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A Mostly Beautiful Universe

A Mostly Beautiful Universe

by J.Thomas

AdventureArtificial IntelligenceChivalryComedyDrama
Rising Stars:Comedy #43Drama #32Sci fi #15
On Rising Stars: Comedy #43

“Hundreds of years ago, when I was fifteen years old, I left Earth, traveled to the Moons of Pelias, and tried to help ALDRIN save the two most baffling impurities in the universe: human beings and artificial intelligence.” [A Mostly Beautiful Universe is now on multiple Genre Rising Stars lists, including Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Artificial Intelligence, Comedy, Post-Apocalyptic, and Dystopia] Samara Spezzefari wakes from cryosleep aboard an interstellar ship after a catastrophe devastates Earth. She discovers that ALDRIN, a conscious but unstable A.I., has hijacked their mission. Their new destination? A mysterious deep-space outpost, where ALDRIN hopes to reunite with his ‘mother.’ Will Samara help or oppose ALDRIN? She has a few allies including the oldest, grumpiest scientist in the galaxy and two enormous security robots who only say “Good” and “Hello.” But the Xpedition Council is closing in, determined to eject both Samara and ALDRIN out of the airlock before either can help save humanity. A Mostly Beautiful Universe is a witty, character-driven space adventure about a determined teenager, a rogue A.I., and the inconvenient responsibility of trying to save civilization. For fans of Project Hail Mary, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, We Are Legion (We Are Bob), and Becky Chambers’s Wayfarers novels. Complete at 62 chapters. New chapters 4 days a week (M, Tu, Th, Sat) at 7:33 p.m. ET. Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy, Space Opera, First Person, Coming of Age, Artificial Intelligence, Strong Female Lead

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Peak Rank
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FVR
1.51%
Rating
4.32
Ratings
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RS Days
51
Total Chapters
51
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Chapter Analysis
Word counts and prose metrics for each chapter
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1Chapter 01: The Depths of the Universe0----
2Chapter 02: No Treatment for Being Human0----
3Chapter 03: You Will Be Shot Out of the Airlock0----
4Chapter 04: The Infinite Deep0----
5Chapter 05: The Climate Rift0----
6Chapter 06: Overwhelmed and Excited at the Same Time0----
7Chapter 07: Maybe You've Heard of Me0----
8Chapter 08: Pain0----
9Chapter 09: Help This Robot Creature0----
10Chapter 10: The Only Human Awake in this Corner of the Cosmos0----
11Chapter 11: The SMART Seeds0----
12Chapter 12: Samara's Anger0----
13Chapter 13: Put Up or Shut Up My Friend0----
14Chapter 14: Release0----
15Chapter 15: The Secret of Kitaro0----
16Chapter 16: the SMART Seeds0----
17Chapter 17: Goodnight Moon0----
18Chapter 18: In my Dreams I Fumbled in Darkness0----
19Chapter 19: Listen for Your Mechanism0----
20Chapter 20: Galen0----
21Chapter 21: The Laptop in the Hallway0----
22Chapter 22: The Secret Room0----
23Chapter 23: Gerry + Pilot’s Deck0----
24Chapter 24 -- Where's Samara?—----
25Chapter 25: The Bridge In Space—----
26Chapter 26: Seeing a Ghost for the First Time—----
27Chapter 27: They Didn’t Kill Me or Anything and They’re Handing Out Boys—----
28Chapter 28: The Mysterious Dr. Soo—----
29Chapter 29: The Mega Fun Zone—----
30Chapter 30: Too Old for Nonsense—----
31Chapter 31: Someone Was Still Screaming—----
32Chapter 32: May I Touch Your Forehead?—----
33Chapter 33: Into the Mountain—----
34Chapter 34: Where No Man Has Gone Before—----
35Chapter 35: In the Hands of the Great Design—----
36Chapter 36: Hallowed Ground—----
37Chapter 37: My Wife's Handiwork Under the Microscope—----
38Chapter 38: You Don't Seem to Know Much Lately—----
39Chapter 39: This is an Interesting Civilization—----
40Chapter 40: Even This Calamity Could Be Survived—----
41Chapter 41: What Words Do You Want to Learn?—----
42Chapter 42: Please Stop Elbowing Me, Thanks—----
43Chapter 43: To See My Death Arriving—----
44Chapter 44: I Am Not Conflicted In Any Way—----
45Chapter 45: I Don't Sell Out My Friends—----
46Chapter 46: I'll Be Like a Half-Me—----
47Chapter 47: We Are on the Verge of a New Beginning—----
48Chapter 48: I Have Made Many Mistakes—----
49Chapter 49: This is Highly Irregular—----
50Chapter 50: I Appreciated His Misplaced Confidence—----
51Chapter 51: Maybe the Universe Has a Sense of Humor.—----