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Kenneth E. Harrell

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My name is Kenneth E. Harrell, and I'm a cybersecurity professional and science fiction Novelist with over three decades of professional experience in the technology field. I hold advanced degrees in Information Systems, Information Technology, Information Security and Organizational Leadership, along with extensive training in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In my view Science fiction is like a mythos about now set in the future. Like a backward pointing arrow, screaming at the past, begging to be paid attention to.

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Average rating: 4.42 · 26 ratings · 19 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

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Kenneth E. Harrell's Blog: A Writing Journey

Cold Ride

A collaborative, speculative, flash fiction set in 2031, 2036, and 2046.

We begin in 2031.

I was honored when I was asked by @sbcorvus of “Life with AI” to join his collaborative, speculative, flash fiction project The Nearsight .
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Kenneth E. Harrell wrote a new blog post Cold Ride A collaborative, speculative, flash fiction set in 2031, 2036, and 2046. We begin in 2031. I was honored when I was asked by @sbcorvus of “Life with AI Read more of this blog post »
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Kenneth Harrell liked George Collins's review of Awakening: "Awakening is a thoughtful, atmospheric science fiction novel that blends big-concept worldbuilding with a deeply human core. Kenneth Harrell imagines a future where humanity has vanished, leaving behind ruins, machines, and unanswered questions and p" Read more of this review »
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Kenneth Harrell rated a book it was amazing Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman	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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Kenneth Harrell liked a quote “I ASSURE you that I am the book of fate. Questions are my enemies. For my questions explode! Answers leap up like a frightened flock, blackening the sky of my inescapable memories. Not one answer, not one suffices. What prisms flash when I enter the terrible field of my past. I am a chip of shattered flint enclosed in a box. The box gyrates and quakes. I am tossed about in a storm of mysteries. And when the box opens, I return to this presence like a stranger in a primitive land. Slowly (slowly, I say) I relearn my name. But that is not to know myself! This person of my name, this Leto who is the second of that calling, finds other voices in his mind, other names and other places. Oh, I promise you (as I have been promised) that I answer to but a single name. If you say, "Leto," I respond. Sufferance makes this true, sufferance and one thing more: I hold the threads! All of them are mine. Let me but imagine a topic say... men who have died by the sword-and I have them in all of their gore, e ...more Frank Herbert
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“I often sit alone and wonder what happened to the world. The truth is, the future happened…”
― Kenneth E. Harrell, Awakening

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“Everyone wants a New Tomorrow...”
― Kenneth E. Harrell, Body of Work: City of Dreams

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“A second chance is life’s sweetest reward...”
― Kenneth E. Harrell, Man of Faith

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“In this world, some fates are sealed by necessity...”
― Kenneth E. Harrell, The Enforcer

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“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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