Blair Gormley
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Eliot Peper:
Dear Eliot, Bandwidth was very enjoyable and I am curious to read the other books in the series as I work in cyber security and it rings very true to my work and what I come across. What do you plan with the Veil and this new series?
Eliot Peper
Veil is a standalone science-fiction thriller about a near-future in which someone has hijacked the climate. The story is about finding a sense of renewed agency in a world spinning out of control, and grapples with family, friendship, loss, and what it means to live in the Anthropocene.
A couple years ago I listened to a podcast about the growth in scientific research into geonengineering—attempts to directly manipulate the global climate to reduce the worst aspects of climate change using everything from marine bacteria that change atmospheric chemistry to ingenious machines that suck CO2 out of the air.
But there's one approach to geoengineering that's by far the most feasible: using high-altitude planes to spray inert aerosols into the stratosphere that reflects a tiny bit of incoming sunlight, slowing global warming. The craziest part is that such an effort would only cost approximately two billion dollars a year—cheap enough that any country or even an individual billionaire could go ahead and do it unilaterally. Can you imagine the extent of the potential social, political, economic, and environmental implications?
Holy shit, I thought. Somebody needs to write a novel about this.
And Veil was born.
P.S. Enjoy the rest of the Analog Series!
A couple years ago I listened to a podcast about the growth in scientific research into geonengineering—attempts to directly manipulate the global climate to reduce the worst aspects of climate change using everything from marine bacteria that change atmospheric chemistry to ingenious machines that suck CO2 out of the air.
But there's one approach to geoengineering that's by far the most feasible: using high-altitude planes to spray inert aerosols into the stratosphere that reflects a tiny bit of incoming sunlight, slowing global warming. The craziest part is that such an effort would only cost approximately two billion dollars a year—cheap enough that any country or even an individual billionaire could go ahead and do it unilaterally. Can you imagine the extent of the potential social, political, economic, and environmental implications?
Holy shit, I thought. Somebody needs to write a novel about this.
And Veil was born.
P.S. Enjoy the rest of the Analog Series!
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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?
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?
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