An Inside Look at the Genesis of Zeroes, the Bestselling New Superhero Book
Zeroes is an unusual sort of young-adult novel: It’s a collaboration between authors Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti, about young people with superpowers. But it’s already on the bestseller list. Check out an inside look at how they pulled this off. Zeroes is about six teenagers with superpowers that are “crowd-based.” Each of…
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Scott Westerfeld
War Robots Don’t Have Minds of Their Own
War, as structured state-sponsored fighting and dying, has given rise to venerated professions to manage its risks and bound its ethical dilemmas. The nature of those professions, and the meaning of their experiences, changes when the human body is no longer present in the fight, fueling a public debate. This excerpt is taken from from…
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David A. Mindell