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GreenWolf 16 May 2016 20:07

Here's another tale for the future Third Law canon. This one features cyborgs, Maxwellism, Anderson Robotics, Three Portlands, and a coffee shop which is not Starbucks.

Thanks go out to the following people for critique and assistance in drafting this tale:

• Conwell, for a lot of critique, helping me nail down some of the finer details of Portland (the one in Oregon) and Anderson Robotics, and encouraging me to do more crosslinks for the crosslink god.
• Jekeled, for extensive critique and brainstorming assistance on the ending.
• minmin, for critiquing this thing at 6 AM and helping come up with ideas for the ending.
• TyGently, for some in-depth critique during the early stages of this tale's writing which really made a difference on the eventual quality. Thanks doge.
• A Random Day, for giving critique throughout the drafting process.
• EmberTech, for giving feedback on an incomplete draft of this.
• kola, for reading through an incomplete draft of this.
• ParaDLell, for feedback on a slightly less incomplete draft of this.
• TwistedGears, who didn't actually read or critique a draft of this, but who nevertheless helped with several snarky comments based on other peoples' critiques.
• Rimple, who was, I believe, the first person to look at a complete draft of this. You're right, ancient monospace font did sound awkward.
• EldritchCadence, the last person to look at a complete draft of this before posting.

This tale has a sort-of theme song, "Vital Signs" by Rush, which I listened to a lot while writing this.

Now, time to write a police procedural in Three Portlands.

Last edited on 17 May 2016 02:35 by GreenWolf Show more

Re: Author Post

Rimple 16 May 2016 21:23

Now, time to write a police procedural in Three Portlands.

I know you're joking but seriously, I wanna see more of this setting.

Re: Author Post

GreenWolf 16 May 2016 21:24

I'm not joking.

Jacob Conwell 17 May 2016 03:28

Good news everyone! We found a way to make Portland even weirder!

In all seriousness, when you first told me that you were doing a PL/Maxwellist/Anderson Robotics tale, I was excited. Then you shelved the idea, and I was sad. Then you unshelved the idea and came up with this gem, and I was thrilled.

There is a lot for me to love here. Between the likable characters, the references to AR, the world building, and the creation of Three Portlands, this is a all around great tale. I can't wait to see you use Three Portlands again, and to use it in my own work as well.

+1.

TBlackburn 17 May 2016 08:20

I liked the read, but working in software myself made the last line clinch the vote for me.

I'd say… feature. If your goal is to create a Legion.

luckgandor 18 May 2016 15:46

I really loved reading this story! You kept me hooked from start to finish.
Can't wait to see more from you!

ajrmoore 18 May 2016 17:34

The final line of the story made the whole thing seem outright plausible and realistic. Upvoting on that alone.

sirpudding 18 May 2016 21:06

Yeah, this is an example of the kind of thing that I don't see as appreciably different from something in Lightspeed or Asimov's in terms of the quality of the writing. Am I wrong?

Agent MacLeod 28 May 2016 04:53

That last line is bloody brilliant. The whole thing is brilliant. I like this canon already, and it's not even a canon yet.

Taffeta 23 Jul 2016 06:10

+ You move me, you move me

GreenWolf 23 Jul 2016 20:50

Oh man, that's super neat. Thank you!

+50

GreenWolf 01 Oct 2016 20:13

Just noticed that this thing hit 50 net upvotes. Hooray.

Thanks to all who took the time to read and rate this.

One Year

GreenWolf 18 May 2017 19:13

So it's been a year now since this was written. Man, a lot has happened since then. When I posted this, Third Law was still largely in the conceptual stages, and now it's the third largest canon on the site. Three Portlands, which began merely as a setting of convenience for this tale, is now an established setting with a hub and tags. The characters in this have been used by other authors, like Myra's appearance in Conwell's excellent SCP-3960. At +67, it's currently in the top 20% of tales on the site. I could not have predicted or expected anything like this when I first wrote this.

As it stands, this is among my favorite things I've written for the site, and there's very little I would do to change it. Writing this, and seeing the reaction to it, is what finally convinced me that I could write fiction (semi-)professionally. So, thank you everyone who read this, voted on it, left a comment, discussed it in chat, or wrote your own tales borrowing elements from this one. You're all awesome, and without you, I wouldn't be the writer I am today.

Re: One Year

Jacob Conwell 18 May 2017 19:16

This is a good tale, and you should feel good about it GW.

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