โ Scribed by Timothy J Gawne
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In the distant future mankind creates sentient cybertanks patterned on the human brain to help fight their alien enemies. Then, inexplicably, the humans vanished. They just went away. All that is left of the human empire are the cybertanks who, in their own way, keep the human civilization alive. With an intelligence based on the human psyche, the cybertanks continue to defend human space, but also perform scientific research, create art, form committees and ponder the universe.
These are the stories of one of the first cybertanks, known to his friends as Old Guy. He has outlived most of his peers, and has had a wealth of experiences over his long life, but he is starting to slowly become obsolete. Join him and his comrades Double-Wide, Whiffle-Bat, Smoking Hole, Mondocat, and Bob, as they live and love and fight alien enemies such as the Amok, the Yllg, and the Fructoids.
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"FEW INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED authors manage to create a work that causes a raised brow, or elicits the attention of readers outside their own community. Fortunately, there are some indie writers who take time to garner the skills needed to craft fiction that is not just cheap fantasy, but an enjoyable and thought-provoking reading experience ... "The Chronicles of Old Guy" should be placed high on the indie shelf. It's not just for the hard science fiction reader. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good adventure, or a thoughtful read." Perihelion SF
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"There really is no way to give a flavour of this in a review. It's clever, far-ranging, witty, full of invention and has a hugely engaging lead character. Timothy J. Gawne explores the fun possibilities of Science Fiction in a way that Douglas Adams might envy for this is humour with intelligence behind it."sfcrowsnest.org.uk**
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