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Thomas R. Weaver

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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
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Thomas R. Weaver I don't get writer's block, so much as a profound desire to do simpler, easier tasks than writing, such as answering questions on Goodreads. I get ove…moreI don't get writer's block, so much as a profound desire to do simpler, easier tasks than writing, such as answering questions on Goodreads. I get over that by setting myself impossible deadlines with external accountability! And to also apply a drafting mindset: it's not about perfecting it on the first draft, but about building the story up over time in layers, like a painting, from the outline sketch to the broad brushstrokes down to the finer detail. So if I'm stuck, it tends to be with the blank page, so I make sure I'm just sketching it all down. A few words, here and there. A bit of dialogue. Then I block in the major bits: the setting, the conflict, the characters, but without too much detail. Then I leave that for a bit, and when I come back to edit it, I'll start to refine the ideas, the order, the motivations, the word choice, where the commas go, everything in more and more detail until it's done.(less)
Thomas R. Weaver Being a writer is like having to keep multiple parallel realities in your head, all at the same time, and make profound choices between those realitie…moreBeing a writer is like having to keep multiple parallel realities in your head, all at the same time, and make profound choices between those realities. If this character lives, what would happen? What if they died? Which one are you going to choose? When you make a good choice and you hear a reader gasp aloud... that's a great feeling.(less)
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Artificial Wisdom

3.89 avg rating — 8,760 ratings — published 2023 — 15 editions
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Infinite Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver
"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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"Hope was the oldest cure. It was also the oldest addiction. Truth was, he was hooked on the ache of it all.

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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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"I’ve read this book more than six times. Maybe not this copy of the manuscript, but some form of it.

Despite that, there were parts that STILL made me tear up even though I had read them multiple times in 2025. Even though I knew they were coming.

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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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It's not often that I take the time to sink into a book and enjoy every moment of it. It seems like there's just too many books to read, vying for my attention. And so, more and more, it takes something special to come along and grab that attention a ...more
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Some of this was a bit of a challenge to wade through, some of this was characteristically mind-blowing. I was slapping post-it notes on it as I went, one per idea it stimulated, and I had a stack at the end. Now that's praise. ...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.”
Thomas R. Weaver, Artificial Wisdom

“The truth is not a luxury. It’s not disposable. It’s the bedrock of a civilized society.”
Thomas R. Weaver, Artificial Wisdom

“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.”
Thomas R. Weaver, Artificial Wisdom

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