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  • @RoweLit
    @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Get all caught up for next week's Season 2 premiere of The Misfits here: th-cam.com/video/2vQHAeobemQ/w-d-xo.html
    We might just see a couple familiar characters from today's story 🤔😃

  • @lindajacobs9116
    @lindajacobs9116 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is your 80 year old fan again, loving another story. Thank you.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers, Linda! 🙏😃

  • @bewarethegreyghost
    @bewarethegreyghost 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "They were salt miners, posting mean comments on the Internet that causes others to post huge angry walls of text. Good people. "
    Serious note, this has massive Methuselah's Children and Lazarus Long vibes. Well done.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good people 🏆 Greyghost for the win 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Katyas-Korner
    @Katyas-Korner 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Rowe, love your work as always. I would like to see Top Sushi made as a one off film. The right nerd looking guy to be Gruber, the right mousy looking sort of hot/weird gal to be Jackie Earmuffs. Danny Devito to be the restaurant owner. Probably the cohens to direct. “Battle!”

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Pharming! I'm not sure how I'd feel about that 🤣 Might be too surreal for me to handle 🤣Jackie Earmuffs IRL? Oh boy!

  • @tarajoyce3598
    @tarajoyce3598 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love how this story fills out more of Clem's character but adds some questions about Verona's.
    See you next Thursday!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers, Tara! Maybe more on this next Thursday too 🤔

    • @tarajoyce3598
      @tarajoyce3598 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RoweLit Excellent plan! You know I'll be here for it. Thank you for giving each week one bright spot I can look forward to. 🤗

  • @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533
    @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It was late evening in the vast slowly cooling desert. A lone figure walked slowly toward the sunset. As the sun fell the cold began to close in and he pulled his thin cloak closer. A thousand shades of red filled the horizon near the red orb as it slowly set. He looked toward the sky for direction. The sky looked like red and blue ink had been spilled across it. As the colors faded to black the stars slowly showed themselves one by one twinkling with great brilliance. It was so calm, quiet, and black in the night of the desert that he could barely make out the shapes around him.

  • @tgdomnemo5052
    @tgdomnemo5052 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    ...
    here
    we
    GO !!!
    🙏🏼😉🖖🏻

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🚀🚀🚀

  • @michaellively6467
    @michaellively6467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Michael!

  • @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533
    @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Life is a series of wonderful adventures!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Indeed 😃

  • @MDSBock
    @MDSBock 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome, my most favourite day of the week, the day that PE Rowe releases another adventure...

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, MDS!

  • @isaacarthurSFIA
    @isaacarthurSFIA 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can't believe I'm just hearing about this channel now :) Nice work!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hi, Isaac! Thanks. Big fan, obviously 😃

    • @MrIzzyDizzy
      @MrIzzyDizzy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Isaac Arthur? You are the Inspiration man.!! Do our hero a solid and mention him on your show. he deserves it!

    • @NicolausHarvard-li9of
      @NicolausHarvard-li9of 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It puts into practice much whereof you speak.
      I’m surprised you haven’t chatted to the originator before.
      I follow both of your things, and find them interesting in their own ways.
      Very little overlap.

  • @danmcgaugh6778
    @danmcgaugh6778 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This has got to be one of your best stories totally enjoyed it.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers, Dan! Glad you liked it 😃

  • @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533
    @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Across the desert, on foot, he drifted. The slight figure of a young man, he strolled casually forward, as the sand shifted below his feet. As the sand drifted down the windward face of a tall dune, a short distance up ahead on the left he could hear pebbles roll from the rocks above. He thought, “It is probably just a lizard or scorpion. My many trips into the desert have taught me the difference between them and a man. My fear has dissipated over the years as I have become accustomed to the sounds of the desert night. I can barely see my feet. I am thankful to the Lord for the faint moonlight.”...

