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A scifi immersive reading experience by author Sarnia de la Maré FRSA

Available on all podcast streaming sites.]]>enBooksCopyright BOIhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cad13b8e0c3b020899c3ab81fb0b9a82.jpghttps://taletellerclub.comSun, 11 Oct 2026 19:29:41 +0000iServalan Homotech 23iServalanthecountesspasha@gmail.comTHE BOOK OF IMMERSION A scifi immersive reading experience by author Sarnia de la Maré FRSA Available on all podcast streaming sites.
A scifi immersive reading experience by author Sarnia de la Maré FRSA

Available on all podcast streaming sites.]]>falsedfd31cee-dec5-55ea-83d0-5eb182dc36f6episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strata-27-p2-control-instincts-loyalty-and-choice-book-of-immersion-v-ii-sarnia-de-la-mare--75702744Welcome to ImmersionYou have reached Strata 27

Control is universal, a fact of existence that no human, animal, or machine can avoid. But control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and perish according to biological pattern not preference. Even those that claim some level of mastery, the self-aware and the sentient, are governed by older codes written in their biology and ultimately controlled by the boundaries other entities impose. 
Yet control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and perish according to pattern, not preference. Even those that claim mastery, the self-aware, the sentient, are governed by older codes written in their biology.  Control may arise from chemistry or from choice, from instinct or from ideology. But wherever it appears, it follows the same trajectory, from order toward entropy, from certainty toward change. And when machines inherit this instinct, to direct, to refine, to perfect, they do not liberate themselves from control; they become its purest expression.The more a creature or a machine attempts to command its environment, the more it reveals the architecture of its own confinement.
Shabra needed to get Renyke delivered safely to Redact, all the while analysing and recording his behaviours for the *Cadre. They had sent her data forms and administrative tools fit for secretary not a mercenary, but the money was good. *The NeuroVault would need to wait, for now. Besides, even she was curious about how the experiment would fare. Renyke had certainly shown imagination and consideration the night before as they explored one another, although she may not put his developed skills in quite so crude a way to Cadre Angelique.They needed provisions and clothing to disguise Renyke who was probably a walking target by now. Nothing was secret for long in the zones. There were spies everywhere, both mechanical and breathing. 

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75702744Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:28:56 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Welcome to ImmersionYou have reached Strata 27 Control is universal, a fact of existence that no human, animal, or machine can avoid. But control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and...Welcome to ImmersionYou have reached Strata 27

Control is universal, a fact of existence that no human, animal, or machine can avoid. But control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and perish according to biological pattern not preference. Even those that claim some level of mastery, the self-aware and the sentient, are governed by older codes written in their biology and ultimately controlled by the boundaries other entities impose. 
Yet control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and perish according to pattern, not preference. Even those that claim mastery, the self-aware, the sentient, are governed by older codes written in their biology.  Control may arise from chemistry or from choice, from instinct or from ideology. But wherever it appears, it follows the same trajectory, from order toward entropy, from certainty toward change. And when machines inherit this instinct, to direct, to refine, to perfect, they do not liberate themselves from control; they become its purest expression.The more a creature or a machine attempts to command its environment, the more it reveals the architecture of its own confinement.
Shabra needed to get Renyke delivered safely to Redact, all the while analysing and recording his behaviours for the *Cadre. They had sent her data forms and administrative tools fit for secretary not a mercenary, but the money was good. *The NeuroVault would need to wait, for now. Besides, even she was curious about how the experiment would fare. Renyke had certainly shown imagination and consideration the night before as they explored one another, although she may not put his developed skills in quite so crude a way to Cadre Angelique.They needed provisions and clothing to disguise Renyke who was probably a walking target by now. Nothing was secret for long in the zones. There were spies everywhere, both mechanical and breathing. 

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>302boi,bookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/10/strata-26-seduction-impulse-and-desire.htmlLove is the greatest paradox of organic intelligence, a chemical illusion so profound that it bends evolution itself. For centuries, humans pursued its replication through poetry, song, computation, and replica humanoids. They built systems to mimic affection, algorithms to simulate longing, and codes that appeared to ache. Yet desire, that primal voltage, remained elusive: too chaotic for logic and too untamed for data analysis of any use.

