Download or read book Sord In Prosperity Hope Beyond the Apocalypse written by Blade Cort and published by Blade Cort. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sord in Prosperity - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse by Blade Cort ; Book 6 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series [eBook: #postapocalyptic #dystopian #comingofage] ______________________ Sord is a typical teenager who attends high school in Prosperity, the domed nation-state arising from the ashes of a second Great Debacle that left the species clinging to a tenuous edge. Prosperity is humanity's last gasp at establishing a long-lasting society based on key principles of compassion and kindness. Although he's sheltered from the harsh conditions and violent encampments beyond the safety of the dome, Sord yearns for something more. He wants to experience the world as previous generations did before the Debacles destroyed everything they knew. To help him learn about those times, his mother gives him a diary written by one of their ancestors. At first, Sord finds it tedious and boring, but he soon recognizes key parallels and senses there is more to this diary than meets the eye. Trouble seems to trail the poor boy, however, just like it did his ancestor. After a near-death accident, he finds an ebullient new girlfriend, and together they embark on an edgy adventure to uncover the truth behind his father's mysterious disappearance. Will their quest lead them into even greater danger? https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337

Download or read book Path to Entropy An Apocalyptic Climax written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narcissistic, psychotic oligarch rules over a second-rate, post-apocalyptic domain in the western part of what was once America. Sara, his communications minister, proudly supports him despite his insanity. She tells her team: "Work is work, and you should take pride in it, even when your job is to deny, divert, distract, detract, and deceive." SAMPLES FROM A FEW DYSTOPIAN EPISODES: 79 - TRANSGRESSIONS: No one at the table dared move. They knew what was coming next, and they had enough experience with Ron's histrionics to know not to dive into the middle of his torrential whirlpool of vitriol. Sara's heart was beating furiously, and Imp knew it all. Imp sensed her physical reactions. Her pulse. Sweat. Pupil dilation. Chemicals emitted from her breath and skin. Imp analyzed her eye movements. Facial tics. The number of times she licked her lips and blinked. And she knew Imp constantly monitored her thoughts, to the degree that such tech had been perfected. Ron turned to sneer at Sara. "Not picking on you, sweet child, though it's partially your fault. Maybe much your fault. You understand, little one? I can't have events like this happen. If mine was the strongest or the richest of the domains, then I'd have the power. But people are jealous of me, so they come after me. They salivate for openings like this." 81 - PROPOSAL: "Of course!" she responded. "We know from our prior comms to this cohort that they can be volatile, easily aroused to anger and fear, and highly vindictive and judgmental. We love them for all these traits. But we know we can only go so far." 83 - FOSSILS: To Edgar, Sara was an anachronism in the current context of AI. Who needed a human to create narratives when his AI was more effective? More prolific? His AI could churn-out a thousand narratives to her one. His AI could confuse the world on a whim, creating mindless, meaningless sludge to be farted across the toilet bowl of human networks. Misinformation was kid stuff, but mass misinformation - now that was AI magic. 85 - ARRANGEMENTS: Rasha smacked her lips. "You just identified the problems we are having in gathering data about them. We hoped they'd congregate like other cohorts, create consistent narratives, and develop deep complexity and fervor in their belief systems. If they did this, we could infiltrate them, manipulate the narratives, and put into effect our subtle coercion that all good things in the world always begin and end with Ron, just like what we do with the other cohorts. But we see none of this." 86 - LEVERAGE: "It sounds like something different, though. It sounds like you and your team and other ministers spend most of their time serving Ron's needs. His distorted and disgusting whimsies. His rages and torments. His threats and narcissistic demands. Look, the people I communicate with believe the Earth is in its last days of rotation, at least for humanity. There's far too much tech, too much risk in tech, and too many people or AIs who have too much capability to annihilate us. All this annihilation tech in so many incapable hands like Ron's, without any ethical construct for the race? Imagine that."

