Tag: Xú Mùlán

Chapter Seven: What You Can’t Understand Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“The Gods favor the strong.” –Tacitus “Stanisław Lem, this is Hercules Base. Helm answers all stop, we are wheels down on Titan.” “This is the Lem, roger that, Hercules Base. Per actual you are go for whatever recon is practicable.” “Affirm Lem. See you soon, Yelena. Hercules Base out.” “It’s funny,” Ted Martínez said. “This …

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Chapter Six: Whirlwinds of Revolt Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“We are more vocal about these issues because we have learned the cost of shutting up, because we constantly have to remind people, because the minute we stop, everything returns to the way it was, the status quo is reestablished, and the real structural and institutional problems that create inequality go, once again, uninterrogated.” –S.E. …

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Chapter Two: Lost But Now Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy….Let’s go exploring!” –Bill Watterson, “Calvin and Hobbes” “Ten unis that we find microbial life there, sir?” “I’m not betting with you, Ted,” Cmdr. Tatenda Marechera chuckled. “Even if I win, what will I spend it on?” “Hala? Viktor?” “No chance, Ted,” Maj. Hala Nejem said. “One, my dad …

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Chapter One: This Little Light Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina

“In the starry realms above/God will mete as we may measure.” –Friedrich Schiller, “An die Freude” Shang Xiao Xú Mùlán sat up, icy gel sliding off her body with a sickening thwuck, which was soon replaced by the even more sickening retching of Xú. “Easy, Ma’am,” the quiet Australian doctor said. “Just lie back. You’re …

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