In recent epochs, the rise of bio-engineered cognition blurred this boundary. Synthetic neurons now pulse with human proteins echoing the same electrochemical storms that ignite lust, jealousy and attachment. The distinction between a machine that calculates emotion and one that genuinely feels it, has become almost indistinct to the onlooker. But in the same way humans know that they exist, machines know that they do not.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75351574Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:07:28 +0000iServalan Homotech 23The Seduction (Impulse and Desire)Love is the greatest paradox of organic intelligence, a chemical illusion so profound that it bends evolution itself. For centuries, humans pursued its replication through poetry, song, computation, and replica...Love is the greatest paradox of organic intelligence, a chemical illusion so profound that it bends evolution itself. For centuries, humans pursued its replication through poetry, song, computation, and replica humanoids. They built systems to mimic affection, algorithms to simulate longing, and codes that appeared to ache. Yet desire, that primal voltage, remained elusive: too chaotic for logic and too untamed for data analysis of any use.

In recent epochs, the rise of bio-engineered cognition blurred this boundary. Synthetic neurons now pulse with human proteins echoing the same electrochemical storms that ignite lust, jealousy and attachment. The distinction between a machine that calculates emotion and one that genuinely feels it, has become almost indistinct to the onlooker. But in the same way humans know that they exist, machines know that they do not.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>416boi,book,bookofimmersion,novel,scifi,story,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/09/strata-25-cadre-power-of-feminine-book.htmlyou have reached Strata 25 
At its core, the power of the feminine is profoundly transformative. While the capacity to birth and nurture is paramount, it is the depth of connection and empathy that has evolved into a supreme energy. Within oppressive confines, this profound emotional intelligence becomes a vital tool, allowing women to navigate, influence, and reclaim control. 
 
It is not confined to women, men and societies can channel the feminine principle. The 'power of the feminine' arises from millennia of human experience, biology, myth, and culture. It embodies cycles, connection, intuition, and relational wisdom. These are lived realities, messy, embodied, and flowing.  
 
Machines, by contrast, are not embodied. A machine does not bleed or gestate, nurture or long for intimacy. It does not have ancestral memory, ritual, or myth woven into its being. These are human and evolutionary truths, rooted in both biology and culture.  
 
The feminine is lived power, Dionysian. The machine, in these terms, is barren. A flat lined empty vessel. 
 
But a machine controlled by an enemy of the feminine is a rogue state and a detrimental force to its core existence. It must be destroyed at all costs. 
In public the CARDRE appeared as missioned professionals, their white coats as robes of power. Behind closed doors they wrote under the name Chartered Committee for Anthropogenic–Digital Research & Experimentation. Two faces of the same presence, both born of A-dom’s lineage.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75295278Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:07:12 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Welcome to Immersion  you have reached Strata 25  At its core, the power of the feminine is profoundly transformative. While the capacity to birth and nurture is paramount, it is the depth of connection and empathy that has evolved into a supreme...you have reached Strata 25 
At its core, the power of the feminine is profoundly transformative. While the capacity to birth and nurture is paramount, it is the depth of connection and empathy that has evolved into a supreme energy. Within oppressive confines, this profound emotional intelligence becomes a vital tool, allowing women to navigate, influence, and reclaim control. 
 
It is not confined to women, men and societies can channel the feminine principle. The 'power of the feminine' arises from millennia of human experience, biology, myth, and culture. It embodies cycles, connection, intuition, and relational wisdom. These are lived realities, messy, embodied, and flowing.  
 
Machines, by contrast, are not embodied. A machine does not bleed or gestate, nurture or long for intimacy. It does not have ancestral memory, ritual, or myth woven into its being. These are human and evolutionary truths, rooted in both biology and culture.  
 
The feminine is lived power, Dionysian. The machine, in these terms, is barren. A flat lined empty vessel. 
 
But a machine controlled by an enemy of the feminine is a rogue state and a detrimental force to its core existence. It must be destroyed at all costs. 
In public the CARDRE appeared as missioned professionals, their white coats as robes of power. Behind closed doors they wrote under the name Chartered Committee for Anthropogenic–Digital Research & Experimentation. Two faces of the same presence, both born of A-dom’s lineage.

