"EDAN"

These are the online notes for my sci fi novel. I will be inviting the general public to crowd source this process once the manuscript is complete. Meanwhile Questions, comments, input, and ideas, can be submitted to the queue, as a post, left as a comment or emailed. Set in a post apocalyptic future, rife with post modern Utopian providence, and an uneasy Dystopian undercurrent, this sci-fi techno thriller carries humor, horror, and psychological mystery as we discover the draconian consequences of social networking, bio science, and post modern technologies. "Edan" is a complete and rich world of fantasy, discovery and self study that will appeal to a wide audience of knowledge seekers, diversionists, and futurism fans." edanbook.com excerpt 1 | excerpt 2 | excerpt 3 | excerpt 4 Link to my writers corner "Prime Radiant" Esau Lafcadio Kessler

[edanbook]

@edanbook Esau 'Mark' Kessler

loving kind-hearted easy going gentle-spirited uber-talented creative tenacious devastatingly handsome dear friend father fiancé

At 6:50 am, Sunday, December 14th, our dear friend Easu Lafcadio 'Mark' Kessler lost his battle with esophageal cancer and went home to be with his Savior.

Mark was diagnosed this spring when he began struggling with eating and keeping food down which resulted in excessive weight loss. With his fiance, Dana, and other dear friends and family by his side, Mark spent several months in a blur of treatments, biopsies, scans and operations. As a self-employed graphic designer, he had less than ideal health insurance and eventually reached the point where he was unable to work at all.

Thanks to the generosity of so many, this site has been instrumental in helping ease the financial burdens Mark faced this year. The needs now center around funeral costs and other related expenses. Please continue to share this site and thank you again for your compassion and willingness to give.

As always, prayers for Dana, Mark's children and family and all those who have loved him best are greatly appreciated.

[laughingsquid]

Creepy Hologram-Like Projected Woman at the Kings Cross Railway Station in London

[engadget]

HBO’s ‘Westworld’ reboot with Anthony Hopkins will air next year

[engadget]

Elon Musk is scared of killer robots

[edanbook]

Caleb Chung's 3 Laws Of Robotics: Robots must

Feel and convey emotions

Be aware of themselves and their environment

Learn and develop over time

[dimensao7]

[edanbook]

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

Frank Herbert (from the collected sayings of Maud’dib)

[engadget]

Scientists want to fight the Ebola outbreak using robots

[futuramb]

An interesting and obvious development. I think we can see a megatrend here where the increasing uncertainty and volatility in the world is related to the shortcomings of humans, which will increase the urge to use robots.

[jstephenlee]

Blue and white pattern made with #processing on Society6

[stoweboyd]

I’m definitely not down on utopian narratives in general — in fact, I think they’re a vital tool for thinking about the future, so long as they’re always informed by a sense of their essential impossibility. Or, to put it another way: utopias are terrible as blueprints for a better world, but brilliant as sandboxes in which to play with ideas for a better world.

Paul Raven, The role of utopian narratives in urban futurism

(via stoweboyd)

[o7filho]

[ivibites]

Alexander Wang - Urban Survival Cyborgs

[thefuturewasperfect]

Special Feature: I Want My Flying Car!

[disclosable]

An eruption on the volcano island of Gaua in the south Pacific, observed from the International Space Station, May 2013.

[engadget]

The flying car gets another shot at reality this October

[peglegger-blog]

Embryo (1976) by Ralph Nelson was just Peglegged

[ymutate]

[arsvitaest-deactivated20260111]

Robert W. Chanler, Leopard and Deer, 1912, gouache or tempera on canvas

Thanks to ymutate