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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].
 
 
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].
 
==Formats==
* Hardback ($40): the intended format. 9x6"
* Trade ($20): also good. Exact same text/paging as hardback. 8.5x5.5"
* 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.
* [[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.
 
==Contents==
===Part I===
# coming of age in confusion
# sherman katz gets himself expelled
# michael bolaño indulges in small pleasures
# elephant seals
===Part II===
<ol start="5">
<li>devesh choudhary is all about physics and rolls</li>
<li>atrium vestae</li>
<li>y’all’ve any more of that vee-cee?</li>
<li>alexei orshanskiy thinks he can get you lemons</li>
<li>pavlov’s hierophant and schrödinger’s hæresiarch</li>
<li>vladimir cel tredat takes up a collection</li>
<li>ergot</li>
<li>welcome to my lab; we’ve got Taq polymerase</li>
</ol>
===Part III===
<ol start="13">
<li>cloud wandered lonely like a daffodil</li>
<li>max-cashflow min-cut theorem</li>
<li>if you eat that i think it is going to kill you</li>
<li>erica marelli grows tired of bivalves</li>
<li>anarbek tursyn busts a move</li>
<li>the chemical history of an eightball</li>
<li>uranium</li>
</ol>
 
===Part IV===
<ol start="20">
<li>greg moyer receives some bad advice</li>
<li>a stamped-in network of paths</li>
<li>overall there is a smell of fried onions</li>
<li>vancouver! vancouver! this is it! (necroplanetology)</li>
<li>it’ll really raise the tone of your trap</li>
<li>oriana marino speaks in riddles</li>
<li>feedback loops are Bad Shit, to be Avoided</li>
<li>my mistakes are many, but less terrible than god’s</li>
</ol>
 
===Part V===
<ol start="28">
<li>usurper</li>
<li>prima luce</li>
</ol>
 
===Epilogue===


==Illustrations==
==Illustrations==

Latest revision as of 04:46, 10 March 2024

Front and back covers, and spine

My first novel released 2024-01-11! You probably want the book page.

Illustrations

fullpage black and white illustrations by Justin Barker

not all of these ended up being used.

warning: these arguably contain spoilers

  • jenseits von gut und böse (beyond good and evil)

    jenseits von gut und böse (beyond good and evil)

  • mémoires d’outre-tombe (memoirs from beyond the grave)

    mémoires d’outre-tombe (memoirs from beyond the grave)

  • the thirst for annihilation

    the thirst for annihilation

  • the age of innocence

    the age of innocence

  • without MSG i am nothing

    without MSG i am nothing

  • the yellow wallpaper

    the yellow wallpaper

  • unfair arguments with existence

    unfair arguments with existence

  • le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)

    le rouge et le noir (the red and the black)

  • fanged noumena

    fanged noumena

  • their eyes were watching god

    their eyes were watching god

  • le sens du combat (the art of struggle)

    le sens du combat (the art of struggle)

  • el jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (the garden of forking paths)

    el jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (the garden of forking paths)

  • to the lighthouse

    to the lighthouse

  • war in the age of intelligent machines

    war in the age of intelligent machines

  • auch zwerge haben klein angefangen (even dwarfs started small)

    auch zwerge haben klein angefangen (even dwarfs started small)

  • angle of repose

    angle of repose

  • le dieu du carnage (god of carnage)

    le dieu du carnage (god of carnage)

  • a mathematical theory of communication

    a mathematical theory of communication

  • the difference between me and you is that i am not on fire

    the difference between me and you is that i am not on fire

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