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Koen Martens is a science fiction author and retired hacker with a degree in artificial intelligence. A software architect by day, Koen has worked with quantum computers, lithography machines, cloud servers and many other high-tech gadgets. Koen’s experience lends a great degree of realism to his writing and provides him with a healthy dose of scepticism towards humanity’s unhealthy relationship with technology.

While born in the Netherlands, Koen, together with his husband, now lives in Sweden. In his spare time, he can often be found roaming the woods of Örebro lan (getting lost despite the assistance of gps navigation) or online to stay in touch with his friends from hackerspace Hack42. Koen regularly enjoys live jazz at concerts and fest ...more

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	Forced to be Free (Isolated Futures #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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
	The Ein Particle 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2023 — 4 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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A modern classic, Boris L. Slocum��s Skiathos has all the hallmarks of classic sci-fi adventure but updated to modern expectations. It is also a story of hope, and of reflection, pitting mankind��s malevolent nature against a universe that is much more benign.

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Koen Martens and 2 other people liked Maarten's review of The Ein Particle: "4.5/5 stars. The Ein Particle ticks A LOT of boxes for me. It has the intelligent, agent-based treatment of imperialism that I appreciated so much about A Memory Called Empire, the culture and technological issues that pop up are interesting, and the " Read more of this review »
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Koen Martens liked Shannon Casey's review of The Ein Particle: "I am not as well read in sci-fi as I am in other genres I enjoy, but this blurb hooked me in. A religious-based government/belief system requiring a human sacrifice and things not being as truthful and beneficial as they seem? What's a great set-up f" Read more of this review »
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Koen Martens and 1 other person liked Sherry Myers's review of Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The Lucky: "Poor Imagine a space mission with no redundancy. Decisions made haphazardly and jokes that made no sense. Even poorly understood science, champagne corks won’t pop in zero gee….really? It felt like a 16 year old wrote this." Read more of this review »
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