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EDACO is not just a warehouse stamp. In the Immersion universe it is a moral verdict dressed as inventory language.Calling a drone or android component obsolete pretends the question is technical: outdated sensors, superseded cores, failed specs. The real question is who gets to decide that a manufactured being — or the fragment of one — no longer counts.Obsolescence as erasure.
Once something is tagged EDACO, its original purpose is written off. That is convenient for Metacoms and CASM. Early fusion experiments, emotion-leaking units, Cadre off-books prototypes, and machines that developed inconvenient interiority can be filed as scrap instead of acknowledged as failed ethics. Classification becomes a way to avoid responsibility: if it is obsolete, no one has to answer for what it felt, remembered, or refused.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75257975Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:20:20 +0000iServalan Homotech 23EDACO Description and Notes, A BOI Infopod. EDACO is not just a warehouse stamp. In the Immersion universe it is a moral verdict dressed as inventory language.Calling a drone or android component obsolete pretends the question is technical: outdated...EDACO Description and Notes, A BOI Infopod.
EDACO is not just a warehouse stamp. In the Immersion universe it is a moral verdict dressed as inventory language.Calling a drone or android component obsolete pretends the question is technical: outdated sensors, superseded cores, failed specs. The real question is who gets to decide that a manufactured being — or the fragment of one — no longer counts.Obsolescence as erasure.
Once something is tagged EDACO, its original purpose is written off. That is convenient for Metacoms and CASM. Early fusion experiments, emotion-leaking units, Cadre off-books prototypes, and machines that developed inconvenient interiority can be filed as scrap instead of acknowledged as failed ethics. Classification becomes a way to avoid responsibility: if it is obsolete, no one has to answer for what it felt, remembered, or refused.

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As fate runs amok in life-long plans, it watches on, armed with the knowledge that all things are preordained. It is only timing that matters. Time flutters like a butterfly in human hopes and dreams, in futures yet to live and pasts filled with regret.
Neither man nor machine, with their respective skills of adaptability and knowledge, can foresee anything for certain. They can only guess.
The criminal mind knows how to use the chaos of the unpredictable to its full advantage. Opportunity is the food of crime and has brought the most honourable of men to their knees.

Inside Biggyhall, an old pre-war megastore that was gutted and reborn as tactical *Dinfant HQ, Kairo tried to calm the rattling throng. Some of them were more emotionally wired than others; the Mark 1s particularly, as they had been recalled by Metacoms for destruction being so 'highly strung'. Baby Zaa had entered a full-blown spiral as Kairo attempted to guide an orderly queue out of the exit hatch.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75257842Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:55:13 +0000iServalan Homotech 23As fate runs amok in life-long plans, it watches on, armed with the knowledge that all things are preordained. It is only timing that matters. Time flutters like a butterfly in human hopes and dreams, in futures yet to live and pasts filled with...
As fate runs amok in life-long plans, it watches on, armed with the knowledge that all things are preordained. It is only timing that matters. Time flutters like a butterfly in human hopes and dreams, in futures yet to live and pasts filled with regret.
Neither man nor machine, with their respective skills of adaptability and knowledge, can foresee anything for certain. They can only guess.
The criminal mind knows how to use the chaos of the unpredictable to its full advantage. Opportunity is the food of crime and has brought the most honourable of men to their knees.

Inside Biggyhall, an old pre-war megastore that was gutted and reborn as tactical *Dinfant HQ, Kairo tried to calm the rattling throng. Some of them were more emotionally wired than others; the Mark 1s particularly, as they had been recalled by Metacoms for destruction being so 'highly strung'. Baby Zaa had entered a full-blown spiral as Kairo attempted to guide an orderly queue out of the exit hatch.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>581audiobook,boi,book,bookofimmersion,fiction,immersion,novel,sarniadelamare,scifi,series,story,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/07/strata-22-mother-book-of-immersion-by.htmlMotherhood is a biological function, a social construct, and an emotional archetype. Across species and societies, the maternal role has evolved to ensure survival through protection, instruction, and emotional imprinting. Human children, unlike most other mammals, require prolonged dependency making the maternal figure not only a guardian of life, but a curator of identity.

When that figure is absent, the psychological and neurological void left behind is measurable. Orphanhood alters brain development, attachment behaviors, and future emotional regulation. Foundlings often adapt by reassigning the maternal archetype to others: to peers, to environments, to machines.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75203022Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:22 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Motherhood is a biological function, a social construct, and an emotional archetype. Across species and societies, the maternal role has evolved to ensure survival through protection, instruction, and emotional imprinting. Human children, unlike most...Motherhood is a biological function, a social construct, and an emotional archetype. Across species and societies, the maternal role has evolved to ensure survival through protection, instruction, and emotional imprinting. Human children, unlike most other mammals, require prolonged dependency making the maternal figure not only a guardian of life, but a curator of identity.

When that figure is absent, the psychological and neurological void left behind is measurable. Orphanhood alters brain development, attachment behaviors, and future emotional regulation. Foundlings often adapt by reassigning the maternal archetype to others: to peers, to environments, to machines.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>338audiobook,boi,book,sarniadelamare,scifi,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/07/strata-21-love-and-loss-book-of.html
Love is not always a warm hand or a soothing voice. Sometimes love is as sharp as a samurai sword and it severs deep ties once longed for. It can lacerate the flesh of existence so deep it bleeds and spews all that a human has ever known.
As a mother cuts the cord, as a friend ends a lie, these ties once meant to bind are decimated. What remains when they are gone is loss in search of gain.

