That Human Flame | Sci-fi Short Audiobook

[@RoweLit]

Misfits are back! 🚀🚀🚀 Get caught up on the whole series if you haven't yet: kzbin.info/aero/PLWl-Jc_I2wPAsngY7MCID9sS_98Y2siT5&feature=shared

[@mikecook9850]

I’ve listened to every story you’ve posted on here over the last year, Rowe. You’re truly one of the greatest visionaries since Isaac Asminov! Thank you for sharing your work with the world!

[@johnnycampbell3422]

I really want to defend Asminov, but I got nothing of substance. Rowes work is amazing.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Mike! Writing and sharing these stories is my favorite thing to do. I'm grateful to hear you're enjoying them so much. It wouldn't be nearly as fun without so many great sci-fi fans along for the ride!

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Johnny. I only aspire to be the best Rowe I can be each week. If people enjoy it half as much as Asimov's, that'll be some feat!

[@justfellover]

​@@RoweLit You're picking an easy opponent. Asimov hasn't been so prolific of late.😂 But for real, you hold a very similar role for me as he does, and you do it well. You even step on Star Trek's clown-shod toes a bit. Being so consistently weekly and developing and revisiting so many characters is a big part of that. Glad you're doing it.

[@Inamon8]

​@@RoweLitI told you the same thing, remember? You were honestly humble and said something along the lines of it being shoes too big to fill. But you're there, P. E. I've been telling you since the beginning. Since the first short/standalone story about the hiker, his smartphone and the alien scout at the Falls! That story told me everything back then I already now know.

[@davidgipson7140]

Good to see Transom make good on a promise to a little girl. It builds on his complexity. He can be cold uncaring ruthless. Then again he can be the opposite depending on who he is dealing with. He probably deserves a story dealing with his youth and what shaped him. I know we have heard some of it but he is a very complex character.

[@Balancedviewable]

He is my favourite character, complex, but with his own honour code, he doesnt kill innocents.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, David. I'm never sure where we're going next on this crazy adventure, but it's a cool idea. 🙏

[@davidgipson7140]

@@RoweLit glad you like it. Could even be one of your polls or if you decided to do something like that poll the people what character they would like. Thru your polls find out what character your fans least understand. Your a very creative guy i am sure you have a thousand ideas. As one of your fans i am just sharing what i would like to see more of. Sometimes you give me more of something i didn't know i was missing or wanting in the stories.

[@TheEedjit]

@@davidgipson7140I did also suggest early transom a few months back and it would be an amazing story for sure but sometimes I think Rowe makes the right choice lettting us interpret what he’s told us, from what transom told Carolina about him being called skell etc, I’ve got about 20 ideas of his childhood and depending how I feel and on what day, his childhood changes with my mood. 🤣🤣

[@RoweLit]

@@davidgipson7140 Thanks for that feedback, David. Sometimes the polls are very helpful and feedback from listeners too. Sometimes the path forward just reveals itself. Probably the biggest thing I've learned on this crazy KZbin adventure is how much smarter the Muse is than I am. So I'm mostly just listening and trusting.

[@TheEedjit]

I heard surety today for the first time. Perfect follow up and transom is definitely a sadistic genius. I’m gonna call my son transom! 🤣

[@RoweLit]

I don't know if Scotland could survive a present-day Transom uniting the clans. England definitely couldn't 🤣

[@TheEedjit]

@@RoweLit 🤣🤣🤣 time will tell Rowe, time will tell. Watch this space. 😜🤣🤣

[@levikelley2772]

This series is by far my favorite sci-fi I've ever listened to. I'm listening through the first season of misfits again and I look forward to your new videos every Thursday. I think you should create a guide book on all the characters and planets as well as a map of the galaxy kind of like lotr or star wars. Thank you so much for posting these awesome adventures!

[@Balancedviewable]

Exactly we need a map of the expansion, from earth to the columns the Cherris, Athos and the Trasp Etterans and the letters, and why is called the battery!

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Levi! Glad you're enjoying so much 😃🙏 That's what it's all about!

[@RoweLit]

The map idea, I agree, would be useful. I'm not sure I'm the right person for that job, though, seeing as I have more stories to write 😃

[@Balancedviewable]

@@RoweLit more of a timeline than a map, from Hartstock to present day, one day you will have an epic tale of human expansion thru space up there with Foundation, possibly better. Dave.

