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5 Favorite Links from author Andy Zach

5 Favorite Links from author Andy Zach. You’ll laugh, think, and enjoy these science, writing, fantasy, and comic links. Chuckles guaranteed.

Let’s start out with this one:

Art by Luca Oleastri. He posted this on the SciFi Roundtable, where I spend time on Facebook. Stop by and say hi to me and many fine science siction and fantasy authors. We also have artists and editors and readers hanging out there.

I mentioned I had flying saucers in my book Paranormal Privateers. Here’s proof:

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5 Favorite Links – What’s Next?

I’ve followed Elon Must and SpaceX closely. I feel I’m reliving my childhood love of space exploration. Check out this video.

What do you think of private space exploration? Do you track SpaceX or one of the other private space firms? Reply and tell me. I’ll give a free short story to each person who comments or emails me.

You Also Get This Favorite Link

I’m so pleased he succeeded! This fact may surpise you: The flight only took twenty minutes to go twenty-two miles; but he had to land in the middle of the channel to refuel. Also, he failed the first time he tried because the hoverboard missed the refueling ship. and he fell into the sea.

Naturally, I have a hoverboard in Paranormal Privateers. Check it out

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The new cover

Behold Your Bonus Book Blurb

What’s this book about?

Zombies charge first, ask questions later.

Middle-aged, overweight, and undead, Diane Newby leads the paranormal privateers against criminals and corruption. Sailing to trouble spots too sensitive for the US government, with zombie strength and regeneration they beat bullies into submission. Aided by zombie turkeys, corgis, and bulls, vicious criminal geniuses fall before them. If Diane gets overwhelmed her lovely zombie bodyguards and romantic zombie husband come to the rescue.

Out of the blue, new foes appear. Or are they friends? Or both? The frenemies neutralize zombies and orchestrate world peace. They disrupt the economy and produce fabulous wealth. Even the greatest criminals and governments can’t stop them from dominating the world.

Can humanity afford the price of peace? All must surrender freedom to a not-so-benign dictatorship. Diane and the paranormal privateers must do the unthinkable to save humanity. But is it enough?

In an explosive and unconventional ending to Andy Zach’s Life After Life Chronicles, you will learn what happens when the paranormal privateers meet the world’s greatest fear. And you will laugh all the way.

For Your Viewing Pleasure, Enjoy this Next Link

I kind of like a 1,000 degree rocket-powered knife. I want to write a story about it. How about you? Should I write the story?

5 Favorite Links – Your Final Link

Hold on to your seats as you view this video.

That is a large eye of a large sea creature. You can see the whole thing in this video from the ocean bottom.

You Read to the End? Enjoy Some Free Books

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4 Real-Life Zombies Taken from the News

4 Real-Life Zombies Taken from the News – Can you believe it? There are REAL zombies in this blog post. These creatures have to be seen to be believed.

4 Real-Life Zombies – Your First Zombie

Zombie chicken? Maybe not. What do you think it is? I’ll send each commenter a free short story.

Enjoy your humor break from zombies! Here it comes:

Check Out Your Second Zombie

This story may disturb you, but look on the bright side: at least you’re not the one with lockjaw until you burst into spores.

Now enjoy another zombie humor break.

4 Real-Life Zombies – Your Next Real Zombie

Are you ready for a zombie tree?

Now take a zombie break with a cringe-worthy real vampire.

After these real zombies, you can use an anti-zombie weapon.

Now for a zombie laugh.

If you don’t like that zombie laugh, how about this one?

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The Fourth Real Zombie Story For You

The next video isn’t real, but it is funny.

You’ve got more coming to you. Do you like the movie ‘Sharknado’? How about the actor Ian Ziering? He appears in this upcoming movie–about a zombie tidal wave.

Did you know my book Zombie Turkeys has a sequel? Check out My Undead Mother-in-law.

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My Undead Mother-in-law – when zombies are your inlaws

But wait! Here come more zombies!

We’ll finish this all-zombie blog post with this review of Paranormal Privateers.

Ann Keeran

5.0 out of 5 stars

Undead Pirates?

May 7, 2018

Super fun saga following the antics of the Paranormal Privateers. Laugh as they save the world. Who would have thought that the undead would be the saviors of the world? A not-so realistic view of the future of the world. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. If you like comedy, the paranormal or books about pirates, you will absolutely love Paranormal Privateers.

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3 Laughs and 3 Links to the Future – Best of the Month

3 Laughs must come first! Here’s the first laugh for you. Then you have to categorize this video. What is it? Animation? Comedy? AI? Something else? Your cleverest response will get a free book fom me.

I must tell you when I first watched this I laughed until I cried.

Your First Link to the Future

In the previous video we have a variety of robots currently working. All of them remind me of my 1960s scifi reading I Robot in this volume by Isaac Asimov. Does any of this make you fear for the present or the future?

My biggest fear is the use of robots in war and terrorism. I can envision these robots with guns and ammo programmed to kill people. Soon. Today. Let me know what you think.

3 Laughs – Your Second

Maybe some of you think racing lawnmowers and world speed records for lawnmowers are perfectly serious topics and not suitable for laughing. Tell me why. in this link

Your Second Link to the Future

Continuing my computer theme, the next article focuses on AI, artificial intelligence. I never heard of ‘Generative Adversarial Neworks (GAN)’ before, so I had to read this article.

My quick summary:

  1. AI = a network of computers that learn patterns from raw data. That’s the ‘N’.
  2. Adversarial – One AI network pitted against another.
  3. Generative – The two AI networks work together, one to train the other, correcting it if it doesn’t achieve the goal. A little-discussed aspect of these learning networks is that training them is quite hard and involves enormous amounts of data and a LOT of time. Using an AI to train an AI in something like facial recognition speeds up the process to light speed and vastly improves the quality of the results.
  4. GAN – Two AI networks solve the problem of time and money in training an AI network to do a task.

What tasks would you like to train AI to do? Maybe link it with a robotic soldier to recognize a civilian versus an enemy soldier versus a fellow soldier? How about how to drive in snow and slush? I know a lot of people who don’t know how to do that yet. Let me know your thoughts. I’ll give each of you who responds a free short story.

3 Laughs – Your Third Laugh

In case that’s not funny enough for you (or not funny at all), here’s a backup joke next:

Still not laughing? Here’s my last, desperate attempt at humor.

Your 3 Laughs are over, but we’ve got one more link to the future, the last video.

Admit it. Isn’t this the space travel future you imagined as a kid?

I grew up as a child of the space age in the 60s, reading science fiction, following NASA space flights, and studying astronomy and physics. I dreamed of becoming a science fiction author and finally am one. You can find my books here:

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Until next time!

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