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Crimes Solve Themselves
Tweet Back in 2008, two weeks after I finished writing Gods Tomorrow, my house was robbed. No one was there (thank goodness), but my wife came home to find the garage door standing open and parts from our XBox left … Continue reading
Posted in Services, Surveillance, Technology, The Books
Tagged Crime, Ghost Targets: Expectation, Gods Tomorrow, Handhelds, Jurisprudence, Katie Pratt, Services
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Ghost Targets: Expectation
Tweet The series continues! Aaron Pogue and Consortium Books are proud to announce the digital release of Ghost Targets: Expectation, the hotly-anticipated sequel to Gods Tomorrow. Eric Barnes put an end to human aging. Now he’s paying for it with … Continue reading
You Receive Constant Medical Diagnosis
Tweet Today we’ve got a guest post from Carlos Velez. He was one of the first people to read a draft copy of Gods Tomorrow, and he’s been a dedicated fan ever since. You might also know him as one … Continue reading
Posted in Services, Surveillance, Technology
Tagged Diagnosis, Ghost Targets: Expectation, Gods Tomorrow, Hippocrates, Julie Velez
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You Don’t Call 911, You Just Call, “Help!”
Tweet I’ve talked about some of the cool technologies and some of the cool services on display in Gods Tomorrow, but as we come up on the release of the sequel, Ghost Targets: Expectation, I’d really like to spend a … Continue reading
Painting Your Walls Is as Easy as Changing Your Desktop Background
Tweet I’ve already talked about Katie finding and leasing a house in a matter of minutes, but there was a fun little bit at the end of the scene that I failed to mention. After she’s chosen her place of … Continue reading
Contracts Are Signed with a Word
Tweet I suspect this is true of all writers, but I crave feedback. When someone tells me they bought one of my books, the first thing I say is “Thanks.” Because, really, thanks. I couldn’t do any of this without … Continue reading
You Have a Personal Shopper…Everywhere
Tweet I’ve told the story of my inspiration for Gods Tomorrow in the thought of ordering a pizza. That thought experiment became pretty central to the Hathor universe. In fact, that was what inspired the idea for Services. Before that, … Continue reading
Posted in Surveillance
Tagged Advertising, Gods Tomorrow, Pizza Delivery, Privacy, Services
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Hathor Knows What You’ve Done
Tweet Shortly after I finished writing Gods Tomorrow I came across a book review at my favorite science and technology site (Ars Technica — you’ll come to know it well). The review featured two new non-fiction books about…well, Hathor Tech. … Continue reading
Posted in Databases
Tagged Bill Tancer, Click, Gods Tomorrow, Hippocrates, Services, Steve Baker, The Numerati
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The Idea for Gods Tomorrow
Tweet One of the most common questions writers get asked is, “Where do you get your ideas?” Some writers love the question. Many of them come to hate it. When it comes right down to it, the idea is generally … Continue reading
Posted in Morality, Surveillance, The Books
Tagged Gods Tomorrow, Google, Hippocrates, Midas, Pizza Delivery, Transhumanism, Wal-Mart
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