[@ANonimous-sz5ph]

Your stories are a bright spot in my life. Thank you for your stories of the far future

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, A! 🙏😃 Very glad to hear you're enjoying!

[@paulross225]

Nice touch - that punishment. It was indeed cruel,unusual but indeed with a touch of genius ! That you came up with that idea out of your own imagination either deserves acclaim or a therapist 🤔 😂

[@RoweLit]

Ha, ha, thanks, Paul! Maybe acclaim from a therapist is the perfect solution 😂 I can't claim that much credit myself, though. Any of the Olympians would have scoffed at that punishment and wondered why the author hadn't thrown in a plague of ice-planet fire ants for good measure 😃

[@ralphgoodman8181]

Holy smokes, the connections in this story! Thank you.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Ralph!

[@lisasnyder555]

Thursdays are awesome!!

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Lisa! My favorite day 🚀

[@mariokajin]

I didn’t comment on the previous story because I had to listen it twice to hear it in peace. It is funny how contemporary the gist of the story is. Liked it a lot. The current story is a beast of its own. Also liked it a ton. Can’t wait for the sequel. I wanted to add a thing, it would be very interesting to see what the TR&SP book was (will be, was been, …) all about. Where/when the breaking point between the Etherus and the future Trasp happened.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Mario! Something tells me we may explore such a past somehow. If only there were a way to go back in time and revisit past history 😃

[@ronbynum7304]

Another winner! I look forward to Thursdays more than I do the weekends for these brilliant stories

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Ron 🙏😃

[@deadfamous8503]

Think I might do the whole playlist again 🎉🎉

[@RoweLit]

Wow! I can't tell you how many times I've felt that way about a series (Battlestar is my #1 on that front). For Misfits to be in that category for you is a high honor, Famous!

[@hartleygarland906]

Ok Rowe,so for a while now and then the last few weeks my constant thinking about the Misfit characters kicked into high gear and now after this story I am obsessed with the idea of Carolina having Carston kidnapped ( oh the romance) again and knowing He is the last hope for humanity. Using the artifact Carolina and Carston go where and when his writing will somehow (using the Rowe magic)save humanity.

[@RoweLit]

Oh, that Carsten. I wonder what he's up to 🤔 Somebody really should check in on that poor guy. He might still be stranded on Damon Mines!

[@hartleygarland906]

Also Nilius makes me very uneasy.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Hartley! Tough to know what he's up to--all those nodes.

[@hartleygarland906]

Here we go. So excited!

[@mariokajin]

And I almost forgot to thank you for the gift.

[@RoweLit]

🙏

[@MaggiNimmo]

And the wonderful story continues. Thank yoy

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Maggi!

[@Balancedviewable]

Absolutely awesome PE, Transom getting to those guys in the end was just brilliant, Ive been waiting ever since Surety. The Misfits series is the best sci fi I heard or read in the last 35 years. Good job on pronouncing Hartsock too, I always thought it was Harzog!

[@RoweLit]

🙏😃Some business needs to get squared away proper.

[@MichaelLively-kp9if]

So Kool!!!!

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Michael! Glad you think so 😃

[@herbiehusker1889]

Thanks for uploading!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Herbie!

[@TheEedjit]

Yes yes yes!!

[@RoweLit]

😀😀😀

[@karlgru3n654]

I love Ren (among others). I have always had a special attraction to damaged people. ;) Thank you, P.

[@RoweLit]

Origins calling, Karl? Seems like somebody might be up next 😃

[@Spartan7924]

I'm very happy that those three got what was coming to them

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Spartan! Transom never forgets 😯

[@KeithCarmichaelInFL]

Yeah! 🎉

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Keith 😃

[@rogersmith9563]

Always a great one! Thanks for sharing your awesome storytelling skills.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Roger! Happy to share 😃

[@GSooke]

You connected at least 1 more story. Great video as usual!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, G! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏😃

[@GSooke]

@@RoweLit Is it bad for wishing all the clients could share the fate?

[@RoweLit]

@@GSooke Tough question. Wishing, I think, is in its own category, probably the first step toward setting things right. Somewhere in the real world, though, there's a path to redemption for those who care to seek it.

