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Join Emmanuel M. Arriaga and Mr. Anonymous in today's Collaborating Conversations Podcast episode as they discuss the Future of Graphics and Arts. Tune in as they dive into "Creativity and A.I."

This episode also features topics like:

Topic overview: Creativity and A.I.

Stable Diffusion (Prompt A.I.)

The artistic process in building Foundra

The effect of art generating A.I. on Artists

The evolution of technology and computers

The capabilities of Advance Artificial Intelligence

Featured Sci-fi Character: Skippy

Featured Sci-fi Book: Columbus day (Book 1 of The Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson)

Foundra Character Introduction: Ellipse (Synaptic Systems Intelligence Created by Kenchu)

Foundra Universe’s A.I.: Synaptic Systems Intelligence or S.S.I.

Humans, A.I. And Robots

Featured Sci-fi Character: Bob

Featured Sci-fi Book: The Bobiverse By Dennis E. Taylor

Featured Sci-fi Games: Horizon Zero Dawn, Halo

Featured Sci-fi Movie: The Expanse

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an award winning author with an engineering, cyber security and data privacy background working in the Technology sector. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award winner.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below: https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out "Foundra" on Fandom.com

Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Join Emmanuel M. Arriaga, Max Naza, and Mr. Anonymous as they talk about the very popular science fiction phenomenon, “Alien Invasion.” Sit back and enjoy today’s episode of The Collaborating Conversations Podcast.

This episode also features topics like:

Topic Overview: Alien Invasion

Human's initial behavior toward Superior species

Featured Novel: Skyward Series by Brandon Sanderson

Human-Alien Conflict

Featured Novel: Death World by Harry Harisson

Featured Novel: Startrek

Featured Sci-fi Movie: Independence day

Featured Novel: Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson

Sci-fi mainstream focus: Human perspective on Aliens Vs. Alien’s perspective on Humans

Featured Novel: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Effect of Alien Invasion on Human’s Intelligence

Featured Sci-fi Show: Earth: Final Conflict

Alien Colonization : Communication problem

Featured Sci-fi Movie: Arrival

Hummanity on Super advanced species

Power of words in the technologically advanced world

Featured Sci-fi Game: Horizon Zero Dawn

Technology and Aliens

Featured Sci-fi Movie: Avengers End Game

Humanity losing to Aliens

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a Readers' Favorite for Best Young Adult Action Novel Bronze Winner and a TopShelf Book Award Winner.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below: https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Welcome to another episode of Collaborating Conversations Podcast with your hosts, Emmanuel M. Arriaga and Max Naza, as they talk about the theories behind the mainstream science phenomenon in famous movies like Avengers, The Umbrella Academy, Time traveler's wife, and Back to the future, "Time Travel."

This episode also features topics like:

What and how Time travel works

Grandfather Paradox & Predestination Paradox

Multiverse Theory

Featured Series: Time traveler’s wife, The butterfly effect, The umbrella academy, MCU

Origin of Time Travel Concept

Evolution of Time Travel Concept from 14th to 21st century

Memories: ( unreliability of human mind )

Time and Space

Technology Advancement

Body and Consciousness in time travel

Mandela Effect

Introduction of Vempiir: Species on the Foundra Universe

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below: https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Welcome to another episode of Collaborating Conversations Podcast with your hosts, Emmanuel M. Arriaga, Mr. Anonymous and Max Naza, as they talk more about The Fall Of Galactic Civilizations in Science Fiction and its effect on character narratives.

This episode also features topics like:

The emotional wave of finishing a book

Featured Novel: Ancillary Mercy ( Imperial Radch #3 ) by Ann Leckie

Two ways to end a book (Author’s approach)

Sci-fi Series featured: Expanse

Stargate Atlantis: The Ancients (Energy Beings)

Foundra Series: (Multi-book stand-alone novel)

What is a D&D Campaign

What is an Epilogue

The Fall of Galactic Civicilzation’s effect to a Character’s Narrative

Character Analysis: Bob ( The Bobiverse )

Galactic Civilizations in The Mass Effect Game

Sci-Fi Game featured: Starcraft

Starcraft: Xel’Naga

Sci-Fi Series Featured: Andromeda

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a Readers' Favorite for Best Young Adult Action Novel Bronze Winner and a TopShelf Book Award Winner.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below: https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Today's episode is about The Fall Of Galactic Civilizations in Science Fiction, hosted by Emmanuel M. Arriaga, Max Naza, and Mr. Anonymous.

Please tune into this podcast as Emmanuel shares his perspective as a Sci-Fi Author on a theme or phenomenon in science fiction films, series, and novels.

This episode also features topics like:

Sci-fi Series books featured: Bobiverse, Expeditionary Force, Stargate Atlantis, The Expanse

The ancient technology and advanced species in the universe

The Expanse: The Ring Builders

Sci-fi Author featured: A.G. Riddle

Stargate Atlantis: The Ancients (Energy Beings)

The Progress of Galactic Civilizations

Expeditionary Force: Skippy and Super Advance Technology

Why Humans want Nirvana

Bobiverse: Evolution of Technology

Foundra: Imprisonment of Sagren and Enesmic Energy (Ancient Orb)

Foundra Winning “TopShelf Book Award 1st Place Award

The Apocalypse Genre Vs. Galactic Apocalypse

The Expanse: Dark gods(The Ring Entities)

The Driving Narrative of Sci-fi books, games, and series

Sci-fi Game featured: Mass Effect

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a Readers' Favorite for Best Young Adult Action Novel Bronze Winner and a TopShelf Book Award Winner.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below: https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Episode 7 of the Collaborating Conversations Podcast is a continuation of Episode 6, in which Emmanuel Arriaga and his co-hosts discussed technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Singularity in Science Fiction.

