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Alan Killip

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in Liverpool, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Contemporary, Science Fiction

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Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Stanisław Lem, Roald Dahl, Douglas Adams ...more

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My latest book is Hammond Flux, Life After Flesh. It's a modern day Frankenstein story set in London, the story of a maverick professor who has written an app that emulates the human brain. He uses it to upload his own mind and spawns Hammond Flux, a version of himself free of human limitations. Rather than use his new power and knowledge to improve the lot of humanity Hammond Flux decides to settle old scores and remake the world to his liking. The chaos that follows threatens to bring civilisation to its knees and Hammond Hinkley is forced to face his worst fears and challenge the monster he has created before it destroys everything he loves.

I also have a small set of short stories, 'Genie and Other Weird Tales'.

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