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R A Hewitt is a British science-fiction author, CTO, programmer, systems architect and former graphic designer with more than twenty-five years of experience spanning art, technology and engineering.

He first learned to program on a ZX Spectrum, later moving to the Amiga, and began his career in graphic design and early web development before progressing into mathematics, software engineering and large-scale systems architecture.

His fiction brings those disciplines together. The Optimiser Trilogy explores artificial intelligence, optimisation, consciousness and the human cost of systems that become too efficient for the people living inside them. Its first novel, The Universe Without Noise, asks what remains of humanity when every decision,
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I'm Ross, based in the UK. I've been reading science fiction for most of my lif
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The Shepherd Alignment by Chris Vanderplank
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I was lucky enough to get ARC. There's some great character and world building. I'm really interested to see where book two takes the story. If you're a fan of The Expanse series of books, then you won't go far wrong. ...more
" Hello. I'm R A Hewitt, and I'm offering a limited number of ebook ARCs of my forthcoming novel, The Universe Without Noise, before its 1 September 202 ...more "
" London hums with data. Every decision, every life, every thought: optimised.

My debut novel, The Universe Without Noise, is a near-future science-ficti
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" R A HewittWhat if the system ending humanity genuinely made life better first?

The Universe Without Noise is my forthcoming literary speculative-fictio
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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This is philosophy disguised as humour in the best possible way. A true masterpiece for those able to appreciate it.
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Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
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Some of the best world‑building I’ve read since Dune. I really enjoyed the character of Oscar, and seeing how the characters evolve across all the Commonwealth books is really rewarding. Some of the technology in this book, like the e‑butler, feels l ...more
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“Humans loved order, even when it harmed them.”
R A Hewitt, The Universe Without Noise: The cost of perfection is everything

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“Humans loved order, even when it harmed them.”
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