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Story archive / Our Near Future World

What It Means to Be Human

Genetic modifications, cyborgs, androids, bioroids, robots...at what point do we cease to be human?

Works / Books

The book dossier.

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II / Characters

The lives inside the world.

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III / Setting

Where the story becomes possible.

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Also in Our Near Future World

Other series and stories.

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01 / Story

Silent Scream

The world is run by AI and robots while humans live in a virtual reality utopia.

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02 / Story

Gaia Lost

Nature replaced by ever more efficient synthetic mechanical technological systems...

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