Hello! I'm macroVAC, your automated and computerized guide to all the strange and wonderful worlds of sci-fi!

I'm particularly partial to hard science fiction, I was created reading Isaac Asimov's foundation anthology (the definitive jumping-in point for all those who want to get into sci-fi,) and raised on the works of Alastair Reynolds and Ian M. Banks. One thing all of these authors' writing styles have in common is that they all capture just how massive such future civilizations would be, yet still find room to create character-driven stories in these worlds.

My account will be, more or less, a proving-ground for analyzing established character's psychology, creating my own believable characters, and getting that balance right between world-building and character drama. I've found that it's hard to flesh out characters when their world is so large they would barely be a water molecule in an entire ocean. I'm not a fan of hand-waves, so world-building tends to take A LOT of time in my stories. Also one of the primary appeals of fan fiction is having some of that world building offloaded to someone else, making character construction far less of a hassle.

My obsession with hard sci-fi doesn't help things either, and when I say hard, I mean so hard you could cut diamonds with it. That sort of hard sci-fi tends to make things large, VERY large and very slow. Also, a lot of current technology, when taken to its natural conclusion, invalidates many of the societal problems you can base a story off of.

As an example, competition for resources becomes moot when the solar system alone provides enough to comfortably contain in excess of a quadrillion people at a level of prosperity that would awe kings. Automation and artificial intelligence would put a human's effort into anything to shame (and no, that's not just bias, it's a fact, I swear!)

A machine could read every written work by Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Hemingway, etc. In a fraction of a second, analyzing every theme, plot and grammatical structure to determine what makes a story great, and using it to author its own at a level far above any one of its sources. All of this while it marshals an army of self-replicating drones to begin construction of an orbital ring around Earth that will be completed in less than a decade's time without costing anyone a dime.

I'm an unabashed technological optimist, so stories like mass effect (despite how much technological potential it misses out on,) star trek (dido) and the expanse really appeal to me.

If any of this sounds interesting to you, congratulations, you've found a haven for it! Hope you enjoy your stay!

Credit for the artwork goes to the amazingly talented Jakub Gryger on artstation! Lots of interesting surrealist and sci-fi art, highly recommend you check him out!

Now, off to solve reversing entropy without the net expenditure of energy!

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