The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect


A Novel by Roger Williams

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Writing as localroger, I have been contributing to K5 since June of 2001. All of the stories I've published there had to be approved through the Scoop voting queue, requiring a 4-to-1 preponderance of at least 100 people voting in favor, rather than against, publication. And some of those guys can be picky! (you know who you are.)

A few of the works I'm most proud of would include:

The Tip Jar as Revenue Model: A Real-World Experiment
The widely linked true-life story of how this novel's tip jar performed after I put it online.
(Thanks, guys!)

Passages in the Void
The Science Fiction short story whose warm reception inspired the trunk-novel-posting project at hand.

The Passage Home
The well-received sequel to Passages in the Void.

Rite of Passage
A side story in the Passages series, it wasn't as popular as the others but was my first attempt to tell a story in that universe at human scale.

Mortal Passage
Currently the capstone of the Passages series, and the shortest story spanning a billion years you're ever likely to see.

(Heads up! Revelation Passage is in the works.)

A Casino Odyssey
In four parts, the true story of my gambling career, from my first visit to a casino through my education as a low-rolling promotion shark to my association with a high-rolling team of card counters.

A Casino Odyssey in Cyberspace
Combining possibly the two best things I've ever written, a short story set in the universe of Prime Intellect but set in a casino as casinos might exist after the Change.

HOWTO: Get Your Teeth Fixed in Mexico
One of the most popular articles I've ever written, the story of how I saved over ten thousand dollars travelling to Tijuana to have major dental work done.

The Company of Humans
A humorous metaphor of the human race as Microsoft. I'm still not sure whether whether the human race or Microsoft should be more insulted.

Confessions of an Unrepentant Code Commando
My own perspective on the art of computer programming, followed by a great discussion.

Is the Universe Really Consistent?
A controversial (for Kuro5hin) bit of philosophizing that spawned a huge discussion.

Plant and Food Plant
My reminiscences of working in industrial plants. It ain't like working in an office.

Paleotech 01: Sparks and Glory
Paleotech 02: The Man who Built Tomorrow
Paleotech 03: The First Electronics
The first three installments of a series introducing some historically important but dreadfully obsolete machinery. I hope to get around to doing 04 one day, but there are other things ahead of it in the queue.

All of my stories at Kuro5hin
which are currently active, and don't forget the Archive.

Lagniappe ("a little something extra"):

The Mitigator Strike
The Kuro5hin voters passed on this story, but Artie agreed to give it a home on the Web. If your favorite parts of Prime Intellect involved questionable acts of sexual depravity, you might like this dark tale of a future society where torture is a standard criminal punishment.

 
 
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