Goodreads asked Brian Van Norman:

What are you currently working on?

Brian Van Norman Currently I am in the final stages of a novel about English Luddites in 1812. In that time they terrorized the nation despite their small numbers. They were being thrown out of work (with no social safety net) and replaced by machines. The parallels to contemporary times are simply incredible. Once I've finished "Against the Machine", as I call it now, I intend to write a second novel set in contemporary times using the same themes. "Against the Machine" appears to be a simple historical novel until the reader reads the final chapters which harken to contemporary times and even our own futures in the man vs machine conundrum.

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