Arkady Martine got my attention by winning the 2020 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel, which was her 2019…
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Award winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu has said, “Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.…
In my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain, plus in many other sci-fi AI stories (Pandora’s Brain, Robopocalypse, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Isaac…
I got the idea for my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain from reading Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence. Bostrom defines superintelligence as “any intellect…
Today’s the day. Ezekiel’s Brain, my new mind-bending science fiction novel about artificial intelligence and space travel is published and…
Over the last several decades, science fiction has merged with fantasy and retrovisionary techno-fiction (e.g., steampunk), to expand its subject…
Many years ago, when I was in college, I remember hearing about a new TV series that was a “must…
World-renown experts on AI, such as Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Bostrom, claim that the central problem of AI development, especially…
It’s been awhile since I’ve communicated to all of you. But now I’ve got great news. My science fiction novel,…
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The Novelist as an Advocate I was tempted to call this newsletter entry, “Reading The Ministry for the Future in…
As a clinician, I’ve had many fascinating cases over the years. One teenage boy had one-half of his brain removed…
A lot of people have the dream of becoming a writer. With print-on-demand paperbacks, ebooks, and the exploding opportunities for…