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Thomas R. Weaver

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Thriller, Science Fiction, Technothriller

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Joe Abercrombie, Blake Crouch, Michael Crichton, Mark Leggatt
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I write stories about tomorrow to help make sense of today. Artificial Wisdom, my debut, was published as an indie and has recently been picked up by Penguin Random House. It was re-released with some extra content by Del Rey in the US, and Bantam in the UK/Commonwealth, in 2025, with the sequel Infinite Wisdom following in November 2026.

Aside from writing, I’m a tech entrepreneur. My last startup was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway; my new one is still in stealth but backed by a major Silicon Valley tech accelerator. I also invest in multiple early-stage startups.

Despite all that, I never thought I’d use my degree in Computer Science. I left university to run the UK branch of one of the world’s largest student organisations before spending m I write stories about tomorrow to help make sense of today. Artificial Wisdom, my debut, was published as an indie and has recently been picked up by Penguin Random House. It was re-released with some extra content by Del Rey in the US, and Bantam in the UK/Commonwealth, in 2025, with the sequel Infinite Wisdom following in November 2026.

Aside from writing, I’m a tech entrepreneur. My last startup was acquired by Just Eat Takeaway; my new one is still in stealth but backed by a major Silicon Valley tech accelerator. I also invest in multiple early-stage startups.

Despite all that, I never thought I’d use my degree in Computer Science. I left university to run the UK branch of one of the world’s largest student organisations before spending many years working on and building expertise in the evolution of physical environments, and in particular how tech could change the kind of experiences we have in schools, shops, theatres, council service centres and other places.

This all led directly to a tech startup in the restaurant hospitality space, transforming payment and ordering experiences, before pivoting to a platform to enable other technology to interface with the restaurant. I exited in 2018-2019 and realised I had no more excuses not to do what I always wanted to do: write fiction.

It’s Roald Dahl’s fault. When I was seven, I read the BFG. Remember the scene where Sophie reads the description of a dream of writing a book so exciting that no-one can put it down? Airline pilots are getting lost. Drivers are crashing.

I wanted to write that book. I want to write page-turners. If I achieve nothing more than giving one person the experience within the BFG’s dream, I’ll have succeeded. Hopefully without the car crashes, though. Despite swearing to friends and family (none of whom apparently believed me) that I’d never run another startup again, I recently started a new one focussed on bringing some of the ideas in Artificial Wisdom, my debut, to life, specifically around communicated in augmented reality.

In my spare time, I’m an avid father, husband and cook, and have a bunch of hobbies my wife claims makes me sound like I’m 80, including drawing, painting and chess. I collect more books than I have time to read, especially if they have beautiful covers, like Folio editions. I’m a sucker for great covers.
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Average rating: 3.89 · 9,525 ratings · 2,137 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Artificial Wisdom (Wisdom, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 9,477 ratings — published 2023 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinite Wisdom (Wisdom, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 48 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Write Iconic Characters: Unlocking the core motivations that fuel unforgettable stories (Enneagram for Authors)

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Thomas Weaver liked Meg Pearson's review of Infinite Wisdom (Wisdom, #2): "Infinite Wisdom is a gripping, thought-provoking, and incredibly twisty techno-thriller that kept me questioning everything right along with its characters. As a sequel to Artificial Wisdom, this picks up five years later, with Solomon now serving as " Read more of this review »
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Thomas Weaver and 1 other person liked Minal's review of Infinite Wisdom (Wisdom, #2): "One of the most unique, twisty and insane plots I have read in a book in a long time. I adore the characters, the science, and how everything continues to build up in ways that you didn’t expect. I think the payoffs in this book are so good. Ideas an" Read more of this review »
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Thomas Weaver and 6 other people liked Angie Miale's review of Infinite Wisdom (Wisdom, #2): "Hope was the oldest cure. It was also the oldest addiction. Truth was, he was hooked on the ache of it all. Summary A sequel to Artificial Wisdom, this book picks up 5 years after Solomon's election campaign to be earth's "protector," he has abolished " Read more of this review »
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An instant classic of the genre, fusing the bureaucratic sci-fi of Philip K. Dick, the cosmic horror of Lovecraft, and the poetic prose of Emily St. John Mandel. There Is No Antimemetics Division is packed with ideas so potent it feels like one of th ...more
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“That, of course, was the thing about truth. Those who hid it always believed it was colored in shades of grey; those who revealed it always saw the black and white.”
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“They flooded Silicon Valley with money until a computer was in every pocket. Then they funded the invention of social media to track everyone, to know what they liked and believed. Then they corrupted those beliefs, played them back to people in their own echo chambers. And slowly, humanity became polarised. It was us and them, and neither side was able to even listen to the other without prejudgement.”
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“That was the thing about the truth. Sometimes, you were judged more harshly for revealing it than for concealing it.”
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Group Vote: Which novel (contemporary this time, < 10 yrs old) should we read in October?

Artificial Wisdom by Thomas Weaver

2 votes, 33.3%

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

1 vote, 16.7%

Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2) by Daniel Suarez

Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez

1 vote, 16.7%

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

1 vote, 16.7%

Saturation Point and Adrian Tchaikovsky

1 vote, 16.7%

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