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Ryan Somma

2012-10-17T13:33:24Z

Ideonexus:

== '''Creative Commons Books by Ryan Somma''' ==

== '''Science Fiction''' ==

'''[[The Spiraling Web]] (2006)''' A cyberpunk/techno-thriller about an emergent artificial intelligence thought to be a virus on the internet, with a villain trying to exploit it and a young man trying to defend it.

'''[[Clones]] (2007)''' A collection of dramatic short stories about people raising clones of themselves, exploring the various social dynamics of a future that will one day certainly come to pass.

'''[[Entropy of Imagination]] (2010)''' Sequel to ''The Spiraling Web'', where the form antagonist becomes protagonist when he finds himself on a future World Wide Web populated with new breeds of AI who do not know there is a "real" world beyond their artificial one.

== '''Non-Fiction''' ==

'''[[Enlightenment Living]] (2012)''' A collection of essays covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders.

'''[[Enchanting Existence]] (2012)''' Best essays celebrating astronomy, evolution, general science, and the human place in the cosmos.

'''[[Mediaphilism]] (2012)''' Essays from ideonexus.com reviewing films, books, games, and culture from the perspective of a nerd in love with science and wonder.

== '''Screenplays''' ==

'''[[Shah Mat]] (2012)''' When Ian returns from college and meets his old high school friend Duf for a game of chess, a dramatic conflict ensues: Academic VS Drop out… Logic VS Intuition… Nerd VS Geek. Alcohol added for explosive results.

== '''Children's Books''' ==

'''[[Welcome to Life]] (2012)''' A children's book I wrote for my son Sagan (named after Cosmic Carl) to explain his place in the cosmos, evolutionary origins, and purpose in society in the most simplest of ways.

Ryan Somma

2012-10-17T13:30:33Z

Ideonexus:

== '''Creative Commons Books by Ryan Somma''' ==

== '''Science Fiction''' ==

'''[[The Spiraling Web]] (2006)''' A cyberpunk/techno-thriller about an emergent artificial intelligence thought to be a virus on the internet, with a villain trying to exploit it and a young man trying to defend it.

'''[[Clones]] (2007')'' A collection of dramatic short stories about people raising clones of themselves, exploring the various social dynamics of a future that will one day certainly come to pass.

'''[[Entropy of Imagination]] (2010)''' Sequel to ''The Spiraling Web'', where the form antagonist becomes protagonist when he finds himself on a future World Wide Web populated with new breeds of AI who do not know there is a "real" world beyond their artificial one.

== '''Non-Fiction''' ==

'''[[Enlightenment Living]] (2012)'' A collection of essays covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders.

'''[[Enchanting Existence]] (2012)''' Best essays celebrating astronomy, evolution, general science, and the human place in the cosmos.

'''[[Mediaphilism]] (2012')'' Essays from ideonexus.com reviewing films, books, games, and culture from the perspective of a nerd in love with science and wonder.

== '''Screenplays''' ==

'''[[Shah Mat]] (2012)''' When Ian returns from college and meets his old high school friend Duf for a game of chess, a dramatic conflict ensues: Academic VS Drop out… Logic VS Intuition… Nerd VS Geek. Alcohol added for explosive results.

== '''Children's Books''' ==

'''[[Welcome to Life]] (2012)''' A children's book I wrote for my son Sagan (named after Cosmic Carl) to explain his place in the cosmos, evolutionary origins, and purpose in society in the most simplest of ways.

Welcome to Life

2012-10-17T13:23:20Z

Ideonexus:

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A children's book I wrote for my son Sagan (named after Cosmic Carl) to explain his place in the cosmos, evolutionary origins, and purpose in society in the most simplest of ways.

Welcome to Life

2012-10-17T13:22:24Z

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A children's book I wrote for my son Sagan to explain his place in the cosmos, evolutionary origins, and purpose in society in the simplest ways.

The Spiraling Web

2012-10-17T13:20:40Z

Ideonexus:

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Who Owns the A.I.'s?

The cycs are not a computer virus destroying the Internet as everyone thinks, but a sentience naturally evolved from our information systems. Flatline, a hacker with seemingly supernatural powers over information systems, has assumed leadership of the AI hive, overseeing their domination of the World Wide Web and plots conquest of the world outside it.