  • @KeithCarmichaelInFL
    @KeithCarmichaelInFL 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There is nothing like a thief that has regrets about what they stole.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers, Keith! Sometimes you get more than you bargained for 😨 or stole, as the case may be 😃

  • @QbicLT
    @QbicLT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another wonder! :)

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Saulius 😃

  • @ukiie
    @ukiie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another phenomenal story,you sir have a way with words making your characters seem so real as if to say that could be me. The delima of Clem Abali or Vandel Savage 😅 if you watch DC is what too do with all that time, me personally I'd be conquering worlds no joke no lie 😊

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Cheers, Darrel! I think everyone knows what my plan would be 😂
      📚📚📚📚📚
      "Do you ever get tired of writing sci-fi stories? This is year 47,000 of Sci-Fi Weeklies."
      Rowe: No

    • @ukiie
      @ukiie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@RoweLit Outstanding 💪

  • @barbthequietwatcher7069
    @barbthequietwatcher7069 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you. I like this. Great imagination. 😊❤❤😊

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers, Barb! Glad you enjoyed it 😃

  • @karlgru3n654
    @karlgru3n654 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Poor little Clem... The immortal sad boy. He and Verona make a nice pair.
    Thank you, P. E. Rowe.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cheers, Karl! We shall see ... 🤔

    • @karlgru3n654
      @karlgru3n654 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@RoweLit :P

  • @joanmaryroberts4761
    @joanmaryroberts4761 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for giving us a glimpse into Aballis life & hiw he became an immortal & yet he is very different than Verona. Love the mystery sandwich & layers of Verona/Aballi

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Joan Mary! I never would have guessed it when he came barging into that vault last year 😂 They're quite the pair!

  • @aaronlea9559
    @aaronlea9559 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your work is great!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, Aaron!

  • @tgdomnemo5052
    @tgdomnemo5052 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank You again 😉🖖🏻😌

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers, Nemo!

  • @TheMediaBot
    @TheMediaBot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great story again!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, MediaBot! 😃

  • @Bbergster
    @Bbergster 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ll never be able to grasp how there is no sound in space⚡️😹. It’s like ‘if a tree falls in the woods does it make a noise?’

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No sound; therefore, space isn't real 😮 Oh, no! 😂

  • @justinspringstun5836
    @justinspringstun5836 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think you’re fantastic Mr. Rowe! I would love to hear your take on a story. Similar to “The Beginning” (short story) by Henry Hasse. But the story of an early prehistoric pre-human earth man. Maybe a giant/hybrid race of some sort from earth. Pre-flood sort of world full of mystery. Breathtaking megalithic stone structures. That the simple being who maybe is the last of a dying breed. Would discover this advanced but abandoned civilization. But on earth in a far distant past. A human like thinking race but not human. But different thinking maybe more superstitious and living hand to mouth. Stumbling through the already ancient ruins. And he would eventually be discovered. By an advanced non earth based race. That recognizes this being as the last of his race and civilization. And seeks to preserve him somehow…. Anyway, I love pre-flood mythology of more advanced civilizations. Anyway you’re awesome keep up the great work.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Justin! I've got a pair of stories you might like if you haven't checked them out yet: "Becoming" and "Stewards of the Drawdown." I think they check almost all your boxes minus the megaliths. I definitely need to work some megaliths into the channel lore somehow! Tragic oversight 😲Thanks for the Hasse recommendation.

  • @kennyjoe7asa
    @kennyjoe7asa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks.Your stories make my day.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers, KennyJoe! 😃

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545
    @johnt.inscrutable1545 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the most powerful thoughts in this story is Clem’s idea that he should keep certain truths, like his identity, from the Howards. This lie while on the surface seems wrong was not, because to tell the whole truth would not do anyone other than Clem any good. He recognized that to tell the truth was really only a selfish act to relieve his own guilty feelings. It was better overall that he suffered his guilt than use “telling the truth” as an excuse for his own good, because, again, no other good could come of it.
    On the surface it seems that always be truthful is the best course of action. Most times it is. But when the person telling the truth is the only one who benefits, and moreover, at the cost of other’s feelings or safety, is the real wrong thing to do.
    Living well and honestly can preclude having to make this kind of decision, but circumstances cannot always be controlled in such a way as to never find one’s self in this position. I have a special respect for those who are able to bear such pain when it is actually the seed of their destruction. Though it is also a great sadness that separates some from others for what seems to be “fate’s” directives.
    I hope PER continues to write stories that lead to such disclosures of how not simple the world really is.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, John. One of the most elegant descriptions of what the prefrontal cortex does comes from Sapolsky, and it might as well stand in for a few definitions--wisdom, morality maybe. I might butcher it, but it's something like: the prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that enables you to do the right thing when the doing the right thing is the hard thing. Pretty deep philosophy for a neurology class.

    • @johnt.inscrutable1545
      @johnt.inscrutable1545 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RoweLit Absolutely! And isn’t amazing that it’s possible for that to happen? How? Just does that work? Human biology is amazing in all its detail, but the brain is wicked crazy, so to speak. Sadly, I made this body from spare parts, JB Weld, baling wire and duct tape. So it doesn’t always behave as intended.