[@richardburns3543]

I look forward to all your stories. Misfits, and Necromancer are riveting. I'm glad I found you here.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Richard! Me too 😃

[@TheMediaBot]

Well done Mr. Rowe! Waiting for next week now😁

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, MediaBot! On it! 😃

[@davek1855]

Edge of your seat exciting. Can’t wait to hear how it unfolds. Great writing Rowe.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Dave! Unfolding in progress 😃

[@tyotypic]

55:40 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES these guys so have it coming.

[@ronbynum7304]

This is my third listen of this most awesome story. Just as exhilarating as my first listen. Brilliant!!

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Ron! Glad you like it so much 😃

[@davidangelo8902]

Yeah, that was a good story. Thanks! I also like that the Misfits is progressing. The back stories were interesting, but I'm all for this saga moving forward.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, David! That's the plan! Season 2 is on the march! 🚀

[@QbicLT]

As always ❤thank You 🙏

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Saulius!

[@Dave-dn3tz]

Good timing on my part.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Dave!

[@mauricedamage425]

Great work, the gang back together at last !

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Maurice! 😀

[@tarajoyce3598]

Arachne has nothing on your weaving skills. Beautifully done! 🍻🕷

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Tara! One day I hope you find out just how amazing a compliment that is for me (on a number of levels). 😃🙏

[@tarajoyce3598]

@@RoweLit This old grandma is greatful my words had the impact intended. 🤗

[@cecile862]

​​​@@tarajoyce3598 😄I've just found your comment this morning. I love how you use both Grandma and old to describe yourself. Time was when either would have safely implied the other. My own grandmother was born old, or so it seemed to my very young self all those years ago Now I'm a Grandma, I feel somehow younger now than I was then. I keep coming across Nannas who are in their 40s. Start young, teach them to start young, before you know it you have 5 generations celebrating Christmas together. The youngest and oldest may well both be in diapers, but still. Lets hope we keep enjoying Rowe until the left-behinds just know which passage from which story to read at our funerals. You GO Grandma❤

[@tarajoyce3598]

@@cecile862 🤗

[@philippriestman8516]

Wheeew! False hope……the ultimate slow burn.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Philip!

[@barrydysert2974]

PURE GENIUS 🏆🔵💛

[@RoweLit]

😃🙏

[@robertwesterfield3454]

Wow Just what I needed!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Robert! Glad I could help 🙏😃

[@madderhat5852]

It's weird that I liked the image of the Doc just floating in her own point of reference. Like a mischievous fairy.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, MH 😃 Sometimes Ren's going to do her own thing!

[@davidrains3918]

This was an interesting and unexpected twist in the series.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, David!

[@bmobert]

Ive often mused on the human ability to turn anything into a weapon or torture device. And, of course, theres a reason why hope was stored within Pandora's box.

[@RoweLit]

Oh boy 😮 I wasn't thinking about the box! Is that why the gods left that in there 🤔 Those bastards 🤣

[@bmobert]

@RoweLit It depends on who is telling the story. In some tellings, hope is the saving grace from all those plagues. In others, it is the worst plague them all. Listeners choice. 👍

[@barrydysert2974]

i've been waiting all day for this!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Barry!

[@justfellover]

Wow. Powerful one. Maybe I'll file this as 'Extrajudicial Justice'. There's always a bigger fish, and in this universe, it increasingly looks like the bigger fish's name is Carolina Dreeson.

[@RoweLit]

Nightmare scenario: You get to court, and in walks Transom in black robes, "All rise!" the bailiff says, and you realize you're the defendant 😮 "This court is now in session."

[@jacobbarnes6066]

So good man. I love the setting and how it's reflected through the characters actions

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Jacob!

[@got2kittys]

The Saga just gets better. If this ever comes to a movie deal, rewrite it! HorridlyWood would butcher this into an unrecognizable mess. It's too subtle, too intelligent, for a movie's producers to hack on.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, 2Kittys! I gotta finish writing it the first time 🤣 If somebody does want to adapt it someday, I'll consider that a good problem.

[@unbentcrayfish]

Damn what a chapter!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Crayfish!

[@maxjjackson]

I'm pretty sure that I'm a Maicon guy and not a Nilius dude. Pretty sure.