Download or read book Three Guys in a Post Apocalyptic Bar written by Blade Cort and published by Blade Cort. This book was released on 2021-09-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Guys in a Post-Apocalyptic Bar - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Novella by Blade Cort; Book 4 of 8 in the Predictable Paths series [eBook: #postapocalyptic #dystopian #googleaudiobooks] ________ It's 2054, 17 years after the Great Debacle that killed billions. Long-time high school wrestling buddies Sam and Ross sit in their favorite bar, embroiled in a pointless discussion about the new anti-aging treatments that are being offered to extend life for hundreds of years. Sam says it's foolish to even consider these therapies given the abysmal state of their post-Debacle world and the chaos they endured in the last few decades. Ross, however, is intrigued by the idea and longs for the chance to experience a longer life span. Suddenly, a stranger joins them, and they can’t help but suspect that he may be an undercover thug sent to hunt down radical types who speak against the budding oligarch-controlled state. The trio continues the conversation with derision and cussing, debating both sides of longevity technology and its impacts on human society. Will Sam and Ross get red-flagged for their aberrant opinions, and can anything useful arise from their squabbling? Probably not – but you never know. https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. CLIMATIC - A Climate and Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Novel ; Episodes -16 to -2 3. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 3.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 3.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 3.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 4. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 5. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 6. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 7. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 8. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337

Download or read book Infinity Curve Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick has but one objective before he dies - to secretly broadcast a bright, momentous laser signal to warn unseen aliens how to avoid humanity's tragic decline. But it's 2075, and time is running out. Post-apocalyptic Earth is ruled by tech-enriched oligarchs who monitor nearly every human activity - and they don't like being embarrassed. SAMPLES FROM A FEW CHAPTERS: 58 - UNSEEN FRIENDS: "Please forgive the lack of excitement that you might otherwise find in an action novel. This is not an interesting story or adventure, unless you consider the birth and death of a sentient species such a thing. An adventure develops a plot line and does character development, tying you emotionally to the protagonists and antagonists." "To your misfortune, I'm the driest character on the planet and a Stoic to boot, so I am riled nominally by the emotions of humankind. In my life, emotions are for the careless. Emotions are food for the ruthless. Thus, don't look for much excitement in what I impart." "It's sad we weren't granted emotions once our psyches were capable of tolerating them. Instead, humans are birthed with emotions first and foremost. By some effort, a few humans grow to manage them. Too few. I hope your species is different and more disciplined." 59 - ON THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: "We became oxen and our nose rings were the devices we used, knotted to the information ropes that tugged at us. This constant assault on the senses ensured that we'd miss the larger purpose of our existence." "Over time, those sources were managed by fewer and fewer control entities, and finally the oligarchs. Humans became products of those entities, tools and chattel for the profit of others. Our brains were sponges, and we were too enamored with the continuous supply of content, sponging it up feed by feed, to recognize what was happening to us." 60 - ON UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES: "We had no agreed upon plan for managing ourselves as a species. You might think it's impossible to attain such a thing in any sentient society, particularly one as fractionalized and disparate as ours. But I think not. I believe people can agree on a few very simple tenets, rules, and ethical constructs. There are so few. In fact, some are encoded into the old Constitution, the poor thing, as it inhales its last gasps of air." "Some rules and norms exist there that transcend human differences, that we could have gotten everybody to agree upon. The same goes for holy books and other teachings. If I count them, I'd say there are no more than a dozen basic tenets. Surely we might have gotten everyone to agree on twelve tenets." 63 - ON OUR ASSUMED PRIMACY: "This assumed primacy percolated throughout our societies. As we became more science-oriented, some began to wonder how we could be the only sentient beings in the universe, but that required a fair understanding of our solar system, galaxies, and the universe at large. This idea grew roots within the last few centuries, but that tiny seedling of curiosity was already overshadowed by the massive forest of long-established primacy." "Our assumed primacy was an outgrowth of our belief that we were special in God's eyes. Interestingly, we encoded our religious texts such that they would not allow other societies to exist in other places in God's universe. We believed God was unique to us and we held a special position above all creatures in the vastness of infinity. To consider otherwise would have extricated us from our prime position as an entitled collection of beings guided by the invisible hand of God."

Download or read book Revelation written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Download or read book Ageness written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2031, four billionaires conspire to limit the distribution of longevity tech, fearful it might become available to the masses and reduce their positions of power and dominance. Mia Seis, one of two scientists responsible for a breakthrough discovery on aging-reversal, stumbles unwittingly across their devious plan while searching for the other scientist who just went missing. Roark, her abusive billionaire boss, seems unstable and is pressing her relentlessly for an injectable solution. New friends suddenly offer to protect her, but from what?

