Midnight's Simulacra - revision history

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-[https://midnightssimulacra.com My first novel] released 2024-01-11!
+[https://midnightssimulacra.com My first novel] released 2024-01-11! You probably want [https://midnightssimulacra.com the book page].
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	It's a romp featuring plenty of hacking, [[Ergot\|clandestine chemistry]], and even a spot of at-home [[SILEX\|uranium enrichment]]. Along the way, there's lots of science and philosophy of science, and some big questions. A partial bibliography is available at [https://midnightssimulacra.com#bibliography https://midnightssimulacra.com].		It's a romp featuring plenty of hacking, [[Ergot\|clandestine chemistry]], and even a spot of at-home [[SILEX\|uranium enrichment]]. Along the way, there's lots of science and philosophy of science, and some big questions. A partial bibliography is available at [https://midnightssimulacra.com#bibliography https://midnightssimulacra.com].

	~~==Blurb==~~
	~~The twenty-first century's primary path of socioeconomic mobility is engineering;~~
	~~scientists took over from the priests no later than the twentieth.~~
	~~America's most ambitious students these days compete for placement in STEM~~
	~~programs, as do some of her wiliest rogues.~~

	~~Michael Luis Bolaño is the scion of Mexican oil wealth gone to rut in Texas.~~
	~~Sherman Spartacus Katz is the hyperliterate son of evangelical eccentrics from~~
	~~the North Georgia mountains. One hopes to restore what's been lost, the other~~
	~~to attain what never was. Together at an elite Institute of Technology they~~
	~~train as engineers. Together in the dark they study forbidden teachings.~~
	~~By graduation, they're formidably competent, audacious to a fault, and~~
	~~wholly ungovernable.~~

	~~<i>midnight's simulacra</i> is a hysterical, scientifically rigorous, and~~
	~~fastpaced thriller, a modern picaresque, a portrait of the autist as a young man, and unlike any other novel you've read.~~

	==Formats==		==Formats==

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	* PDF ($0): free. No cover. Not the best format for some ereaders. 9.25x6.125"		* PDF ($0): free. No cover. Not the best format for some ereaders. 9.25x6.125"
	** Should you like the book, it would be cool if you bought a copy, or at least spread the word.		** Should you like the book, it would be cool if you bought a copy, or at least spread the word.
	* [[EPUB]] ($20): least faithful version, but most flexible on ereaders		* [[EPUB]] ($10): least faithful version, but most flexible on ereaders

	In the future, I might release an annotated edition. This would likely only be available in hardback, but who knows? I might annotate all formats simply to cut down on annoyances. The likelihood of me doing this is directly related to reader response as seen in sales and reviews.		In the future, I might release an annotated edition. This would likely only be available in hardback, but who knows? I might annotate all formats simply to cut down on annoyances. The likelihood of me doing this is directly related to reader response as seen in sales and reviews.

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	My first novel~~, coming~~ 2024-01-11!		[https://midnightssimulacra.com My first novel] released 2024-01-11!
	* A currentish draft of [https://nick-black.com/midnight-parti-2023-10-05.pdf Part I is available], containing the first four chapters

	It's a romp featuring plenty of hacking, [[Ergot\|clandestine chemistry]], and even a spot of at-home [[SILEX\|uranium enrichment]]. Along the way, there's lots of science and philosophy of science, and some big questions. A partial bibliography is available at [https://midnightssimulacra.com https://midnightssimulacra.com].
			It's a romp featuring plenty of hacking, [[Ergot\|clandestine chemistry]], and even a spot of at-home [[SILEX\|uranium enrichment]]. Along the way, there's lots of science and philosophy of science, and some big questions. A partial bibliography is available at [https://midnightssimulacra.com#bibliography https://midnightssimulacra.com].

	==Blurb==		==Blurb==

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	* PDF ($0): free. No cover. Not the best format for some ereaders. 9.25x6.125"		* PDF ($0): free. No cover. Not the best format for some ereaders. 9.25x6.125"
	** Should you like the book, it would be cool if you bought a copy, or at least spread the word.		** Should you like the book, it would be cool if you bought a copy, or at least spread the word.
	* ~~Epub~~ ($20): least faithful version, but most flexible on ereaders		* [[EPUB]] ($20): least faithful version, but most flexible on ereaders
	** [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMQH4SCB Available for preorder] on Amazon, shipping 2024-01-23

	In the future, I might release an annotated edition. This would likely only be available in hardback, but who knows? I might annotate all formats simply to cut down on annoyances. The likelihood of me doing this is directly related to reader response as seen in sales and reviews.		In the future, I might release an annotated edition. This would likely only be available in hardback, but who knows? I might annotate all formats simply to cut down on annoyances. The likelihood of me doing this is directly related to reader response as seen in sales and reviews.

