In 2216 the world is run by bureaucratic artificial intelligences. Humanity wants for nothing. Life is good - no disease, no aging. Everyone is young and beautiful. Machines provide gourmet food, palatial housing, and AI-generated, extremely high-quality entertainment. No one works. Who would? Space exploration is nearly forgotten. Marion Michelle Morrison, ‘M’ seems to be the only person able to push aside this new opiate of the masses and leave Earth. If she wants to get outside the sola...

A mildly intelligent, spider-shaped robot named Martin Van Buren has been stranded in 1982 by Thomas, his previous owner, and given a list of tasks to complete. He has vowed to do none of them, instead telling everyone who will listen that he is a super-intelligent robot from the future. Martin has met a girl in Dubuque, Iowa named Angel. She has promised him a misunderstood “party” in exchange for healing her dying grandmother who isn't actually dying but rather only dangerously gullible....

What’s it about?It’s about a hidden part of the universe - a powerful secret which affects us all, yet none of us can see.It’s about a ten-year-old boy named Daniel who discovers it and uses it to travel to other worlds full of strange creatures.It’s about a man named Fate who also knows the secret and has used it to cheat death for five hundred years.The secret that only Daniel and Fate know, is the existence of three invisible lin...

At first glance, this is a fun, catchy, laugh-out-loud read filled with playful language, clever rhythms, and moments that keeps the readers smiling and engaged. They will love the humour, the flow, and the memorable lines that make this book easy to read again and again.But adults?Adults will notice something more.Hidden beneath the innocent surface is a second layer, smart wordplay, cheeky double meanings, and subtle jokes that go right over children's heads but l...

What’s it about?It’s about a hidden part of the universe - a powerful secret which affects us all, yet none of us can see.It’s about a ten-year-old boy named Daniel who discovers it and uses it to travel to other worlds full of strange creatures.It’s about a man named Fate who also knows the secret and has used it to cheat death for five hundred years.The secret that only Daniel and Fate know, is the existence of three invisible lin...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A mildly intelligent, spider-shaped robot named Martin Van Buren has been stranded in 1982 by his previous owner, Thomas, and given a list of tasks to complete. He has vowed to do none of them, instead telling everyone who will listen that he is a super-intelligent robot from the future. Martin has met a girl named Angel in Dubuque, Iowa. She has promised him a misunderstood “party” in exchange for healing her dying gr...

A mildly intelligent, spider-shaped robot named Martin Van Buren has been stranded in 1982 by Thomas, his previous owner, and given a list of tasks to complete. He has vowed to do none of them, instead telling everyone who will listen that he is a super-intelligent robot from the future. Martin has met a girl in Dubuque, Iowa named Angel. She has promised him a misunderstood “party” in exchange for healing her dying grandmother who isn't actually dying but rather only dangerously gullible....

In 2216 the world is run by bureaucratic artificial intelligences. Humanity wants for nothing. Life is good - no disease, no aging. Everyone is young and beautiful. Machines provide gourmet food, palatial housing, and AI-generated, extremely high-quality entertainment. No one works. Who would? Space exploration is nearly forgotten. Marion Michelle Morrison, ‘M’ seems to be the only person able to push aside this new opiate of the masses and leave Earth. If she wants to get outside the sola...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.I pulled this book a few months ago. It was my first, and like most first books, it’s full of things I’d do differently now. After writing three more books I feel are much stronger, I realized that, while this one’s not perfect, it’s still part of my journey. So, I decided to say ‘f**k it’ and put it back out there, warts and all. It may not be flawless, but the ideas about AI are freshly relevant.Here's the original des...