OctahedronWorld

Ephemeral Thoughts about Life, the Universe and Everything.

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Latest micro fiction, pics and thoughts

in category climate-news

Tipping Points

The unexpected acceleration of catastrophic climate effects

[2024-09-24]

in category sandfuss

The CLient

A new case for Sandfuss and his deputies

[2024-09-19]

in category hermetics-tales

The Academic Council

Knowledge and Science as one of the pillars of power

[2024-09-04]

in category transspace-tales

Van Der Belt

The sphere of human life expands into the universe, while some pioneers still find undiscovered ground.

[2024-08-27]

in category weird-things

The Trapdoor

A hatch into a weird underworld.

[2024-08-26]

in category climate-news

Big City Life

Urban versus rural areas for the environment

[2024-08-22]

in category mesh-tales

Root

Root, the most important node in the mesh

[2024-08-20]

in category kret-tales

Introducing the SPINs

About joint law enforcement and special units in the Canon

[2024-08-19]

in category sandfuss

Valerian addiction

A bar or a detective's office?

[2024-08-12]

in category kret-tales

Distribution of Power

Monitoring the different social balances of Earth and Kret

[2024-08-08]

in category vergency-hotel

The Vergency Hotel

Starting some tales from the center of the universe

[2024-08-05]

in category real-world

AI Chauffeur

Mid 2023. Elections in important German regions with catastrophic results.

[2024-08-02]

in category kret-tales

On Earth

How did the discovery of the Kret change the world?

[2024-08-01]

in category hermetics-tales

Puppets

Are we the toys for the Hermetic Society?

[2024-07-31]

in category tropes

Alien Size

Tiny aliens, tiny spaceships. What if aliens are small?

[2024-07-30]

in category sandfuss

Sandfuss P.I.

Early drafts for an animalic short story

[2024-04-17]

in category kret-tales

Kret Tales

Some fragments about our brothers and sisters from another planet..

[2024-03-08]

in category hermetics-tales

Hermetics Tales

Anecdotes and rumors from the world of magic.

[2024-02-08]

in category tropes

Counting

How to achieve tension? Count down. Ten to one.

[2023-12-22]

in category transspace-tales

Intro to Transspace Tales

More anecdotes, this time about transspace, my concept for space operas

[2023-12-21]

in category reviews

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The 1966 novel about the mechanics of a revolution is one of the classics of sci-fi.

[2023-10-16]

in category real-world

Mid Term Reports

Mid 2023. Elections in important German regions with catastrophic results.

[2023-10-09]

in category mesh-tales

The Swoosh

Tales from the Mesh, starting off with the Mesh Logo

[2023-10-05]

in category tropes

Mars

Our neighbour planet Mars is always worth a visit, at least for our sci-fi writers.

[2023-09-22]

in category reviews

Old Man's War

Thought-provoking sci-fi novel for an engaging exploration of ethics and mechanics in warfare

[2023-09-19]

in category predictions

Natural Catastrophes

We are already facing superlatives of natural catastrophes on a monthly basis.

[2023-09-04]

in category tropes

Types of SciFi

How do the different types of science fiction work?

[2023-08-01]

in category predictions

Job Markets

Automation vs. Demographic Change. Who will win?

[2023-07-06]

in category tropes

Superpower

Marvel, DC, Batman or Hulk. Super human power are the mega trend at cinemas.

[2023-06-27]

in category reviews

The Fifth Season

Reviewing the Hugo Award winning novel by N.K. Jemisin

[2023-06-20]

in category predictions

Metaverse

Built to fail, Facebooks metaverse. Yet it was the dream of a whole cyberpunk generation.

[2023-06-12]

in category tropes

Aliens

Extra terrestrial intelligent species are at the heart of many sci-fi stories.

[2023-05-30]

in category reviews

Ringworld

The 1970 sci-fi classic by Larry Niven

[2023-05-23]

in category tropes

SciFi & Fantasy - A Journey

From typical characters to shared topics and tropes.

[2023-05-18]

in category predictions

Self Driving Cars

When will I order a car and ask it to drive me to the supermarket?

[2023-05-02]

in category reviews

Picard

The third and final season of Star Trek Picard is over. Time for a little review.

[2023-04-26]

in category predictions

Climate Refugees

Central Europe is the place to be in 50 years. For everyone.

[2023-04-20]

in category reviews

The Dispossessed

Reviewing the 1974 sci-fi novel by Ursula K. Le Guin

[2023-04-17]

in category ai-jobs

Judges

Objectivity. A goal that notoriously biased humans may never achieve.

[2023-04-11]

in category predictions

TV Shows

Will there still be TV shows, when AI can produce bespoke content for everyone?

