Category: science fiction
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New Books in Science Fiction podcast interview
I went on the New Books in Science Fiction podcast to talk to about the social implications of technology, the meaning of justice in an age of algorithms, and the near-future extrapolated in my new novel, Breach: https://newbooksnetwork.com/eliot-peper-breach-47north-2019/ Complement with How to see our world in a new light, Eliot Peper Imagines a Future Ruled…
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FactorDaily on Breach
FactorDaily ran a glowing, thought-provoking review of Breach: https://factordaily.com/eliot-peper-breach-analog-trilogy-review/ “We must turn to fiction like the Analog Novels to see what the future could look like, what it could hold in store for us and what we could do to ensure it’s a good one. Read Eliot Peper’s Breach while it’s still fiction.” Complement with…
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Daniel Suarez on the future according to CRISPR
Synthetic biology is changing what it means to be human. For thousands of years, we’ve used technology to shape biology. We domesticated and bred plants and animals, trained our minds with meditation and asceticism, drove species to extinction, and ingested alcohol and narcotics to alter our own brain chemistry. More recently, we’ve upped the ante…
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Podcast interview about how technology shapes society
I went on the Future Fossils podcast to discuss what the future extrapolated in the Analog Novels can teach us about the present: http://shows.pippa.io/futurefossils/episodes/115 “We haven’t figured out the new societies we want to build, given the new realities we’ve already invented.” “If you start thinking about the entire internet as an AI, then Google…
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Reviews & Robots on the Analog series
Reviews & Robots published back-to-back reviews of each entry in the Analog trilogy: ‘Bandwidth’ Review: Political Intrigue Amidst a World on the Precipice “Bandwidth masterfully combines speculative genres, pitting political thriller against climate change science fiction to create a compelling narrative that constantly keeps you on your toes. The character development is spot-on, showing us…
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Imagining new institutions for the internet age
What constitutes justice in a world ruled by algorithms? I wrote an essay for Medium about the lessons I learned writing novels that extrapolate a future shaped by a ubiquitous digital feed: https://onezero.medium.com/imagining-new-institutions-for-the-internet-age-bf17212063db “In a world awash in information, the curator is king. Behind each digital throne is an algorithm, a specialized artificial intelligence that…
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How to see our world in a new light
TechCrunch interviewed me about the future extrapolated in my new novel, Breach, and the lessons I learned writing the Analog series: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/16/how-to-see-our-world-in-a-new-light/ (paywall) “When you read speculative fiction, suddenly, you get to travel to these weird, imagined plausible alternative realities. And that can really broaden your thinking, because then when you return to your own life,…
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What if a giant tech company became sovereign and democratic?
In my new novel, Breach, hackers and spies grapple over the future of governance. Dark, lush, and philosophical, Breach is a globe-trotting, near-future thriller brimming with intrigue and big ideas. If you’re curious about how technology is changing our lives and world, you’re in for a wild ride. Pick up a copy of Breach right here.…
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How science fiction influences tech entrepreneurs
Inc. interviewed me about the feedback loop between speculative fiction and real world innovation: https://www.inc.com/sean-wise/the-founders-of-apple-google-microsoft-all-do-this-1-thing-regularly-you-should-too.html “To make sense of the world around us, to catch a glimpse of underlying reality, to notice those invisible forces, we must step outside ourselves. Reading is one way to do that.” Fun fact: Sean Wise, the author of the…
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‘Eliot Peper Imagines A Future Ruled By Social Media’
The Chicago Review of Books interviewed me about the future extrapolated in Borderless: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/04/04/eliot-peper-imagines-a-future-ruled-by-social-media/ “There is so much more information than we can possibly digest, and feeds are the imperfect filters that try to distill what we want from what’s out there. But their imperfections generate horrendous side effects, like unjust parole decisions made on the…