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I have nothing constructive to say AT ALL, but this thread is so lovely and the worldbuilding is so delicious, I just have to let you know that I've been ...

Goshdangit. I wish I could write as fast as you.

Malfunctions are also a good way of showing more of the inner workings of the machine. Depending on how exactly the machine works, different malfunctions could occur, and these malfunctions ...

Going back to what Rosey said about A Game of Thrones' prologue, all the books in A Song of Ice and Fire have prologues, and the only reason those prologues ...

Why must there be a prophetic poem, or even a prologue? Just because a lot of other books have that sort of thing doesn't mean your story has to. ;P ...

That makes a lot of sense. :o If you ever post the story on here, let me know. I'd like to read it.

That sounds interesting, though I'm now left wondering why the programmers would leave emotional responses that could be crippling (like PTSD) within the programming since the emotions are supposed to

Anytime.

Question: are there other robots out there that have programmed emotions, or is he the only one? If he's the only one, that seriously kills any suspension of disbelief on ...

You create a thread here to offer reviews for free. This means no requesting any reviews in return. You post in other people's threads to request reviews. If you want ...

The ellipses I don't see really working. What might work better is if you put down the tape recorded sections in a more obvious transcript format. In that case, the ...

There is. They're a bit obscure, but try looking for words like "gorn" or "carnography" mentioned either by the publisher or in descriptions of works published by them. You'll have ...

A lot of it will depend on the type of world and the geography, history, and trade interactions. There's no singular "fantasy" land, and so we're going to need more ...

Writing is a lot of work. Just because something doesn't work out at first doesn't mean that you will never get it to work, or that it is impossible to ...

Well you should have specified then. I think living in a swamp has begun to soften your brain.