This book sounds really interesting! I love robot stories and child robots seems like a unique focus and a new way to explore the questions of humanity in artificially created beings. I’m a little intrigued by the title, “Luminous”, what is the element in the story that refers to?

If you wait till the last minute, it only takes a minute to do.

Sounds interesting! Haven’t read Martha Wells besides the Murder Bot series. And really liked those. Is this part of a series or a standalone book?

Ahh I misspoke, what I call the Peanut Hamper trilogy includes the TNG episode. But Lower Decks season 1 episode 10 is where the artificial life form gets their name, and season 3 episode 7 has the wildest story arc for this character. It’s a real treat!

TNG season 6 episode 9, the quality of life, but you also have to watch the Peanut Hamper trilogy found in Lower Decks

Recently read this one and enjoyed it. The torus setting and world building was done well and created both a new type of space habitat while creating obstacles and story conflicts.

I thought the bits about the emotional status checks could have been explained better. If I recall correctly, Murderbot is more cyborg than robot, and has some vestigial human traits. And so the emotional status checks are to deal with those human impulses, rather than the old trope of all robots really just want to be a ”real boy”. And this book doesn’t go over that, unless I skimmed that part haha.

Overall, I found it fun and a quick read.

These are beautiful, thanks for sharing. I love how cross stitch is a universal art.

Came here to say this. It’s a great movie, even if it’s ridiculous.

Service Model is one of my all time favorite books. He takes the concepts to their logical conclusion around how a society filled with robots and cold computer logic would evolve. As bleak as it was, he made it funny. And like other posters said about his work, the ending was hopeful.

I also read One Day All This Will Be Yours . It was a really good story with time travel. One of the concepts was time travelers kept fiddling with the past, resulting in a present that existed without the things that happened in the past leading to the present. This book was also funny :)

Didn’t know this movie was out! Going to see it tomorrow before it’s gone.

I use these bobbins too, and while they do come undone a little, I don’t really worry that much. I just tuck the loose thread under the wound part… I am eyeing how you’re using the two notches and might switch up. That looks much better and more secure.

I do store all my bobbins in a fishing tackle box tray, they fit really good and the trays have dividers so I can keep them in order.

That’s great lol