![]() ![]() ![]() Her brother Jake has to resort to working as a "bill collector" for Lawrence. ![]() Harper's family had fallen into poverty and despair due to her father's shady dealings and borrowing money he couldn't pay to a man named Lawrence, and her mother's cancer illness. Riding turned into a passion for her, and she worked at the stables in exchange for riding time for years until her family moved to the city. Her mother had to bribe her with horseback riding lessons to get her to go to ballet lessons. When she was young her physical therapist recommended ballet to help her stretch her muscles and improve her balance, but she hated it. To this day she still has trouble with balance and walks with a limp, but she considers herself very lucky. ![]() When Harper was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, and she got stuck in the birth canal, she didn't get enough air, thus she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, which causes problems in the brain, and some muscles don't develop the right way.Ĭerebral Palsy affects everyone differently, some people can't walk, or they can't speak, or they have to use a wheelchair, Harper was a lot worse off when she was younger, so she had surgery to correct her left leg. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments 1920 karel capek![]() Much like our 21 st century use of robots-for industry. The main, human characters, work in a factory that produces lifelike robots that are used for all kinds of tasks. The premise of Čapek’s play revolves around the idea of a disposable workforce. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) and effectively solidified the word ‘robot’ into the human lexicon. Baum’s Tin Man might even be considered an automaton!īut in 1920, the Czech playwright Karel Čapek published his seminal work, R.U.R. In Homer’s Iliad, Hephaestus is described as having two golden handmaidens who possessed “intelligence in their hearts.” The handmaidens’ purpose was to hold up Hephaestus’ old, frail body, and not much else.Īnd we’ve seen a slew of automatons in literature since the classic Greek days. (Spoiler warning for R.U.R.) Robot PrecursorsĪutomatons and mechanical human facsimiles have been a part of literature for thousands of years. Robot means, according to Merriam Webster, “a machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently and performing complex actions.” Or, on a rudimentary level, “a device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks.”īut, to really get to the source of the robot definition, we have to take a trip back to 1920, Czechoslovakia. ![]() ![]() Nowadays, the term robot has come to mean a few different things, whether that’s Terminator, a Roomba, or the industrial robots used on manufacturing assembly lines. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Captive by Jex Lane![]() I Releasedīy Jex Lane | | Captive, New ReleasePick up your copy of Captive: Beautiful Monsters Vol. Unable to help himself, Titus abducts a.Ĭaptive: Beautiful Monsters Vol. Unable to stop the vampire inside from preying on humans, he keeps himself confined to a lonely existence. For thousands of years, vampires and incubi have been at war, fighting over territory, wealth, and hunting grounds. Captive by Jex Lane (ePUB, PDF, Downloads) Captive (Beautiful Monsters 1) by Jex Lane Free eBooks Download Description: Matthew Callahan has spent seven years struggling against the insatiable hunger for blood consuming him. ![]() II today! Available to buy on Amazon and FREE with.īy Jex Lane | | Free, New ReleasePick up your copy of Pearl and the Dread King by signing up for my newsletter HERE or via Instafreebie. II is now out!īy Jex Lane | | BeMo, New Release, SireIt’s out! Grab your copy of Sire: Beautiful Monsters Vol. III is now out!īy Jex Lane | | BeMo, Broken, New ReleaseI’m pleased to announce that Broken: Beautiful Monsters Vol. Stone Sentinel: A Beautiful Monsters Story was just released on Amazon! Here’s the blurb: As a gargoyle, Jet would prefer to spend his days sitting on the corner of a building, but when Samantha insists that Krampus.īroken: Beautiful Monsters Vol. ![]() By Jex Lane | | BeMo, New ReleaseHappy Holidays! I have some HUGE news for you. ![]() |