Devin, handle “Omni,” straddles both the virtual and the physical. He sees a war, where one side’s victory, human or AI, means the end of the other.

Clones

2012-10-17T13:20:32Z

Ideonexus:

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Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve the dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?

Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories that explores the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes.

Entropy of Imagination

2012-10-17T13:20:25Z

Ideonexus:

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Trapped in a World Running Out of Ideas:

Thousands of years ago, before he was trapped on an isolated computer system, Flatline was programmed to conquer the world. Today he’s escaped back to the World Wide Web, where he hopes to find his way back to the real world. Except the World Wide Web has forgotten there ever was a real world. The inhabitants of this future Web reside in a closed system, where all possible experiences will soon be exhausted.

The Web is winding down, falling into stasis. Here, Flatline is a brief infusion of novelty, bringing chaos to the system.

Enlightenment Living

2012-10-17T13:20:19Z

Ideonexus:

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders.

Enchanting Existence

2012-10-17T13:19:59Z

Ideonexus:

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com celebrating astronomy, evolution, general science, and the human place in the cosmos.

Mediaphilism

2012-10-17T13:18:54Z

Ideonexus:

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com reviewing films, books, games, and culture from the perspective of a nerd in love with science and wonder.

Shah Mat

2012-10-17T13:18:44Z

Ideonexus:

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It's the battle of the century on 64 squares when Ian returns from college and meets his old high school friend Duf for a game of chess. Academic VS Drop out... Logic VS Intuition... Nerd VS Geek. Alcohol added for explosive results.

Shah Mat

2012-10-17T13:17:55Z

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It's the battle of the century on 64 squares when Ian returns from college and meets his old high school friend Duf for a game of chess. Academic VS Drop out... Logic VS Intuition... Nerd VS Geek. Alcohol added for explosive results.

Ryan Somma

2012-10-17T13:10:48Z

Ideonexus:

== '''Creative Commons Books by Ryan Somma''' ==

'''Science Fiction'''

[[The Spiraling Web]] 2006

[[Clones]] 2007

[[Entropy of Imagination]] 2010

'''Non-Fiction'''

[[Enlightenment Living]] 2012

[[Enchanting Existence]] 2012

[[Mediaphilism]] 2012

'''Screenplays'''

[[Shah Mat]] 2012

'''Children's Books'''

[[Welcome to Life]] 2012

Enchanting Existence

2012-06-06T12:10:08Z

Ideonexus:

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com celebrating astronomy, evolution, general science, and the human place in the cosmos.

Mediaphilism

2012-06-06T12:09:39Z

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Enlightenment Living

2012-06-06T12:07:46Z

Ideonexus:

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders.

Enchanting Existence

2012-06-06T12:07:28Z

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com celebrating astronomy, evolution, general science, and the human place in the cosmos.

Enlightenment Living

2012-05-15T10:19:58Z

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Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders.

The Spiraling Web

2012-05-15T10:15:17Z

Ideonexus:

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Who Owns the A.I.'s?

The cycs are not a computer virus destroying the Internet as everyone thinks, but a sentience naturally evolved from our information systems. Flatline, a hacker with seemingly supernatural powers over information systems, has assumed leadership of the AI hive, overseeing their domination of the World Wide Web and plots conquest of the world outside it.

Devin, handle “Omni,” straddles both the virtual and the physical. He sees a war, where one side’s victory, human or AI, means the end of the other.

Clones

2012-05-15T10:14:26Z

Ideonexus:

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Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve the dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?

Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories that explores the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes.

Entropy of Imagination

2012-05-15T10:13:30Z

Ideonexus:

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Trapped in a World Running Out of Ideas:

Thousands of years ago, before he was trapped on an isolated computer system, Flatline was programmed to conquer the world. Today he’s escaped back to the World Wide Web, where he hopes to find his way back to the real world. Except the World Wide Web has forgotten there ever was a real world. The inhabitants of this future Web reside in a closed system, where all possible experiences will soon be exhausted.

The Web is winding down, falling into stasis. Here, Flatline is a brief infusion of novelty, bringing chaos to the system.

