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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe

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The novel “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” by Edgar Allan Poe was published for the first time in a partial version in 1837, serialized in the “Southern Literary Messenger” and in its entirety as a book in 1838.

Arthur Gordon Pym grew up on Nuntucket Island and was deeply attached to the sea. Despite a negative experience, in June 1827, he secretly boarded the brig Grampus, commanded by the father of his best friend Augustus Barnard, who helped him find a hiding place aboard.

What was supposed to be an exciting sea adventure soon turns into a nightmare for Arthur Gordon Pym. Trapped in his hideout, he nearly dies of thirst. Augustus rescues him after several days of agony and Pym discovers that there was a mutiny on the Grampus. More misadventures await Arthur.

Teleport 2: Into the Darkness by Joshua T. Calvert

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The novel “Teleport 2: Into the Darkness” by Joshua T. Calvert was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the second book in the Teleport series and follows “Teleport”.

James Hamilton finds himself on a mission unlike any he’s ever faced. Rescuing a group of scientists who ended up in a dangerous location tests his abilities like never before. Encountering a native population is a great short-term help, but James knows that much more is needed to return home.

The region where the travelers can somehow recover is strange, with a forest seemingly immune to the radiation and storms that represent the main dangers. The decision they have to make is difficult, but the ruins of a city may represent the only real hope.

Book Assistant 0.1

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A premise. This article isn’t intended to address the ethical and moral issues associated with the use of LLM (Large Language Models), as (alleged) artificial intelligence systems are called, and other tools connected to these systems. Like it or not, these tools have already been adopted by many individuals and businesses, and it will be increasingly necessary to know how to use them in one’s work.

I already wrote a few comments some time ago regarding the rush to adopt these tools by some of the major search engines. Here, I simply intend to share my personal experience developing an app that uses such a system to perform processes that would otherwise be extremely complex. For this reason, I also used this system as a development assistant, as it was my first experience with this type of software development.

Sinister Barrier by Eric Frank Russell

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The novel “Sinister Barrier” by Eric Frank Russell was published for the first time in 1939 in the magazine “Unknown” and in 1943 as a book in a revised and expanded version.

Bill Graham is shocked when two scientists his agency has funded die within a short time. A quick investigation leads him to discover that they were two of the many scientists who have recently died, and that some of them appeared to have gone mad. This situation immediately raises his suspicions.

When he turns to the police, Bill Graham is met with skepticism because there’s no evidence that the scientists were murdered, but Lieutenant Art Wohl helps him uncover other cases, making such a coincidence highly unlikely. Gathering fragments of information, the two of them discover that Peder Bjornsen had identified the presence of strange creatures, visible only in infrared light, which appear to be able to control humans.

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The novella “Firewalkers” by Adrian Tchaikovsky was published for the first time in 2020. In 2023, it was published as part of the anthology “Terrible Worlds: Revolutions” as well.

In the African desert, the Firewalkers are tasked with maintaining the facilities that operate the space elevator that takes people into orbit. When a problem arises with the power grid, Mao, Lupé, and Hotep set out to look for the fault.

In an area where conditions are unsuitable for human survival, the three Firewalkers find a house. They discover that Bastien Fontaine, who had worked on the systems of the spaceship where the rich live, and his family live there. However, not everything is as it seems.