P.D. Cain's Blog

Apart from another busy week doing everything from gardening and skippering a boat, had to get togged up in my best clothes to go and see the European Premiere of 'Pollen, the Musical', performed by the Algarveans Theatre Group at the Lagoa Auditorium. The music and lyrics were written by Ian Carfrae, a theatre group member (and also previously of the New Vaudeville Band ie: Winchester Cathedral song) and along with co-writer Robert Hay Smith.
It was an excellent show and a joy to watch.
n.b. I have still had no time to finish the second edit of my book 'Till the End of Time'. I have however been selling a few A-Z of Animal Poems & Colouring Book, which I am extremely pleased about.
I also have some short videos to produce. Fortunately there is not too much animation involved although I do have 'the Bee Movie' to produce (not the Walt Disney one) with my co-producer, Bernadete, and is a promotional video for a local honey making enterprise.

The week has been spent producing a promotional video for my A-Z of Animal Poems & Colouring Book. It is aimed at foreign students learning English as a second language.
The new video review can be found on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/p7yKES-_8S4

A-Z of Animal Poems & Colouring Book

books
Posted by captainpeter.net Sat, October 01, 2016 12:11:03

Hi everyone,
my Goodreads Giveaway promotion exceeded my expectations with over 1,600 people entering to win one of the ten books I am giving away.
Congratulations to these winners:-
Pat Green, Twickenham, GB

Timothy Hall, Concord N. US

Jillian Easton, Smithville, US

Alan Brown, Lancing, GB

Emma Frost, Barnsley, GB

Nicole Bright, Daventry GB

Christa Soco, Griffith US

Timea Cassera,Broxbourne, GB

Sharon Burton, Erlanger, US

Meredith Isbell, Louisville, US

A big thank you to all those who took part. I hope you will all keep in touch.


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So far I have received a 50/50 response on this:-
In the not too distant future, technology will bring us to the point where a moral decision will need to be made.
I had already written April Dawn-Life Lives before a program appeared on TV about a man investing millions into continuing living after his body is 'spent'. A way for his brain waves and patterns, with all its memories, feelings, emotions etc be transplanted into an artificial brain, within an artificial body. This man reckons it will take thirty years to achieve, but I think it will be much sooner than that.
So, it becomes possible. But then you discover the new brain is 'flawed', such as you reproduced Einsteins brain patterns. He remembers everyone. He has feelings and emotions. His whole life he remembers - except he can't add up for toffee!! As his 'creator' would you kill him off because you brought him back to life for his math genius?
What about bringing your grandmother back? She remembers everything and everyone,except her feelings towards you have changed and she heaps more affection on your sister or brother. You are seriously miffed with her ingratitude! As her 'creator' would you kill her? Try again maybe? You did after all reincarnate her. Legally, you do own her. She is only a machine isn't she?
In the case of April Dawn, she was created for military use, but in their eyes she is 'not fit for purpose', yet she has memories, feelings etc from her previous life/lives.
What would you do? Kill or keep?