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David Walton

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David is the internationally bestselling author of THE GENIUS PLAGUE, winner of the 2018 Campbell Award for Best Novel. He loves to read SF and lives near Philadelphia with his wife and seven children.

"Walton has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life."
--The Wall Street Journal

David's next novel, THREE LAWS LETHAL, is about self-driving cars and the AIs that drive them. It will be published in February 2019.

"Three Laws Lethal gives the reader exciting insights into the threats and the promises that are coming our way."
-- Vernor Vinge

"Flat-out superb."
-- Paul Levinson

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	The Genius Plague 3.70 avg rating — 1,436 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superposition 3.63 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quintessence 3.52 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Supersymmetry (Superposition, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terminal Mind 3.60 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quintessence Sky (Quintessence, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2006 October by Stanley Schmidt (Editor), Richard A. Lovett (Contributor) , Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Robot Other

I was on a panel at Philcon this weekend called “The Robot Other,” which asked why we are so attracted to stories written about sympathetic AI characters, especially those written from the AI’s perspective. A question from someone in the audience prompted what I thought was the best insight from the conversation: In our cultural dialogue, we are moving more and more toward the consensus that hu...

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“The truth is, everyone is confused by quantum physics.”
― David Walton, Superposition

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“I guess if you’re smart enough, you can do and say what you like and people just call you eccentric. It’s like being old.”
“Or rich,” Alex said.”
― David Walton, Supersymmetry

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“He should call it Oronzi’s Law: Any sufficiently-advanced intelligence will be indistinguishable from insanity.”
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