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Blindstone: A Novel of Compute, Karma, and Crossings
A completed Chinese-language speculative novel sends a 2026 reasoning chip back to Beijing in 2010, then follows its consequences across four volumes.
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- Each volume is marked complete and contains eight chapters, with chapter dates, locations, opening lines, and estimated reading times.
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The contents page is organized as four completed volumes of eight “crossings” apiece, with each chapter paired with a date, place or route, opening lines, and estimated reading time. The entries move among Beijing, Shenzhen, the Alps, Kyoto, and the Nu River; individual reading estimates run roughly four to nine minutes. The homepage and supplied chapter excerpts are in Chinese.
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