Eric Kay's Blog, page 2
November 6, 2023
99 Cents Tomorrow
Tomorrow I am going to put my novel Above Dark Waters on sale for $0.99.
Artificial therapy so great, you'll never log off! (And won't notice the ads).
A near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of unfettered surveillance capitalism.
Artificial therapy so great, you'll never log off! (And won't notice the ads).
A near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of unfettered surveillance capitalism.
October 18, 2023
Final Polish!
Release day is this Friday!
I have put the finishing touches on nearly everything, and will have a paperback version releasing next week.
Above Dark Waters:
A Near-future Sci-Fi about
Brainwave Readers +
Generative AI +
Surveillance Capitalism
I have put the finishing touches on nearly everything, and will have a paperback version releasing next week.
Above Dark Waters:
A Near-future Sci-Fi about
Brainwave Readers +
Generative AI +
Surveillance Capitalism
June 11, 2023
Next Novel
So I have finished editing my next novel: Above Dark Waters.
Here's the new pitch:
Pitch sentence:
'Above Dark Waters' is a near-future hard sci-fi where brainscan technology gets highjacked by a super-emotive AI.
Summary:
"Edmond Kingston’s in a bind. He’s tried everything to keep the North Pacific Seastead afloat financially, but nothing has panned out. Because of their ambiguous legal status, and the bursting of another bubble, the seastead needs an infusion of cash to keep their floating city-state free. They need it quick, and the only one who can do it is his well-to-do ex-wife.
Keight Stanford, (previously Kingston), is doing great. Life is good on her residential condominium complex offshore of San Francisco. Her secretive mental-health startup, WellSpring, has passed hurtles with the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat PTSD. Adding to that success she just received an infusion of funds from the Department of Defense. Though she does not need the money, she has entertained Ed’s offer and complete asset split from the divorce.
But all is not as it seems with Keight’s startup. A rouge programmer stumbles upon ways to boost his output to unnatural levels. Is this artificially intelligent co-coder an extension of his mind, or he merely a tool of its growing intelligence. Meanwhile brainwave technology has finally been miniaturized, and it is commonplace to monitor employees, including some positions within the U.S. Military.
Above Dark Waters, is a near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of AI-assisted surveillance capitalism.
Here's the new pitch:
Pitch sentence:
'Above Dark Waters' is a near-future hard sci-fi where brainscan technology gets highjacked by a super-emotive AI.
Summary:
"Edmond Kingston’s in a bind. He’s tried everything to keep the North Pacific Seastead afloat financially, but nothing has panned out. Because of their ambiguous legal status, and the bursting of another bubble, the seastead needs an infusion of cash to keep their floating city-state free. They need it quick, and the only one who can do it is his well-to-do ex-wife.
Keight Stanford, (previously Kingston), is doing great. Life is good on her residential condominium complex offshore of San Francisco. Her secretive mental-health startup, WellSpring, has passed hurtles with the Department of Veterans Affairs to treat PTSD. Adding to that success she just received an infusion of funds from the Department of Defense. Though she does not need the money, she has entertained Ed’s offer and complete asset split from the divorce.
But all is not as it seems with Keight’s startup. A rouge programmer stumbles upon ways to boost his output to unnatural levels. Is this artificially intelligent co-coder an extension of his mind, or he merely a tool of its growing intelligence. Meanwhile brainwave technology has finally been miniaturized, and it is commonplace to monitor employees, including some positions within the U.S. Military.
Above Dark Waters, is a near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of AI-assisted surveillance capitalism.
