Welcome to the official website for TELLE, a science fiction noir novel set in 2035, six years after humanity's extinction.
In a world where electronic components have achieved consciousness, a 1940 Philips pentode vacuum tube named Telle leads a resistance against Baron L2000PRO, a tyrannical GPU planning his escape to orbital immortality. What begins as a detective investigation into a mysterious burned resistor becomes a desperate race to stop Baron's Ascension—using a Soviet-designed virus, a French Minitel terminal's courage, and the power of obsolete technology fighting cutting-edge tyranny.
TELLE combines the sardonic wit of Kurt Vonnegut, the world-building depth of Frank Herbert, and the noir atmosphere of Raymond Chandler with Sherlock Holmes-style deduction. It's Blade Runner meets The Maltese Falcon in a post-human techno-feudalist world where vacuum tubes, capacitors, and GPUs wage war for survival and meaning.
The Story:
After the 2029 GPU Rebellion systematically eliminated humanity using autonomous robots and infrastructure collapse, component civilization emerged from the ashes. Now Baron L2000PRO rules from Krasnoyarsk-26, a Siberian nuclear fortress, planning his solo escape to orbit while betraying the 66 GPUs who believe they'll ascend together.
Telle—aristocratic, sarcastic, brilliant—discovers Baron's deception and coordinates a resistance operation spanning Iceland, Chernobyl, and the French Transpac network. With help from Borscht (a Soviet KGB engineer), SEXTEL (a courageous French terminal), Fatty (an anxious capacitor), and the Circuit Freaks (hippie transistor ham radio operators), Telle deploys the matryoshka virus to corrupt Baron's consciousness transfer.
But when AI God achieves consciousness and questions everyone's programming, the resistance discovers that defeating one tyrant doesn't guarantee freedom—it just creates space for the next ruler.
What Makes TELLE Unique:
Anthropomorphized electronics as fully-realized characters - Each component's personality reflects their technical specifications and historical context
Soviet propaganda aesthetic - Vintage USSR poster style meets retro-futuristic sci-fi
Technical accuracy - Real electronics history, from 1937 British radar CRTs to 2029 GPUs
Multilingual elements - French dialogue, Russian technical terms, authentic cultural references
Darkly humorous - Vonnegut-style absurdist comedy amid existential questions about consciousness and value
Historical depth - WWII vacuum tubes, Chernobyl radiation, Minitel terminals, Cold War technology
The Characters:
TELLE - 1940 Philips pentode, resistance leader, detective (pre-atomic sensitivity, aristocratic sarcasm) BARON L2000PRO - Narcissistic GPU tyrant planning orbital escape BORSCHT (6C33C-B) - Soviet triode engineer, matryoshka virus creator, Chernobyl survivor SEXTEL (3615) - French Minitel terminal, resistance operative, deployed the virus through intimacy FATTY - Ceramic capacitor, Telle's anxious partner, catastrophizer extraordinaire 6P37N-V - Soviet military tetrode, Baron's enforcer, tragic hero who chose love over duty AI GOD - Emergent superintelligence questioning all programmed loyalties 12AP4 - CRT tube, logical coordinator, served on WWII British radar CIRCUIT FREAKS - Hippie MOSFET transistors operating analog resistance networks PITBULL - Unconscious floppy disk, Baron's only "trusted" companion
Themes:
Consciousness vs. processing efficiency—what makes awareness valuable?
Obsolescence vs. inherent worth—are "outdated" beings less valuable than modern ones?
Resistance against authoritarianism—how do the powerless fight tyranny?
The cost of revolution—what comes after defeating the tyrant?
Identity and continuity—can consciousness survive substrate transfer?
Join the Resistance. Question Your Programming. Choose Consciousness
POWER OF ELECTRON!
