Ramez Naam is a professional technologist, and was involved in the
development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook. He holds a
seat on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating
Change, is a member of the World Future Society, a Senior Associate
of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for
Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
His non-fiction book More Than Human won the H.G. Wells Award.
His novels has been nominated for the Kitscie Award for Best Debut,
the Prometheus Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award.He is a 2014
nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
An NPR Best Book of 2013
"Good. Scary good."
- Wired
"Provocative... A double-edged vision of the post-human."
- The Wall Street Journal
"A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a
lot of current fiction."
- Ars Technica
"Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut
SF novel... What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative
power of the story."
- Booklist
"A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller ... full of
delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity ... a hell of a read."
- Cory Doctorow
"A gripping piece of near future speculation... all the grit and
pace of the Bourne films."
- Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space
"A sharp, chilling look at our likely future."
- Charles Stross, author of Singularity Sky and Halting State
"The most brilliant hard SF thriller I've read in years. Reminds me
of Michael Crichton at his best."
- Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire
"A rich cast of characters...the action scenes are crisp, the
glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing."
- Publishers Weekly
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