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#ScribesAndMakers March 20: Self-promotion day!

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Some words about the thought process that went into the development of Broken Spark, Chapter 9: on the nature of ship computer interfaces in the far future. Review of Dr Who, Blakes Seven, Star Trek, Knight Rider, the books of Iain M. Banks...

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Broken Spark, Chapter 10 is now available to read at https://khleedril.org/spark, along with an audio reading for the benefit of blind people.

The crew of Spartacus' Ark are forced through awful circumstances to take ultra-drastic action to save their ship; their morale hits the lowest point, bringing Part I of the book to its conclusion.

Look forward to Part II to see how they manage to recover the situation!

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Broken Spark, Chapter 9 is now available to read or listen to at https://khleedril.org/spark. Much humble pie is swallowed as the crew of Spartacus' Ark realize they are dealing with a dying ship, and blaming each other is not going to help. Embarrassing situations eerily recur.

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#ScribesAndMakers May13. Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 8 is now available to read or listen to at https://rdmp.org/spark. The captain argues with his own self under the direction of the psychoanalysts to work out where the ship's problems really lie.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 7 is now available to read or listen to at https://rdmp.org/spark. The senior officers are doubling-down hard on their sub-commanders under the impression that they are misbehaving and the cause of jeopardy to the ship. But there is a nasty virus going round and the problems might actually be with the seniors themselves....

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Broken Spark, Chapter 6 is now available to read or hear at https://rdmp.org/spark. With insanity now starting to run rampant throughout the ship, a difficult conference must take place to decide a plan of action.

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Broken Spark, Chapter 5 is now available to read or listen at https://rdmp.org/spark. The ailing ship, Spartacus' Ark, has made it to a service facility to deal with the ignominious problem of a software fault, but things go horribly wrong there.

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@tendigits If #scifi #scifireading is your thing, you might like https://rdmp.org/spark. #brokenspark

Broken Spark, Chapter 4 is now up, with the Spartacus' Ark slowly going senile, and Captain Doulton losing his grip on things.

The audiobook is also available.

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