These tales say much about Honolulu and the constant struggle between the lust for beautiful women and the drive for intellectual achievement that pervade everyday life around the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii.
"Emmerson" is the tale of an advanced robot created by Charley Emmerson Levinson of Honolulu, of a war between the Melanesians and the Indonesians, and of the ultimate establishment of the proud Empire of Papua.
"Aloha The Gnos" is the tale of the reclusive Professor Andrew Stranton of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, his personal struggle with the demon of lust, and his dangerous discovery of the gnos.
"The Machine That Never Said, 'I Don't Know'" is the tale of a Honolulu inventor who became a billionaire by creating a machine that could answer any question.
"Spirit of the Eastern Seas" is a fantastic version of my romance with a Chinese girl who once worked at L&L whose name was May.