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Simon Mortimer

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in Keighley, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Philosophy, Classics

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Simon is an English-born Australian author and engineer whose speculative fiction explores the boundaries between progress, morality, and survival. Having lived and worked across England, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, and now Australia, he has developed a perspective shaped by culture and landscape.

Simon’s writing blends technical insight with human depth, informed by years of working as an engineer and living among diverse communities across the world. His debut novel, V-One, examines what it means to remain human in an age of accelerating control -weaving philosophy and science into a story of conscience and survival.

Thoughtful and immersive, his writing invites readers to speculate on what may remain of the human spirit amid growi ...more

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Simon Mortimer's Blog: Echoes of V

V One B Three

To be a techno-optimist in 2026, or not to be a techno-optimist - that is the question.

Techno-optimism (or pessimism), are talked of in existential terms - as if it were a thing that will happen to us, not shaped by us.

That being the case 'alea iacta est' - the die is cast - no?

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