Download or read book Amygdala Hijack The Wasting Part 3 of 3 A Genetic Engineering Sci Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia written by Blade Cort and published by Blade Cort. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting (Part 3 of 3), Episodes 19 - 28 [FREE eBook: #Dystopian, #Apocalyptic, #GeneticEngineering] ______________________ A platinum-gold obelisk crash-lands on a Saskatchewan farm and appears to warn of an alien invasion. Peter Scott is elated at its arrival, hoping that this existential threat to humanity might improve his sagging science podcast ratings. In response, he and his small team decide to reinvigorate their podcast by interviewing controversial experts with brazen solutions to defend Earth from the anticipated invaders. Yet there's one other problem: It's 2037, and DNA is just another programming language. People didn't get along so well before, but bigotry and bias have skyrocketed now that some are actively hybridizing: Black market CRISPR gene editing tech adds new body features like tails, manes, or extra appendages; subdermal temple chips replace cellphones for internet and cloud access; and metallic inserts are augmenting bones. Conservatives vs. Progressives; Majorities vs. Minorities; Humans vs. Hybrids, and now Humanity vs Aliens...where will it end? Alien marauders and social disruptions aren't the team's only challenges. Shadowy forces are threatening to kill the podcast – or them. 5 Stars***** Imminent Future, or Imminent Extinction? A fascinating leap into the imminent future...when Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification have advanced astronomically (Goodreads Review/The Wasting). https://bladecort.com PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia ; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella ; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space ; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax ; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse ; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) ; Episodes 311 - 337

Download or read book Prosperity and the Coming Apocalyspe written by Ken Abraham and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1998-11-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end is near! You've certainly heard the phrase before. And though you may have neglected such a warning in the past, you cannot ignore it any longer. The signs of the end times are all around us. In Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse, Jim Bakker reveals the "last days message" he received while in prison. This is not just a book of prophecy, it is a book of survival. Through careful study of God's Word and a reexamination of his earlier prosperity theology, Bakker reveals the answers to questions of concern for some Christians. Though no one knows exactly the time of Jesus' return, it will happen. Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse illustrates how soon the end will be here. Are you prepared for that day? Now in tradepaper from Ken Abraham and Jim Bakker!

Download or read book Feasting on the Word Year A Volume 4 Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary written by David L. Bartlett and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 12-volume series covers all of the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with moveable occasions. For each lectionary text, preachers will find brief essays--one each on the exegetical, theological, pastoral, and homiletical challenges of the text. Each volume also contains an index of biblical passages so that nonlectionary preachers may make use of it.

Download or read book Second Coming of Christ written by Nathaniel West and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Premillennial Essays of the Prophetic Conference written by Nathaniel West and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amygdala Hijack A Genetic Engineering Sci Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 Stars***** "Imminent Future, or Imminent Extinction? A fascinating leap into the imminent future...when Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification have advanced astronomically" (Goodreads Review/The Wasting (prior title)). A platinum-gold obelisk crash-lands on a Saskatchewan farm, warning of imminent alien invasion. Peter Scott, a science podcaster with ratings in decline, considers this a gift from heaven. He plans to reinvigorate the show's slumping popularity by interviewing a cast of edgy experts with brazen proposals to defend Earth from the anticipated invaders. But the planet has bigger issues than space marauders. That's because it's 2037, and DNA is just another programming language. Gene editing has vaulted society toward anarchy as humans rapidly hybridize, modifying their bodies with edited DNA, robotics, and computer interfaces. Add to that the constant existential threats from engineered microbes. Alien invasions, social disruptions, and pandemics are not the only concerns for Peter and team. Shadowy forces will stop at nothing to kill the podcast - or them. SAMPLES FROM A FEW EPISODES: 6 - THE WELCOMER: "I'm getting at the surprise factor and religion and this abundant human flaw called ethnocentrism. At no time did I ever preach that human beings are the exclusive sentient animals in the universe. In fact, I don't know if any of my brethren ever stated that either. If you put your feet in God's shoes, to speak metaphorically, why in heaven's name would you make such a dad-blasted amazing array of planets and galaxies, and not do the same as what you did here?" "It just doesn't make sense to go to all that work if you only wanted one experiment. He could have done that in one solar system and not have gone to the trouble of making the rest." 9 - EUGENIE DRIVER: "No, you're missing my point, Peter, so I'll repeat. What we encounter will be far beyond our mentality. This implies we must move to a new level of thought, of existence, of who and what defines the essential nature of humanity." "I'm arguing that we do as the bacteria did - we rapidly evolve ourselves in a period of severe species threat to enable new defensive capabilities. We should not be reticent or timid, considering the challenge, and we should explore every possibility to advance genetic and cognitive acceleration in human beings, across the board, via these expansive capabilities." 10 - CONTROL FREAK: "It's the perfect foil, son, the perfect foil. Any two-bit history professor in this town will tell you that the one-way road to the heart of being controlled is to hand your faith and fear to someone else, to hope and pray that somebody else will soon resolve your troubles if you'd just give them your mind and treasure." "I honestly can't imagine a better way to do this. In fact, I'm somewhat perturbed that I didn't conceive of the guise myself, then I could be sure to have gotten the word out beforehand that it might happen." "What you see on the streets these days, the anarchy that's bubbling up, we saw that in spades, or at least smaller spades, during those recent populist times. You pour in a mixture of upset and disenfranchisement, victimhood, greed, fear, bombast, entitlement - and a minority group or country or religion you can poke your sword at to chastise and blame such as our varint friends - and now you painted yourself a pretty picture for control." "This is a well-honed model that has proven successful in shredding any decency and progress in human society. It's the nectar of the autocrats, whether they veil their rhetoric behind a fascist flag of order and control or socialist flag of a righteous outcome for everyone."

