It has been 32 years since humanity had escaped the planet Earth for good. Centuries of civilisation depending on the natural resources meant that by 23rd century , surface of the Earth resembled the cities after World War 3. Mighty Jungles and raging rivers had disappeared from the face of the earth , only to remained as display sets in the art museums. Winds blowing at near Cat 5 hurricanes swept everything on the surface with relentless energy.
Science Fiction
Writers’ Journal #81 – New World
It has been more than 100 thousand years since the Humanity , of the last remaining , left Earth to venture out into space. The search for new home was the message sold off to the dying , sick and the old that packaged and sent to far away destinations but it was essentially an escape from the dying world. Earth was dying at the end of the 35th century. Smoked filled cities occupied the top layer of the surface while the poor struggled below the metal plate holding the enormous factories. The privileged wined and dined above the clouds with clear view to the artificial surface below using the projections to hide the death and destruction below.
Writers’ Journal #78 – 4th Law of Robotics
It was the beginning of winter in 2108 that began the downfall of humanity. It all started from an amazingly surprising place. An out-of-place chicken breeder’s house at the outskirt of Istanbul. The breeder lived with her 2 young children , Jenny and her brother Jones. They were one year apart but Jones was taller than her sister even though he was younger.
Writers’ Journal #44 – Deep Dive
“3..2..1…Dive!” , a shout boomed throughout the ship like a cannon. Soon , another boom was heard slamming the metal hull of mini-sub against the blue Pacific ocean.
Writers’ Journal #32 – Star Thief
Planet Vova did not emerge from the night. It’s only solar star had disappeared. It had been orbiting the star for billions of years without any issues and no one on the planet suspected anything amiss. Vovoms , that was what they called themselves , did not realize till their morning came. There was no…
Writers’ Journal #29 – Great Red Spot
Jim closed the captain’s diary after writing the non-events that happened that day. He knew the control center would be eagerly waiting for his daily report as usual but there wasn’t much to report , not till tomorrow anyway. The ship just went into Saturn’s orbit as expected and the crew did their jobs as…
Writers’ Journal #22 – Timergy
What if time can be converted into energy the way motion and energy are linked? Time moves or flows like a luggage belt at the airport , isn’t it? There must be some underlying forces that requires it to do so and it must be infinite. Flow of time affects everything , which is what…