This episode also features topics like:

Evolution of technology

Future of Technology

The concept of A.I. in Singularity

Featured Series: The Expanse ( television series )

Extensive knowledge in Singularity

Utopia: A.I.s and Humans

Featured Series: The Bubble (The bubble universe ) by Jason Werbeloff

Being a human to machine

Featured Series: Fall by Neil Stephenson

Featured Series: Explorando

Artificial Intelligence in Foundra

Today’s machines

Digital Entity or Mortal Entity

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

Music by Mona Wonderlick

Free download: http://bit.ly/free-range-download

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Today's episode of Collaborating Conversations Podcast is all about technology, Artificial Intelligence, and what Singularity means in Science Fiction. This episode also discusses books and series that deal with A.I. and Singularity in Scifi.

This episode also features topics like:

Introduction of Artificial Intelligence

Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark

Concept of Sensient Technologies

What can be identified as A.I.?

The Danger of A.I.

Introduction of Ellipse ( Foundra’s A.I. Character )

The Concept of Singularity in Scifi ( Unity between Humanity and A.I.)

The Culture by Iain Banks

Surrogates by Robert Venditti

Benevolent and Malevolent Artificial Intelligence

A.I. effects on society, economy, and human development

History of Technology and Computer Science

Machine Evolution And Revolution

Ethics, A.I., and the future of humanity

Progression of Technology

Featured Series: Startrek

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

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Part 5 of Foundra Deep Dive episode is more about Emmanuel Arriaga on the stages of becoming an author, how an author can write a good book, phases of writing, and a continued discussion on the book "Foundra."

This episode also features topics like:

How to start writing your book

Creating the Foundra Universe ( Knowing the beginning and the end )

Writing the story ( Foundra series )

Becoming a good author

A new modern fantasy novel from Emmanuel Arriaga

Plot-driven story vs. Character-driven story

Story analysis ( Doctor Strange 1 and 2 )

Character analysis ( Transformer’s Optimus Prime )

R.A. Salvatore: How he first wrote a story

Rewriting Foundra

Writing the story: Plots and Cliffhangers

Book 3 of the Foundra Series

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

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This episode is about deep diving into Foundra, the space opera novel written by your host, Emmanuel M. Arriaga. Including the second book of the foundra series, Pride Of Ashna, with new characters, new conflicts, and new stories that will make sci-fi fanatics wowed.

This episode also features topics like:

Continuation of the introduction of Pride of Ashna ( Book 2 of the Foundra series )

Setting up the audiobook for Pride Of Ashna

Hiring the right voice actors and actresses

Voice acting and Voice Effects

Making use of Explicit scenes and Expletive words in a novel

How to create a Character

Different species in the Foundra universe

Good use of Main and Secondary characters

Introduction of Some Characters (Dexter, Serah’ Elax, and Sephan )

Difference between a Novel and a Novella

Genres of a book: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Young adult,

Turning books into Animated series and Live action.

Empires and Outer Rim in the Foundra Universe

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative, award-winning author with an engineering background in technology. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://bit.ly/book1foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

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A continuation of the Foundra deep dive by Emmanuel M Arriaga. This episode continues the discussion of the species within the Foundra Universe and goes into the distinct classes that exist for each character and how D&D inspired this concept for Foundra.

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga:

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative award-winning author with an engineering background working in the Technology sector. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera, and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com

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A continuation of the Foundra deep dive by Emmanuel M Arriaga. Picking up right after episode 1 and the discussion of Serah’Elax and the Das’Vin who take center stage in Foundra Book 2, Pride of Ashna.

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In this episode, Emmanuel Arriaga discusses his writing career and how he promotes his science fiction space opera "Foundra" as a self-published author. This episode also features the introduction of some characters, races in the Foundra universe, and books 1 and 2 of the series.

In this episode, you will learn:

The author's works ( Foundra, Pride of Ashna )

The life of a self-published author

The creation of the Foundra Universe

The beginning of the Foundra series

Introduction of Some Characters

Introduction of Pride of Ashna ( Book 2 of the Fundra series )

About Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Emmanuel M. Arriaga is an imaginative award-winning author with an engineering background working in the Technology sector. He is best known for the Foundra Series, a sci-fi space opera, and National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA) Finalist. His rich worlds introduce diverse characters and expansive worldbuilding with innovative technologies and concepts. He is a bronze winner of the Readers' Favorite Award for Best Young Adult Action Novel and a TopShelf Book Award Finalist.

For more information, you can follow him on:

Website: https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelarriaga/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmanuel_m_arriaga/ or https://www.instagram.com/foundra_universe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emmanuelmarriaga/

You can order a copy of "Foundra" from Amazon by clicking on the link below:

https://www.emmanuelmarriaga.com/foundra

Be part of our collaborative community website about Foundra that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Check out Foundra on Fandom.com