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<blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 2016689" data-attributes="member: 16760">Not that I know of, but he writes at least as well as if he were. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Aside from an award-winning collection of&nbsp; SF and fantasy short stories (&quot;The Lives of Ghosts&quot;), and more short stories in an anthology with other writers (&quot;Flights of Mind&quot;) he has three fantasy novels published, and more slated to be.&nbsp; &quot;Gates of Sleep&quot;, &quot;A Slow and Silent Stream&quot;, and &quot;A Separate Power&quot;.&nbsp; (The first has a near-future SF edge to it too.)The really scary part is, good as those books are, they're his early work. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; He's working on getting a New York publisher (wider distribution) for his later stuff...I have no idea if their kids would be inclined to intermarry.&nbsp; But Grace's training would probably help more than anything in dealing with a new generation of TT kids.Maybe.&nbsp; If so, I guarantee it wasn't like that before Alex.&nbsp; &quot;The Shadow&quot; persona was all his own doing.&nbsp; The &quot;Lamont Cranston&quot; persona (if it had come to pass) would have been yet one more elaborate way for Alex to reassure himself that he's REALLY just a regular guy in his secret ID.Thank you.&nbsp; That means I moved you, which is what I was trying for.My degree's in physics, and as far as I can see it IS quite impossible.&nbsp; But hey, it's a game, and fiction to boot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />You're making a philosophical assumption there, that neurons are the whole story.&nbsp; For the purposes of the game, SP and I agreed that they were not - that a &quot;soul&quot;, as you put it below, is necessary.Garrity... reproducing?!&nbsp; The mind boggles. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Then again, if someone mentions cloning to him, he might try it just to work out all the bugs... Now THERE'S a scary thought...Cool idea.&nbsp; Might be very interesting.Thanks!&nbsp; And yes, things are going much better now.&nbsp; I don't regret doing Alex in... though SP and I have gotten to the point of tossing around ideas for another game by now.&nbsp; Don't know what will come of it, if anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Shadow, post: 2016689, member: 16760"] Not that I know of, but he writes at least as well as if he were. :) Aside from an award-winning collection of SF and fantasy short stories ("The Lives of Ghosts"), and more short stories in an anthology with other writers ("Flights of Mind") he has three fantasy novels published, and more slated to be. "Gates of Sleep", "A Slow and Silent Stream", and "A Separate Power". (The first has a near-future SF edge to it too.) The really scary part is, good as those books are, they're his early work. :) He's working on getting a New York publisher (wider distribution) for his later stuff... I have no idea if their kids would be inclined to intermarry. But Grace's training would probably help more than anything in dealing with a new generation of TT kids. Maybe. If so, I guarantee it wasn't like that before Alex. "The Shadow" persona was all his own doing. The "Lamont Cranston" persona (if it had come to pass) would have been yet one more elaborate way for Alex to reassure himself that he's REALLY just a regular guy in his secret ID. Thank you. That means I moved you, which is what I was trying for. My degree's in physics, and as far as I can see it IS quite impossible. But hey, it's a game, and fiction to boot. :) You're making a philosophical assumption there, that neurons are the whole story. For the purposes of the game, SP and I agreed that they were not - that a "soul", as you put it below, is necessary. Garrity... reproducing?! The mind boggles. :) Then again, if someone mentions cloning to him, he might try it just to work out all the bugs... Now THERE'S a scary thought... Cool idea. Might be very interesting. Thanks! And yes, things are going much better now. I don't regret doing Alex in... though SP and I have gotten to the point of tossing around ideas for another game by now. Don't know what will come of it, if anything. [/QUOTE]

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