[2023-03-28]

in category ai-jobs

Surgeon

A job that relies on precision? That's worth a look from machine's perspective.

[2023-03-07]

in category predictions

Augmented Reality

What could happen in the next ten years. Let's start with AR headsets

[2023-01-02]

in category ai-jobs

Construction Worker

But the things you have to build with your bare hands should be safe, right?

[2022-12-29]

in category ai-jobs

ChatGPT

Special topic about the rise of large language models and their impact

[2022-12-06]

in category ai-jobs

Banking

Algorithms rule investment for decades already, so where's the place for human brain?

[2022-11-21]

in category ai-jobs

Family Physician

Yes, also the core of humanity, the doctor will be affected by AI

[2022-11-01]

in category ai-jobs

Developers

Are software engineers optimizing themselves away one day?

[2022-07-28]

in category ai-jobs

Taxi Drivers

What's happening to taxi drivers as soon as cars can drive alone?

[2022-06-28]

in category ai-jobs

Designers

Dall-E and Midjourney take over many art direction tasks already.

[2022-06-14]

in category ai-jobs

Cashiers

Will the human factor be removed one day from the supermarket checkout?

[2022-06-06]

in category general

Political Systems

There are two main points of view in ideologies. Individual vs State.

[2022-05-23]

in category general

Space

How fictional stories can pass the vast emptiness of space.

[2022-05-10]

in category general

Speculative Apocalypses

What is the most likely extinction e vent and how many are actually affected?

[2022-05-05]

in category general

Fairness

Some thoughts on May, the first, labour day.

[2022-05-02]

in category general

Who is Aithir?

Where does my alias come from?

[2022-04-27]

in category general

The Start Of Something

A new blog, a new start.

[2022-04-27]

Stories

Fiction and Essays

Shortstory

The Operator

The first deep-dive into the cyberpunk world of the Mesh and its inhabitants. We follow some hackers in Hamburg on a data heist.

Children's Story

Kamina and the Dragonfly Ship

Little Kamina is always drawn into phantastic adventures. This time she jumps into a steampunk world with a lot of surprises.

Worldbuilding

The Mesh

A vision of a hypothetical metaverse-esque three dimensional internet

Worldbuilding

The Kret

Nerdy fiction experiments from my youth, part one. An alien race to discover more about our own species.

Children's Story

Asimov

A robot from another planet is making contact with a boy on earth and asking for his help.

Short Story

Vlad

Everyone knows that Dracula was a real historic figure. But did you also know that he was a magician? This is the first short in my series around the Hermetic Society.

Elements, Part 1

Earth

The start of a dystopian journey to hell and elysium and back.

World 2

Energy & Dimensions

What are the biggest problems of our time and how do we overcome them? World 2 is a deep dive into the climate crisis. This first storyline focuses on the complex problems around energy creation and consumption.

World 2

Veganism & Agriculture

What are the biggest problems of our time and how do we overcome them? World 2 is a deep dive into the climate crisis. This second part focuses on agriculture, food production and the vegan diet.

World 2

Traffic & Transport

What are the biggest problems of our time and how do we overcome them? World 2 is a deep dive into the climate crisis. Part number three focuses on traffic, transport, travel and their effects on climate and wellness.

Worldbuilding

Transspace

Travelling faster than light, lifting and accellerating without errort and loss, time travelling. for all that, you need a well grounded theory in your sci-fi world building.

Short Story

Goliath

What if we develop an AI with more than human level intelligence? And how powerful can it become? The story in this line is following that thought.

Short Story

The Bond

The great mash up between the transspace story and the study of my first alien race, the Kret.

Worldbuilding

Hermetics

et's dive into the worldbuilding of a fantasy story that circles around magicians. We have even created a novel out of it.

Short Story

Octahedra

A mystic journey through time and space. Eight different places, eight iconic rooms, portals, aliens.

Children's Story

The Guillorys

We are guests at an extraordinary family of mice in theire residence in New Orleans, the Guillorys. What's so special about them, you ask? Well, some of them have super powers.

Short Story

Bolt

An unexpected announcement reveals the greates surprise in media history and starts a race for the truth.

Report

The Pylons

The second spin off of the Mesh cycle. Let's have a look into the daily life and the strange characters that live in the Pylons.

Short Story

Simulation Theory

Are we living in a simulation? Hard to find proof, but there are a bunch of interesting thought ecxperiments out there and even more stories to spin off.

Two Stories

Tattoos

Just like in Ray Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man", I bring my tattoos to life in this storyline.

Children's Story

Kamina and the Water Spirits

Just like Alice, the little Kamina is drawn into a rabbit hole and experiences a fantastic adventure ... under water.

Elements, Part 2

Water

The journey continues with a boat trip and a visit of the dystopian catastrophe site.