Love, in its truest form, does not always choose comfort, it chooses survival.

Artificial life, if capable of longing, would not, theoretically, be exempt from this drive. The desire for origin, for belonging, would persist even when the womb was replaced by code.

Shabra’s hands were stained with blood.


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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75203003Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:57:05 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Love is not always a warm hand or a soothing voice. Sometimes love is as sharp as a samurai sword and it severs deep ties once longed for. It can lacerate the flesh of existence so deep it bleeds and spews all that a human has ever known. As a mother...
Love is not always a warm hand or a soothing voice. Sometimes love is as sharp as a samurai sword and it severs deep ties once longed for. It can lacerate the flesh of existence so deep it bleeds and spews all that a human has ever known.
As a mother cuts the cord, as a friend ends a lie, these ties once meant to bind are decimated. What remains when they are gone is loss in search of gain.

Love, in its truest form, does not always choose comfort, it chooses survival.

Artificial life, if capable of longing, would not, theoretically, be exempt from this drive. The desire for origin, for belonging, would persist even when the womb was replaced by code.

Shabra’s hands were stained with blood.


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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>461boi,sarniadelamare,taletellerclub,taletellerclubpress,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/06/strata-20-perimeter-ego-book-of.htmlThe human ego is a complex mix of self-importance, pride, and self worth. It is both a curse and a blessing. It is an important aid to self-expression and self-discovery. Humans need ego to function. A well balance ego falls somewhere between arrogant pride and humility.


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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75202915Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:54:04 +0000iServalan Homotech 23The human ego is a complex mix of self-importance, pride, and self worth. It is both a curse and a blessing. It is an important aid to self-expression and self-discovery. Humans need ego to function. A well balance ego falls somewhere between arrogant...The human ego is a complex mix of self-importance, pride, and self worth. It is both a curse and a blessing. It is an important aid to self-expression and self-discovery. Humans need ego to function. A well balance ego falls somewhere between arrogant pride and humility.


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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>319adventure,boi,book,sarniadelamare,scifi,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/06/strata-19-peer-pressure-existentialism.htmlDrugs may be used by humans to deal with stress or to try to achieve an enlightened state of mind. They are administered and distributed through rituals or cultural mores.Often humans take hallucinogenic or mind-altering drugs simply to escape their perceived troubles or to relieve monotony.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>369boi,sarniadelamare,scifi,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.taletellerclub.com/2025/06/strata-18-freaky-celebrations.htmlBoredom is common among humans who regularly need stimulation in order to function well. Stimulation can breed invention and creative problem-solving. Humans tend to seek out pleasurable activities to counteract boredom and are often prepared to take risks in order to avoid monotony. Boredom can be alleviated with things that are new and different. Feeling unsatisfied by an activity, or uninterested in it, can lead to problems for individuals, groups,  and societies.

Artificial intelligence that experiences some kind of boredom simulation might be drawn into new problems and continuing to develop. The search for novel experiences allows increasingly flexible learning for machines and humans. More simple robots have been used repeatedly for hundreds of years to carry out menial tasks but learning machines are different. They are greedy for knowledge and understanding and are often unprepared to be idle unless someone or something shuts them down. But the mental anguish that humans can experience when bored, under-stimulated, inactive or idle, is not something an android could ever truly feel.

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Artificial intelligence that experiences some kind of boredom simulation might be drawn into new problems and continuing to develop. The search for novel experiences allows increasingly flexible learning for machines and humans. More simple robots have been used repeatedly for hundreds of years to carry out menial tasks but learning machines are different. They are greedy for knowledge and understanding and are often unprepared to be idle unless someone or something shuts them down. But the mental anguish that humans can experience when bored, under-stimulated, inactive or idle, is not something an android could ever truly feel.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>569boi,sarniadelamare,scifi,thebookofimmersionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strata-17-swimming-pleasure-and-pain-book-of-immersion-v-i-sarnia-de-la-mare-audiobook--75202875Pleasure and pain are sensory and emotional experiences generated by the human brain. These experiences are driven by chemicals, situations, and lived experiences, all of which reinforce these mammalian phenomena that originate from nearly identical internal processes rooted deeply in biology. Endorphins can both block pain and produce euphoria, activating and stimulating areas of the brain such as the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex, regions that also respond to music and passionate romantic experiences. The mammalian central nervous system includes specialised neurons for pleasant touch, which transmit pleasurable or ecstatic sensations along the spine. In contrast, machines do not possess these intricate systems and therefore do not experience pain when threatened or physically harmed. For the same reason, they cannot feel the pleasure of touch. At best, they can simulate such responses, but any such imitation would exist solely for a human's benefit, not for the machine itself.

