you put it into audiobook format yet? Best of luck with its success, fellow author!

David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 20d

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Science Fiction audiobook One Grain of Sand cover image. This is a deep, emotional, dystopian sci-fi audiobook for readers who like books that try to make them reflect on their lives, our society, and where humanity is headed.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 20d

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 24d

Of course, agreed on all counts. "Civilization" is also subjective, however, if it were part of the Kardashev Scale itself. What is it to be "civilized" for example. How would beings on a 3 or 4 Scale perceive us? Most likely as we would see Denisovans.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 28d

Good for you. I'm a member as well. I'd have to admit toward seeing AI cautiously as about as helpful as a muscular Google, not much else. I use it to help w/outlines & research phantasmal physics, not much beyond that. I've read too much SF not to see it with a wary side-eye.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 28d

So I'd opt for ThruZoetopicFuturism: an all encompassing vision of one potential map from the near future forward; i.e. Asimov's Foundation Trilogy "mash-up" w/Octavia Butler/Ellison. The framework could be the easy part. Deciding what to exclude w/symbolic characters readers can invest in, tougher

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 28d

The Kardashev Scale: futurism.com/the-kardashe...
Asimov's Foundation Trilogy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundat...
We are: Harry Seldon.
Now, if you compute the Scale w/overview of Dr. Asimov's saga & see us as Seldon, what is our responsibility to mankind as authors?

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The Kardashev Scale - Type I, II, III, IV & V Civilization

Type 1 civilization designation on the Kardashev scale may be possible in the next 100 years, which could influence the survival of mankind.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · 29d

Haven't heard of "thrutopias" or "Zoefuturism," but I think from a writing perspective, it sounds like dynamic environments seen over time similarly to Foundation but perhaps with differing emphasis. We're 0 on the Kardashev Scale, so how would we reach 1, 2, or 3 & map that? Who & what would fall?

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 28

His greatest strength is manic enthusiasm, or at least the appearance of such, combined with boyish looks. How many Red Bulls he downs in a day to mime that zeal, I could only speculate. But at least he's not an entropic force of evil in the world. Adaptation is smart business.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 28

Clear to those "with eyes to see."

David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 28

Utopias are just as important as (to me, easier to envision) dystopias: they are the lantern at the end of the dirt road. I'd love to write a truly mapped out utopic trilogy that could somehow have the razor's edge of dystopic fiction w/the hope of the utopic.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 28

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One Grain of Sand (Shards of a Shattered Sky, #1)|eBook

What would you do if you lived in a near-future United States of America in which the President has declared weekend minority culling "Passes" legal? In which citizens must compete in reality TV ...

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 28

Always wanted to open a bookstore / pizzeria / blues joint / comics shop and drop it in the middle of Times Square or Toronto (probably the only two viable markets on Earth). Alas, somebody's have to bankroll the model until it could (?) soar. Ho-hum. Back to outlining Books 2 and 3 of my trilogy.

David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

Hard to see how England (like US) would not be ravaged by climate change, resulting in inevitable mass human migrations (hence US interests for Greenland, Canada). Societal impacts alone would easily make a robust trilogy for any sociologist/SF author willing to take the plunge (pun intended).

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

Fascinating concepts that are eminently encouraging in a more utopic extrapolation. Not sure I'd want AI government based on what I've seen of AI thus far, or for that matter, even for what it would eliminate (human fallibility, human emotional/intellectual evolutionary opportunities).

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

It's perfectly feasible if the will is there to propel it.

David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

Good on you! I wish you well with it and am sure it's great. #sciencefiction @scifi

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

2 of 2) Compassion driven by empathy is a more complex response but one more long-lasting & impactful....but more difficult to generate for those seeking immediate gratification. Fascist regimes fail as they must because they self-destruct the very systems necessary to sustain them.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

1 of 2) The "just get over it" stream of paralogia doesn't translate into practicality. Even if one is physically able to "just move," taxes, living conditions, weather, or fascist politics elsewhere could triangulate into an equally toxic scenario.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 27

As a boy, I read Dr. Robert L. Forward's articles on phantasmal physics in Omni Magazine. I wrote him about one such article. He was kind enough to encourage a humble nerdy boy with a polite reply toward #writing #sciencefiction. Kind replies do make a difference. Ripples we create reverberate.

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 23

Tough realization to make, but yeah, it's liberating. Write for yourself while knowing there are others who will dig the same thing. #writers #authors #writingcommunity #authors #hamptonroadsauthors #boldlyblue

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David Somerfleck @boldlyblue01.bsky.social · Sep 23

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One Grain of Sand by David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author & Poet

One Grain of Sand by David Somerfleck is the first book in the Science Fiction trilogy Shards of a Shattered Sky in which readers, just like our humble protagonist, are catapulted into a near-future U...

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