Eliot Peper
Hi Matt, delighted to hear you enjoyed Bandwidth.
The mechanics of the feed are never described in Bandwidth or the other two Analog Novels. This was very intentional. One of the things I enjoy most about reading speculative fiction is how it challenges me to bring my imagination to the story as a reader. By illustrating the impact of the feed on characters' lives but leaving how it works up to you, the feed becomes a symbol, a metaphor, allows you to participate directly in creating the future the book extrapolates. More here: https://medium.com/adjacent-possible/...
Thanks, Eliot
The mechanics of the feed are never described in Bandwidth or the other two Analog Novels. This was very intentional. One of the things I enjoy most about reading speculative fiction is how it challenges me to bring my imagination to the story as a reader. By illustrating the impact of the feed on characters' lives but leaving how it works up to you, the feed becomes a symbol, a metaphor, allows you to participate directly in creating the future the book extrapolates. More here: https://medium.com/adjacent-possible/...
Thanks, Eliot
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Kevin Grubb
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Eliot Peper:
Hi Eliot, I really enjoyed Bandwidth and Borderless and am looking forward to reading Breach soon. I like that the Analog series takes a nuanced view of economics and business. As a consultant, I find myself nodding along to a lot to the logic supporting the narrative (a nice change of pace from scifi authors who treat business as some sort of monolith!). Where do you get your economic inspiration?
Eric Walker
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Eliot Peper:
I really enjoyed the book Eliot! I am curious how much time you spend researching for your books when it touches on current topics? Based on your attention to detail and realistic approaches it seems like it would be a lot. An offshoot to that question is how much time do you spend researching stuff for the book vs the more creative writing part?
Geo
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Eliot Peper:
I've really enjoyed your books so far, and I'm really looking forward to your future work. One aspect I really loved was the idea of the "feed-less bar" where they go to meet and hang out without the constant interruption of the electronic/network interruptions and surveillance. Curious where that idea came from. Also, what do you see gives you hope about the state of technology and its place in the world?
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