Here’s a piece of near-future fiction touching on the themes of isolation, privacy of thought and love.
US (Unified Sentience) by Stephen Oram and read by the wonderfully talented Gigi Lynch.
It’s better together…
Some of the short pieces of near-future fiction that appear in my collections or that I’ve blogged about come from projects I’ve worked on with scientists and technology experts.
If you’d like to know more about the projects, such as what they are, who they’re with, why I do them and how they run, then select projects from the menu above.
As well as those mentioned on the projects page I have two new ones that I’m scoping with King’s College London at the moment, both of which involve writing competitions. I’ll say more here when I can, but it’s also worth keeping an eye on my events page.
And just to round off… a lot of my near-future fiction is inspired by the science, the technology and the people I come across during these projects, not just the stories that come directly from them. I’m very privileged to get these behind the scenes opportunities and I’m grateful to everyone who makes them happen.
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Here is a recent example from PITH:
I was at the gym the other day, which is a strange experience for me. There were people pushing large tractor tires around the room and it made me wonder. If we spend our time replicating work from a past generation to keep fit, what might the gym of the future look like?
Will it be rows of desks with people exercising their typing fingers now voice activation is ubiquitous?
Or maybe machines with three pedals and a steering wheel?
Emails to PITH subscribers are infrequent and fairly random, but always short and pithy.
I’m not particularly public about it either – avoiding the ‘subscribe now and get a free gift’ approach. However, from time to time I let people know it exists, hence this post.
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