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Book review: "Death Ray"

I have written before about Anne Currie's rather excellent "Panopticon" series of books. I actually thought I had written up my thoughts about all the books in the series so far, but it seems that I Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 22 June 2022 Category Books Tags review science fiction scifi tech ethics

Book review: Anne E Currie's "Panopticon" series, books 1 and 2

I asked recently for recommendations for sci-fi books that I might enjoy, and a few people recommended Anne E Currie's "Pantopticon" series. "It will be right up your street!" one of them said. And Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 14 January 2022 Category Books Tags AI tech ethics virtual reality Internet surveillance science fiction scifi

Near-distant scifi fiction recommendations from Twitter

I asked on Twitter for some reading recommendations: Do you have personal recommendations for near-ish future, tech-aware /focussed, fiction, please, ideally available as an ebook? Dystopian stuff is Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 8 January 2022 Category Books Tags scifi science fiction

Book review: "The Warehouse"

Paxton never thought he’d be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less that he’d be moving into one of their sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 8 January 2022 Category Books Tags science fiction scifi hacker Amazon

Book review: "Hacker: The Outlaw Chronicles"

My theme of hacker / hacking-related books continues, and last night I read "Hacker: The Outlaw Chronicles". I read it in one sitting, and it was... fine. Not brilliant, not terrible. Fine. The Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 4 January 2022 Category Books Tags hacker bio-hacking science fiction scifi

Book review: "The Last Hacker"

Living in the Los Angeles wasteland can be tough – especially when you’re just some dude whose only real skill is computer hacking. So, Artie Gonzalez spends most of his days building drones, Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 3 January 2022 Category Books Tags hacker science fiction scifi bitcoin

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