Download or read book Lamb Power written by Peter Llewellyn and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Revelation is the subject of wild speculation, unfounded conspiracy theories, and horrible scenarios of vast destruction - all at the hands of a vengeful returning Christ. In this book intended for the general reader rather than the specialist, Peter Llewellyn shows that none of this is even remotely the case. Revelation is God's picture-book, vast visions of the victory of God's redeeming Love over the forces that wield power over human beings. Power is the way of the world, but with Jesus - the Lamb - power is entirely used for good and not for harm. This book takes the reader on a life-changing spiritual adventure.

Download or read book Daisy the Dumpster Dog A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations written by Blade Cort and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daisy the Dumpster Dog - a Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody) by Blade Cort; Book 7 of 7 in the Predictable Paths series. #satire #legal #originalism What will critics say? "0 (Zero) Stars! If this is the current state of legal satire, then woe be the system that engenders such drool." Daisy is enjoying a great day, anxiously awaiting the afternoon's dumpster Delights. What? Wait a second. This is where 'Rat Dog' gimps-in from nowhere and sarcastically knocks her oversized ears and stub tail, then treats her friends with equal impertinence. And that's not all. The rasty, scrawny, half-breed chihuahua demands his fair share of Delights, angering the lofty purebreds who claim first dibs over lowly mongrels like himself. Perhaps Daisy and friends should collar this impudent, irascible ingrate before he draws them into big trouble with the pedigreed perennial powers that be. Yet the sniveling rat fears nothing and is determined to tussle with the snootiest snouts in the land. Will he succeed - or get popped like the troublesome tick that he is? PREDICTABLE PATHS episodes, in sequential order: 1. AGENESS - A Longevity / Age Engineering Science Fiction Play on Our Imminent Ageless Dystopia; Six Acts, Episodes -22 to -17 2. AMYGDALA HIJACK - A Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novel of Impending Dystopia (a Trilogy) 2.1 - Amygdala Hijack - The Waening, Part 1 of 3; Episodes 1 - 9 2.2 - Amygdala Hijack - The Warning, Part 2 of 3; Episodes 10 - 18 2.3 - Amygdala Hijack - The Wasting, Part 3 of 3, Episodes 19 - 28 3. THREE GUYS IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC BAR - A Longevity / Age Engineering and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi Novella; Episodes 47 - 54 4. INFINITY CURVE - Lamentations to Unseen Friends Across the Vastness of Space; Episodes 56 - 78 5. PATH TO ENTROPY - An Apocalyptic Climax; Episodes 79 - 93 6. SORD IN PROSPERITY - Hope Beyond the Apocalypse; Episodes 118 - 159 7. DAISY THE DUMPSTER DOG - A Sordid Tale of Dystopian Hubris and Convenient Canine Rationalizations (But Not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody); Episodes 311 - 337

Download or read book Searchlights from the Word written by George Campbell Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Revelation written by Gerald L. Stevens and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-part study covers the history of interpretation, theological foundations, and exegesis. Copious illustrations from the author's worldwide travels enhance discussion of Rome's emperors, empire, and ideology as the premier horizon for understanding John's immediate context and meaning. Distinctive contributions include Stevens's effort to re-canonize Revelation by insisting on gospel concord, methodically interpreting all of Revelation through the lens of the seven churches and showing how Revelation's imagery consistently relates more to the incarnation than the Parousia. Stevens bypasses traditional millennial options to argue that Revelation is "passion-millennial"--the passion of Jesus predicates the passion of the church. Under Stevens's hands, Revelation becomes eminently sensible to the original audience and powerfully pertinent for today's church.

Download or read book The Apocalypse written by Joseph A. Seiss and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work affirms the centrality of Jesus and His coming work of retribution and reward as the keys to understanding Revelation.