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<P><EM>Autonomousis to biotech & AI whatNeuromancerwas to the Internet.Neal Stephenson</EM></P>
<P>Come celebrate the launch of<EM>Autonomous,</EM> the debut novel by Annalee Newitz! Annalee will discuss the book with Rose Eveleth (host & creator of <EM><A HREF="https://www.flashforwardpod.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Flash Forward</A></EM> & producer on<EM><A HREF="http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/19472136" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"> 30 for 30</A>)</EM>.<BR></P>
<P>Admission to the event is free. Annalee will be signing books afterward. Please either buy the book on site or reserve your copy (and spot!) with the ticket link.</P>
<P>Doors: 7:00<BR>Discussion: 7:30</P>
<P><STRONG>From the Publisher:</STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN>The highly anticipated science fiction debut from the founder of<I>io9</I>!</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR>Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who cant otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.</P>
<P>Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, & his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jacks drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.</P>
<P>And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?</P>
<P>Something genuinely & thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POVand all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling.William Gibson</P>
<P><SPAN>Everything youd hope for from the co-founder of io9 Combines the gonzo, corporatized future of Neal Stephensons</SPAN><I>Snow Crash</I><SPAN>with the weird sex of Charlie Strosss</SPAN><I>Saturns Children</I><SPAN>; throws in an action hero thats a biohacker version of Bruce Sterlings Leggy Starlitz, & then saturates it with decades of deep involvement with free software hackers, pop culture, & the leading edge of human sexuality. Cory Doctorow,</SPAN><I>New York Times</I><SPAN>bestselling author of</SPAN><I>Walkaway</I><SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
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