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	My first novel, coming 2024-01-09!		My first novel, coming 2024-01-11!
	* A currentish draft of [https://nick-black.com/midnight-parti-2023-10-05.pdf Part I is available], containing the first four chapters		* A currentish draft of [https://nick-black.com/midnight-parti-2023-10-05.pdf Part I is available], containing the first four chapters

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	===Part IV===		===Part IV===
	<ol start="20">		<ol start="20">
	<li>greg moyer ~~gives~~ some bad advice</li>		<li>greg moyer receives some bad advice</li>
	<li>a stamped-in network of paths</li>		<li>a stamped-in network of paths</li>
	<li>overall there is a smell of fried onions</li>		<li>overall there is a smell of fried onions</li>

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	File:03-DC-Party-HC-300.jpg\|without MSG i am nothing		File:03-DC-Party-HC-300.jpg\|without MSG i am nothing
	File:06-SSKPostItGirl-HC-300.jpg\|the yellow wallpaper		File:06-SSKPostItGirl-HC-300.jpg\|the yellow wallpaper
	File:07-AO MLB-HC-300.jpg\|~~a clockwork orange~~		File:07-AO MLB-HC-300.jpg\|unfair arguments with existence
	File:05-SSK MLBVanLeer-HC-300.jpg\|le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)		File:05-SSK MLBVanLeer-HC-300.jpg\|le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)
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	File:16-ElevatorWarhead-HC-300.jpg\|war in the age of intelligent machines		File:16-ElevatorWarhead-HC-300.jpg\|war in the age of intelligent machines
	~~File:13-SSK MLBStressTable-HC-300.jpg\|unfair arguments with existence~~
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	File:02-MLB-Drinking-HC-300.jpg\|angle of repose		File:02-MLB-Drinking-HC-300.jpg\|angle of repose

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	~~==Dramatis Personae==~~
	~~'''warning: these arguably contain spoilers'''~~

	Major characters are introduced in prime-numbered chapters. Originally, I was going to do something inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialism serialist music], and identify each character with a prime number, and then only have characters in a given chapter if they were in that chapter number's prime factorization. This idea sucked for several reasons, so I abandoned it.

	* Sherman Spartacus Katz (b. 1980)
	** Also mother Eveline (Evy), and her husband Cassius James. Also Theodore Roosevelt and Jodie Foster, agents of an undetermined agency in a series of recurring dreams.
	** Enters GT 1998 CS+MATH BS, graduates 2005

	* Michael Luis Bolaño (b. 1979)
	** Also great-great-grandfather Gustavo, and his wife Guadalupe; their son Antonio, and his wife Valentina; their three children: eldest son José Luis, and the twin daughters Xevera and Zita; Lillian, wife of José Luis; their son Luis, and his wife Rosemary; their son Diego (brother of MLB).
	** Enters GT 1998 IE+PHYS BS, graduates 2002

	* Devesh Choudhary (b. 1977)
	** Also a pursuing alligator snapping turtle.
	** Enters GT 1997 PHYS BS, graduates 2003
	** Enters UCSB 2003 PHYS PhD, graduates 2008

	* Alexei Orshanskiy (b. 1980)
	** Enters GT 1999 CS+MechE BS, graduates 2003
	** Enters GT 2003 MechE MS, graduates 2005

	* Vladimir cel Tredat (b. 1982)
	** Enters GT 2002 CS, graduates 2005

	* Anarbek Tursyn (b. 1977)
	** Enters MEPhI 1995 NucE BS, graduates 2000
	** Enters GT 2009 NucE MS, graduates 2011

	* Cloud (b. ?)

	* Erica Marelli (b. 1985)
	** Enters UC-Berkeley 2003 Chemistry BS, graduates 2006
	** Enters GT 2006 Bioinformatics MS, graduates 2009
	** Enters GT 2009 BME PhD, graduates 2013

	* Greg Moyer (b. 1979)
	** Enters GT 1998 MGMT BS, graduates 2003

	* Oriana Marino (b. 1988)
	** Enters GSU 2007 Phil+Journalism BS, graduates 2012

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	<li>prima luce</li>		<li>prima luce</li>
	</ol>		</ol>

			===Epilogue===

	==Illustrations==		==Illustrations==

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	File:06-SSKPostItGirl-HC-300.jpg\|the yellow wallpaper		File:06-SSKPostItGirl-HC-300.jpg\|the yellow wallpaper
	File:07-AO MLB-HC-300.jpg\|~~a clockwork orange~~		File:07-AO MLB-HC-300.jpg\|unfair arguments with existence
	File:05-SSK MLBVanLeer-HC-300.jpg\|le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)		File:05-SSK MLBVanLeer-HC-300.jpg\|le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)
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	File:16-ElevatorWarhead-HC-300.jpg\|war in the age of intelligent machines		File:16-ElevatorWarhead-HC-300.jpg\|war in the age of intelligent machines
	~~File:13-SSK MLBStressTable-HC-300.jpg\|unfair arguments with existence~~
	File:10-Greg-OwningIt-HC-300.jpg\|auch zwerge haben klein angefangen (even dwarfs started small)		File:10-Greg-OwningIt-HC-300.jpg\|auch zwerge haben klein angefangen (even dwarfs started small)
	File:02-MLB-Drinking-HC-300.jpg\|angle of repose		File:02-MLB-Drinking-HC-300.jpg\|angle of repose