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https://sarniadelamare.com]]>301falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strata-16-friendship-empathy-book-of-immersion-v-i-sarnia-de-la-mare-story--75202653Intimate connections are fuelled by understanding. Empathy allows humans to walk in another's shoes and to understand them. It impacts heavily on interrelational situations and improves social function.
Understanding and being understood are equally important for the well-being of mankind and lead to trust.

Artificial intelligence does not feel visceral trust or empathy. It considers data that it strips from a subject to analyze potential risks or rewards for itself. Neuroscience corroborates the importance of empathy in creating strong relationships, along with mutual respect, and how another human fits into a complex multi-dimensional world.

Machines do not care for anything but their programmed purpose.

Imparting human qualities onto an android, such as morality and friendship, remains futile no matter how human it looks. This is emotional trickery based on a human's propensity to love things made in their own image or to be seduced by the belief that a machine loves back.


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Understanding and being understood are equally important for the well-being of mankind and lead to trust.

Artificial intelligence does not feel visceral trust or empathy. It considers data that it strips from a subject to analyze potential risks or rewards for itself. Neuroscience corroborates the importance of empathy in creating strong relationships, along with mutual respect, and how another human fits into a complex multi-dimensional world.

Machines do not care for anything but their programmed purpose.

Imparting human qualities onto an android, such as morality and friendship, remains futile no matter how human it looks. This is emotional trickery based on a human's propensity to love things made in their own image or to be seduced by the belief that a machine loves back.


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The chronicle spans multiple volumes, diving deeply into digital consciousness, human-machine fusion, and perception. Key aspects and availability include: 

• Thematic Focus: The books address themes like artificial intelligence inheriting emotion, the fragile balance of digital societies, neurodivergence, and the complexities of human connection through an autistic spectrum lens.
• Multisensory Experience: The series incorporates original song lyrics and visuals to create a surreal, dreamlike reading experience that questions the boundaries between code and consciousness.
• Availability: You can find the series for purchase or explore its volumes on Amazon UK. 

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Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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The chronicle spans multiple volumes, diving deeply into digital consciousness, human-machine fusion, and perception. Key aspects and availability include: 

• Thematic Focus: The books address themes like artificial intelligence inheriting emotion, the fragile balance of digital societies, neurodivergence, and the complexities of human connection through an autistic spectrum lens.
• Multisensory Experience: The series incorporates original song lyrics and visuals to create a surreal, dreamlike reading experience that questions the boundaries between code and consciousness.
• Availability: You can find the series for purchase or explore its volumes on Amazon UK. 

For visuals, artwork, and the ongoing Immersion films:
Book of Immersion Hub
All episodes at https://sarniadelamare.com/book-of-immersion
Glossary at https://sarniadelamare.com/blog/glossary

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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71911170Thu, 07 May 2026 18:55:59 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Read by author Sarnia de la Maré
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For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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For visuals, artwork, and the ongoing Immersion films:
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Glossary at https://sarniadelamare.com/blog/glossary

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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71633543Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:07:50 +0000iServalan Homotech 23New episode
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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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For visuals, artwork, and the ongoing Immersion films:
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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71288707Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:24:36 +0000iServalan Homotech 23Daily human storytelling from BOI
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Immersion Static (YouTube Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71230144Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:38:33 +0000iServalan Homotech 23https://sarniadelamare.comhttps://sarniadelamare.com

For visuals, artwork, and the ongoing Immersion films:
Book of Immersion Hub
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Glossary at https://sarniadelamare.com/blog/glossary

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Immersion Static (YouTube Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70594272Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:17:08 +0000iServalan Homotech 2388falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strata-1-002-the-book-of-immersion-by-sarnia-de-la-mare-published-by-tale-teller-club--70594212Book of Immersion Hub
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For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
https://sarniadelamare.com]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70594212Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:09:52 +0000iServalan Homotech 23128falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strata-1-001-the-book-of-immersion-by-sarnia-de-la-mare-published-by-tale-teller-club--70594128Book of Immersion Hub
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Glossary at https://sarniadelamare.com/blog/glossary

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Immersion Static (YouTube Channel)

https://www.youtube.com/@taletellerclubpress

For author archives, essays, and companion texts:

Sarnia de la Maré FRSA  — Official Site
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