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    I, Sci Fi Fan
    I, Sci Fi Fan
    I, Sci Fi Fan
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    I, Sci Fi Fan

    By Anthony North

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    How far can virtual reality go? What will it really be like after Armageddon? I explore these concepts in my two series of Flash Fiction in this volume, The Virtual Man and ScarLand; plus, a hand full of Mini Novels - 1,500 word tales so full they think they're bigger - exploring various science fictional themes. So sit back and let me take you to our future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthony North
    Release dateApr 7, 2013
    ISBN9781301011643
    I, Sci Fi Fan
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    Anthony North

    Thinker & Storyteller****7,453 Words to Save the UK and I,Writer are now FREE. Scroll down to find them.*****1955 (Yorkshire, England) – I am born (Damn! Already been done). ‘Twas the best of times ... (Oh well).I was actually born in the year of Einstein's death, close to Scrooge's Counting House. It doesn't mean anything but it sounds good. As for my education, I left school at 15 and have had no formal education since. Hence, I'm self-taught.****From a family of newsagents, at 18 I did a Dick Whittington and went off to London, only to return to pretend to be Charlie and work in a chocolate factory.When I was ten I was asked what I wanted to be. I said soldier, writer and Dad. I never thought of it for years – having too much fun, such as a time as lead guitarist in a local rock band – but I served nine years in the RAF, got married and had seven kids. I realized my words had been precognitive when, at age 27, I came down with M.E. – a condition I’ve suffered ever since – and turned my attention to writing.Indeed, as I realized that no expert could tell me what was wrong with me, I began my quest to find out why. Little did I realize it would last decades and take me through the entire history of knowledge, leaving me with the certainty that our knowledge systems are inadequate.****My non-fiction is based on P-ology, a thought process I devised to work with patterns of knowledge, and designed to be a bedfellow to specialization. A form of Rational Holism, it seeks out areas the specialist may have missed. I work from encyclopaedias and introductory volumes in order to gain a grasp of many subjects and am not an expert in anything, but those patterns keep forming. Hence, I do not deal in truth, but ideas, and cover everything from politics to the paranormal.When reading my work I ask only: do I make sense? Of course, an expert would say: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I agree. And an expert has so little knowledge of everything.I also write novels and Flash Fiction in all genres.

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      I, Sci Fi Fan - Anthony North

      I, Sci Fi Fan

      By Anthony North

      Copyright Anthony North 2013

      Cover image copyright, Yvonne North 2013

      Smashwords Edition

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission

      Other books by Anthony North

      Beginning in 2019 I’m publishing 14 volumes of my fiction, inc 7 novels in most genres, & 21 works of non-fiction covering cults, politics, conspiracies, religion, disasters, science, philosophy, warfare, crime, psychology, new age, green issues & all areas of the unexplained, inc ufology, lost worlds and the paranormal. Hopefully appearing at the rate of one a month, check out the latest launch at my bookstore at http://anthonynorth.com or buy direct from Smashwords for all devices at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/anthonynorth

      In addition to the above, you may like my ‘I’ Series – 8 volumes of flash fiction (horror, sci fi, romance, adventure, crime), 4 volumes of poetry & 5 volumes of short essays from politics to the unexplained. Available from same links as above. Also check out my bookstore for news of my books out in paperback.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      THE VIRTUAL MAN

      The Evil Eye

      Lucifer Rising

      A Stitch Up In Time

      The Pact

      First Contact

      Cyber Brain

      MINI NOVELS

      www dot saucer

      It Eats Me Up

      A Relative Romance

      Germ of Discontent

      SCARLAND

      The Journey

      The Stranger

      The Mating

      The Rifle

      The Witch

      The Saviour

      About the Author

      Connect With Anthony

      INTRODUCTION

      How far can virtual reality go? What will it really be like after Armageddon? I explore these concepts in my two series of Flash Fiction in this volume, The Virtual Man and ScarLand; plus, a hand full of Mini Novels - 1,500 word tales so full they think they're bigger - exploring various science fictional themes. So sit back and let me take you to our future.

      Try, also, the sister volume, I, Spaceman: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/261517

      THE VIRTUAL MAN

      THE EVIL EYE

      He said it was playing with fire. Bannister - the Government man - said that. Right from the beginning, when I first proposed the project, he was against it. 'Look,' I said, 'it's safe; it's only cyberspace; it isn't real.'

      'You don't know what it is,' Bannister said. 'Nobody's ever done anything like this before.'

      'Look, Bannister, I'm Merlin Jones, the greatest computer wizard in the world. And I know. Believe me.'

      And I won. And in an isolated part of the Yorkshire Moors the Virtual Project went ahead. I built my project, and Flash and Gem Pearl came with me to run it.

      'This is magic,' said Flash, a young, skinny, bespectacled protege. 'We can do anything in here.'

      Gem flicked her blonde hair out of her eyes. 'Well don't get any ideas, spotty. Leave my electronic vibes alone.'

      I could see what Flash was thinking. ‘Now that's a thought,’ he said as he ran his adolescent eyes down her body.

      'I can see I'll have to check for unauthorised input,' I said.

      Gem flashed her accusing eyes at me.

      'So, it's built. What are we going to do with it?'

      I smiled. 'Well, Bannister said if the government was going to put up the money, then we have to have ideas to help the government.'

      'Which means what?' asked Flash.

      'Which means waffle. Do the odd job for THEM, and then play and learn ourselves.'

      But Bannister soon came up with a whole load of jobs for us. And one of the first was to see if our new form of cyberspace had predictive qualities.

      It was a simple idea, really. Plugged up to most of the nets around the world, we had a massive input of data. Hence, Bannister suggested, use that data to create cyber situations and see if we could predict what was going to happen.

      So that is exactly what we did. And to get a feel for the game, I fed in a perfect plan of Westminster. Then, walking into the chamber, I immediately felt the electromagnetism - it kind of tingled the skin until you got used to it. And then, whoosh! There I was on a nice sunny day walking up Whitehall, surrounded by tourists and government officials busying themselves.

      'This is so real,' I said, and Gem's voice immediately pulsed in my head. 'So let me in there to beat up Flash.'

      Ignoring her comment, it was, however, clear that not everything was sweetness and light. The government was unpopular, and as people walked by, the net fed this loathing, with everyone having something derogatory to say about the government. But then, through the corner of my eye, I noticed the one man who seemed calm.

      He was about six foot tall with short-cropped blonde hair and he was dressed completely in black. For some reason the net wanted me to focus on this guy. Why, I had

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