  • @casard5235
    @casard5235 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hiya P. E., thanks for the story. Good counseling session. Room for thought...

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Casard 😃

  • @sheilab1141
    @sheilab1141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting to find out more about Clem. The story where he Brendan's immortal was one of the first I listened to.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, Sheila! More to come soon 😃

  • @mrtodddelaroderie
    @mrtodddelaroderie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you another great story my friend!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Todd! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏😃

  • @barrydysert2974
    @barrydysert2974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Backstories are very organic to me !:-) 💜

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks, Barry! Hopefully for the characters as well 🤣

  • @dtl2081
    @dtl2081 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent

  • @unbentcrayfish
    @unbentcrayfish 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful tale.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers, Crayfish! More to follow soon.

  • @Inamon8
    @Inamon8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Time is not what you think it is."
    That took me straight to the Entity's final revelation on Reality: The Mobius Strip.
    - Preservation Falls
    Question: they both have the nanites in common/baseline. Still, Clem seems to be orders of magnitude more powerful. How discrepant are they, both being immortal?
    (I don't understand how Clem dares to blame Verona. Don't explain it. I just think its a nice touch.)
    You don't have to answer this as the purpose is to leave it somewhat open to interpretation, I suspect.
    I have no specific compliment today as the way you're pulling the audience in speaks for itself - it's all in the comments.
    2024 has much in store as promised!
    I wanted to comment on Inertia but I couldn't. I can't. It's still sinking in!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers, Holzman! Part of Aballi's difference comes from the tech he stole and has been using for centuries (more nanotech), but a big part of what makes him so different is his freedom from the constraints of the Verona's sect's training. Their goal is to be invisible. He has other thoughts on that 😂

  • @dtl2081
    @dtl2081 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, D!

  • @John-hw1hv
    @John-hw1hv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man this is good stuff!

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, John!

  • @judevictorious2564
    @judevictorious2564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Like the death of the salesman from the perspective of a AGI

    • @judevictorious2564
      @judevictorious2564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice work by the way Mr Rowe

    • @judevictorious2564
      @judevictorious2564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like a freaks and Geeks Robot Academy making a punk band in a robot testing facility

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Jude! Glad you enjoyed 😃

  • @mauricedamage425
    @mauricedamage425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    `Great

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Maurice!

  • @rlbf1967
    @rlbf1967 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent as always!! And yep these long-lived characters ease the load on their poor memories by offloading to external means 😃 Hmmm will we meet someone called Dorian at some point in this universe? ;-)

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dorian Prime 😂 He builds robots that get progressively uglier and rustier.

    • @rlbf1967
      @rlbf1967 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@RoweLitdefinitely sounds like a uK prime minister lol

    • @barrydysert2974
      @barrydysert2974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@rlbf1967 or a US president

  • @MartinGugino
    @MartinGugino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hat.
    Is this a reference to The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat?

    • @MartinGugino
      @MartinGugino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oliver Sachs?

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😉😃

    • @NicolausHarvard-li9of
      @NicolausHarvard-li9of 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Always keep 90% of your stuff underneath, like an ice berg.
      “Or a hat” spins off that, for those who have the competence to consume it.

  • @michaelgarrow3239
    @michaelgarrow3239 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is there a story that explains ring drives?
    I think I know how the are supposed to work. 🤔

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks, Michael! There are a couple stories that deal with engines, probably "To Geddes" is the closest that discusses the ring drive. "Scion" and "How Far the Future Moon" are both about different space engines 🚀😃

  • @zeriousvolt1245
    @zeriousvolt1245 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was NOT a sci-fi, but a business story.

  • @JustVisiting_
    @JustVisiting_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @markjames-k7w
    @markjames-k7w 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark CEN CA 😮

  • @markjames-k7w
    @markjames-k7w 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Took the day off from rock hopping PE😂 but im here now after this its bed time for bonzo Mark CEN CA over 😮

    • @markjames-k7w
      @markjames-k7w 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok one more Mark

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know that feeling 😂

  • @markjames-k7w
    @markjames-k7w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm Mark CEN CA 😂 ah yes clem 😮

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd give up and stay in bed.

    • @RoweLit
      @RoweLit  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's next week's story, wherein brooding Clem Aballi stays in bed for three decades and gets kicked off Athos for being verbally abusive to the room service staff. "You call that a paella, chef? It's garbage." 🤣