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Announcing “Petard,” a new science fiction story reading on my podcast

Here’s the first part of my reading (MP3) of Petard, a story from MIT Tech Review’s Twelve Tomorrows, edited by Bruce Sterling; a story inspired by, and dedicated to, Aaron Swartz — about elves, Net Neutrality, dorms and the collective action problem.

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Boston, Chicago and Waterloo, I’m heading your way!

This Wednesday at 1145am, I’ll be giving the IDE Lunch Seminar at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, 100 Main Street.

From there, I head to Chicago to keynote Thotcon on Friday at 11am.

My final stop on this trip is Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, May 9 at 2PM.

I hope to see you! I’ve got plenty more appearances planned this season, including Santa Fe, Phoenix, San Jose, Boston, San Diego and Pasadena!

Raleigh-Durham, I’m headed your way! CORRECTED!

CORRECTION! The Flyleaf event is at 6PM, not 7!

I’m delivering the annual Kilgour lecture tomorrow morning at 10AM at UNC, and I’ll be speaking at Flyleaf Books at 6PM — be there or be oblong!

Also, if you’re in Boston, Waterloo or Chicago, you can catch me in the coming weeks!.

Abstract: For decades, regulators and corporations have viewed the internet and the computer as versatile material from which special-purpose tools can be fashioned: pornography distribution systems, jihadi recruit...

Little Brother is 10 years old today: I reveal the secret of writing future-proof science fiction

It’s been ten years since the publication of my bestselling novel Little Brother; though the novel was written more than a decade ago, and though it deals with networked computers and mobile devices, it remains relevant, widely read, and widely cited even today.

In an essay for Tor.com, I write about my formula for creating fiction about technology that stays relevant — the secret is basically to assume that people will be really stupid about technology for the foreseeable future.

And no...

Interview with Monocle’s Meet the Writers

Last month, while at Adelaide Writers Week, I sat down with the excellent Georgina Godwin to record an interview (MP3) for Monocole’s “Meet the Writers” podcast. They’ve only just published it and I’m very pleased with how it turned out: we got into some territory that I don’t usually cover. Also: they had the interview in a bar and bought me whatever whisky I asked for, which was quite a bonus.

Podcast: The Man Who Sold the Moon, Part 08: the FINAL INSTALLMENT

Here’s the eighth and final part of my reading (MP3) (part seven, part six, part five, part four, part three, part two, part one) of The Man Who Sold the Moon, my award-winning novella first published in 2015’s Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. It’s my Burning Man/maker/first days of a better nation story and was a kind of practice run for my 2017 novel Walkaway.

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Talking Walkaway at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre

The Wheeler Centre just posted the audio (MP3) of my event there with C.S. Pacat, as part of my Australia/NZ book tour. It’s a great interview, and we had a lively Q&A!

Podcast: The Man Who Sold the Moon, Part 07

Here’s part seven of my reading (MP3) (part six, part five, part four, part three, part two, part one) of The Man Who Sold the Moon, my award-winning novella first published in 2015’s Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. It’s my Burning Man/maker/first days of a better nation story and was a kind of practice run for my 2017 novel Walkaway.

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Podcast: The Man Who Sold the Moon, Part 06 [FIXED]

Here’s part six of my reading (MP3) (part five, part four, part three, part two, part one) of The Man Who Sold the Moon, my award-winning novella first published in 2015’s Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. It’s my Burning Man/maker/first days of a better nation story and was a kind of practice run for my 2017 novel Walkaway.

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Podcast: The Man Who Sold the Moon, Part 05 [FIXED]

Here’s part five of my reading (MP3) (part four, part three, part two, part one) of The Man Who Sold the Moon, my award-winning novella first published in 2015’s Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer. It’s my Burning Man/maker/first days of a better nation story and was a kind of practice run for my 2017 novel Walkaway.

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