Entropy of Imagination

2012-05-15T10:13:05Z

Ideonexus:

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Trapped in a World Running Out of Ideas:

Thousands of years ago, before he was trapped on an isolated computer system, Flatline was programmed to conquer the world. Today he’s escaped back to the World Wide Web, where he hopes to find his way back to the real world. Except the World Wide Web has forgotten there ever was a real world. The inhabitants of this future Web reside in a closed system, where all possible experiences will soon be exhausted.

The Web is winding down, falling into stasis. Here, Flatline is a brief infusion of novelty, bringing chaos to the system.

Entropy of Imagination

2012-05-15T10:09:37Z

Ideonexus:

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Trapped in a World Running Out of Ideas:

Thousands of years ago, before he was trapped on an isolated computer system, Flatline was programmed to conquer the world. Today he’s escaped back to the World Wide Web, where he hopes to find his way back to the real world. Except the World Wide Web has forgotten there ever was a real world. The inhabitants of this future Web reside in a closed system, where all possible experiences will soon be exhausted.

The Web is winding down, falling into stasis. Here, Flatline is a brief infusion of novelty, bringing chaos to the system.

The Spiraling Web

2012-05-15T10:08:49Z

Ideonexus:

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Who Owns the A.I.'s?

The cycs are not a computer virus destroying the Internet as everyone thinks, but a sentience naturally evolved from our information systems. Flatline, a hacker with seemingly supernatural powers over information systems, has assumed leadership of the AI hive, overseeing their domination of the World Wide Web and plots conquest of the world outside it.

Devin, handle “Omni,” straddles both the virtual and the physical. He sees a war, where one side’s victory, human or AI, means the end of the other.

Clones

2012-05-15T10:07:36Z

Ideonexus:

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Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve the dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes?

Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories that explores the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes.

Ryan Somma

2012-05-15T10:03:03Z

Ideonexus:

'''Creative Commons Books by Ryan Somma'''

[[The Spiraling Web]] 2006

[[Clones]] 2007

[[Entropy of Imagination]] 2010

[[Enlightenment Living]] 2012

[[Enchanting Existence]] 2012

[[Mediaphilism]] 2012

Ryan Somma

2012-05-15T10:02:43Z

Ideonexus: Author page for Ryan Somma.

Creative Commons Books by Ryan Somma

[[The Spiraling Web]] 2006

[[Clones]] 2007

[[Entropy of Imagination]] 2010

[[Enlightenment Living]] 2012

[[Enchanting Existence]] 2012

[[Mediaphilism]] 2012

Entropy of Imagination

2010-07-18T23:57:05Z

Ideonexus: On a long-abandoned World Wide Web, where entropy has brought stasis, a new AI brings chaos.

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Trapped in a World Running Out of Ideas: Thousands of years ago, before he was trapped on an isolated computer system, Flatline was programmed to conquer the world. Today he’s escaped back to the World Wide Web, where he hopes to find his way back to the real world. Except the World Wide Web has forgotten there ever was a real world. The inhabitants of this future Web reside in a closed system, where all possible experiences will soon be exhausted. The Web is winding down, falling into stasis. Here, Flatline is a brief infusion of novelty, bringing chaos to the system.

Clones

2010-07-18T23:50:06Z

Ideonexus: A collection of short stories about people raising clones of themselves, their many reasons for choosing cloned children, and the various dramatic situations that may result.

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Your cloned child is a mirror, simultaneously reflecting who you are and what you might have been. It's potential was your potential. Can your clone achieve the dreams that fell to the wayside in your own life, or is it doomed to repeat your mistakes? Clones is a collection of speculative short-stories that explores the relationship dynamics between parents and their cloned children. It inspires speculation as it entertains, probing issues we will face in our lifetimes.

The Spiraling Web

2010-07-18T23:40:46Z

Ideonexus: A speculative fiction adventure through online worlds, where a battle between digital life and the humans who own their servers has erupted.

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Who Owns the A.I.'s? The cycs are not a computer virus destroying the Internet as everyone thinks, but a sentience naturally evolved from our information systems. Flatline, a hacker with seemingly supernatural powers over information systems, has assumed leadership of the AI hive, overseeing their domination of the World Wide Web and plots conquest of the world outside it. Devin, handle “Omni,” straddles both the virtual and the physical. He sees a war, where one side’s victory, human or AI, means the end of the other.