[@RoweLit]

Hard call, I know, Max 😃 I'm still not sure myself.

[@AndreVanDiggelen-wl3fx]

Excellent !

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Andre 😃

[@nickifiresnow1931]

Beautiful story 😊

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Nicki!

[@nickifiresnow1931]

@RoweLit I was worried everything would go too perfect as that would be boring. I love how the tension is built with in the different personalities and taking (spoiler) off the table was a stroke of brilliance. ❤️

[@tyotypic]

That was amazing. I loved it.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Tyotypic! Glad to hear it 😃🙏

[@peterlennon1139]

MORE!!! 😂❤

[@RoweLit]

OKAY!!! 😃🚀

[@peterlennon1139]

@@RoweLit 👍🤣

[@rlbf1967]

Crumbs I didn’t see that move by Rishi coming … so if all but two are embarking upon a journey in time-travel simulations in the artefacts with a view to changing the trajectory of their here-and- now onwards to preserve that human flame, then will this prevent the evolution of the Ordinals? I’m puzzling…. How to prevent all alternative threats that would have the same outcome… intriguing! Brilliant story as ever Mr. Rowe!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers! I think our Misfits friends are all puzzling as well 😀

[@markjames-k7w]

Mark CEN CA let's go friend

[@MrIzzyDizzy]

Great episode, a lot of plot potential . Glad those sex slavers got punished. And I can't wait to "do the time warp again." Should we fear Rishi? not sure i could work with her right now. I didn't see Miacon as an enemy. There are too many manipulations and machinations to maintain trust. Also i don't know if you like WF? -- the "Why Files ". It's a kind of strange but true story or is it? channel here on you tube. Lately its been a lot of Compilation videos. and couple of weeks ago there was one called "Stories about the Apocalypse." One of the stories was about an AI Apocalypse. Which was written by AI - chat GPT 4. and it included many current Tech executives actual warnings about AI taking over.

[@RoweLit]

I haven't heard of Why Files. The fact that so many of the tech execs building the AI seem to not really know how it's going to turn out is probably the most disturbing thing. Seems like every other bad idea we've had recently, which (shockingly) seem to not be going all that well. But this one is going to turn out okay, though. I'm definitely (probably) at least moderately sure. Fingers crossed 🤣

[@MrIzzyDizzy]

@@RoweLit not saying you should know the why files but some of it comports with your writing - this short one on simulation theory. fits with some aspects of the artifacts in the misfits. - search We Live in a Simulation. The evidence is everywhere. All you have to do is look. The Why Files 3.83M subscribers

[@cecile862]

Now then, you realize I have to start at the beginning again (and again in some cases) to find all the Maicon Prime clues. Where's the hardship in that? ❤

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Cecile! There's a lot of space (and time) out there. The clues could be anywhere 😃

[@bewarethegreyghost]

Knowing justice happens, I might be able to go back and finish the trafficking story. I had to skip that one because the circumstances were too realistic. Also, I'm torn now. I like Micon, but Rishi makes some good points.

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, GreyGhost! I did some re-reading for this episode. Sometimes I wonder who writes this stuff! That Rowe cut to the bone that week. Glad Burch got his knock in too!

[@Andrew-if3sd]

18:25

[@RevanPlloyd]

Quartering, keelhauling, water boarding, PRIAMing!

[@RoweLit]

Cheers, Revan! Let me see, something like: 🚀🏝🌨❄🥶💀

[@markjames-k7w]

Mark CEN CA okay going to stop right here why would they all. Agree to go into the future

[@RoweLit]

Who knows where those crazy Misfits are going, Mark 🤣

[@markjames-k7w]

@@RoweLit 🤣 Mark CEN CA

[@xelasomar4614]

40.20 40:20

[@markjames-k7w]

Mark CEN CA I always over think things 😮 you need to stay in space it's your bread and butter IMO which with 8 dollars will get you a latte at Starbucks 🤣

[@RoweLit]

That's part of the fun, Mark! 😃

[@markjames-k7w]

@@RoweLit Mark CEN CA ok when you look at it guess your right

[@herblee4180]

I'm so tired of Clem Abaali.

[@RoweLit]

Thanks, Herb. I suspect that won't be a huge problem. It only gets to be a real problem when Clem Aballi gets tired of you 😂