Stephen Oram – författare

Detta är den andra boken i en serie noveller från svenska SiFi/Fantasy förlahet Li'l Factory AB

"e;A gripping near future yarn, We Are Not Anonymous is an inspiring story for those who believe that courage can outmatch control."e; Eva Pascoe, co-founder of digital futures think tank, Cybersalon. Near future England - climate-flooded and divided.Beth and Naomi risk everything to confront Kai, the charismatic leader of the tech-elite.Kai is enticing the public into his deceptive dystopia, with cutting-edge technology and a seemingly benevolent vision for the world.Secretly, he is experimenting on children to accelerate evolution while openly attempting to control the government.Beth must stop him before it's too late. But, can she live with the cost? "e;The resourcefulness both of the resistance activists and of those they resist is gripping, as is the thrusting and often clever parrying that goes on between those in power and those who seek to keep them accountable."e; Susan Maxwell, BSFA Review (British Science Fiction Association)"e;Now that we've lived into the future that cyberpunk projected, we urgently need to fight our way out. This book imagines and encourages that fight."e; Ken MacLeod, multi-award winning author."e;A frighteningly credible near-future dystopia that is as convincing as it is disturbing, We Are Not Anonymous unfolds with cinematic scale and urgency."e; Ewan Morrison, award winning author and essayist."e;An intellectually arresting, thought-provoking work of creative futurism that drives our current politics and technology to their magical - and logical - extremes."e; Ana Sun, author.

Some of the deadliest weather phenomena ever recorded due to human-induced climate change plague earth. Diseases once thought to be eradicated suddenly resurface. Greed causes economic pillars to crumble, resulting in global unemployment. Disobedience to God's gospels obliterates wholesome values. Religious zealots around the world are proclaiming the end is near. They predict that Jesus Christ's second coming is imminent. With one evil exception, no one knows that Jesus has been among them again for forty years. Julius Coventon, a black pastor in a small northern California city struggles with his failing ministry. He contemplates leaving the church as his faith in God is fading. To offset his misery, he takes up with a sexy jazz singer, Susan "e;Quicky"e; Pearl. All the while, and at his request, he does not know that he is the son of God. Satan, however, senses Jesus's presence. He locks on to that unmistakable beacon of holiness. As the evil one plots Jesus's demise, an elegant couple helps to restore the pastor's faith. God becomes annoyed with the blatant misrepresentation of his word as well as unhappy with the abandonment of his teachings. God summons his son home, while he considers cleansing the earth. Julius learns the whole truth. Father and son debate the outcome of humanity. Julius wins one last attempt at leading the people back to God. Julius is warned by the holy father that this time if he should meet the same fate as before, he will not be resurrected. When Julius returns to earth, he and the evil one wage a spiritual tug of war with the people of earth. The final showdown on a freeway shoulder may spell doom for the earth, as well as Jesus...again.

"A veritable head trip; yet rooted in a believable and sometimes visceral near-future." | Grey is a high performer with attitude. Aled is torn between his morals and his desires. They live in a world where those who believe in absolute truth are on a collision course with those who don't. Society is becoming dangerously polarised and despite a thread of history that binds Aled and Grey together they take opposite sides in the conflict; Grey is recruited by The Project and Aled is given custody of The Proof of Existence. | Against the backdrop of a failing society and experiments to find the link between quantum physics and a supreme being, the real question that unfolds is... | "Who chooses your reality?"

Imagine a world where your influence on social media determines your job, your home and your friends. A world without politicians, where the corporations run the country. | Set in a dystopian London, 'Fluence' is a story of aspiration and desperation and of power seen and unseen. Amber is young and ambitious. Martin is burnt out by years of struggling. She cheats to get what she wants while he barely clings on to what he has. | It's the week before the annual Pay Day when strata positions are decided by the algorithms. The social media feed is frenetic with people trying to boost their influence rating, while those above the strata and those who've opted out pursue their own manipulative goals. | To what extremes, and at what cost to their families, will Amber and Martin go to achieve the Fluence they desire?

This collection of `ten-minute' stories are the perfect length for your commute or a thoughtful cup of coffee:The future is ours and it's up for grabs...Step into a high-tech vision of the future with author of 'Quantum Confessions' and 'Fluence': Stephen Oram. Featuring health-monitoring mirrors, tele-empathic romances and limb-repossessing bailiffs, 'Eating Robots' explores the collision of utopian dreams and twisted realities in a world where humanity and technology are becoming ever more intertwined.Sometimes funny, often unsettling, and always with a word of warning, these thirty sci-fi shorts will stay with you long after you've turned the final page.

This collection of `ten-minute' stories are the perfect length for your commute or a thoughtful cup of coffee:The future is ours and it's up for grabs...Immerse yourself in the future of biohacking and implants, genetic modification, blockchain micro-transactions and futuristic dating-apps with author of 'Eating Robots', Stephen Oram.Prodding and poking the possible, Oram starts with another flash fiction foray into the world of Unified Sentience and ends with virtual reality for babies and biohacked fish.With sharpness and wit, these sci-fi shorts will grab your imagination and refuse to let go.