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Rick Moss

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Rick Moss is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist. He has authored four literary sci-fi novels.

His most recent, ONCE A MAN (2026, Rare Bird), tackles the impacts of overreaching AI on our society. A boy barely sixteen embarks on a mythic search for his father and collides with secrets that could alter the fate of humankind. Once a Man is a sweeping, poetically rendered epic of survival, love, and the perilous promises of technology.

EBOCLOUD (2013, Aqueous Books), cited in scientific journals for its predictions of a coming “social singularity,” was included in the syllabus for a Duke University course, alongside William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER and Dave Eggers’ THE CIRCLE. TELLERS (2016) stitches together a series of short stories, catha Rick Moss is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist. He has authored four literary sci-fi novels.

His most recent, ONCE A MAN (2026, Rare Bird), tackles the impacts of overreaching AI on our society. A boy barely sixteen embarks on a mythic search for his father and collides with secrets that could alter the fate of humankind. Once a Man is a sweeping, poetically rendered epic of survival, love, and the perilous promises of technology.

EBOCLOUD (2013, Aqueous Books), cited in scientific journals for its predictions of a coming “social singularity,” was included in the syllabus for a Duke University course, alongside William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER and Dave Eggers’ THE CIRCLE. TELLERS (2016) stitches together a series of short stories, cathartically told by residents of a communal farm who experienced a joint trauma. IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES (2020) centers on an ill-fated partnership between a conceptual artist and a self-destructive quantum theory physicist using looping narratives.

Rick studied painting and printmaking at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, creative writing via Tufts University, and earned his degree at California College of the Arts where he focused on video production and photography.

Rick’s early career was devoted to design for print, video, animation, and web. He was a principal and co-founder of the online business publication, RetailWire.com, which he ran profitably for over 20 years and sold in 2023. At RetailWire, Rick oversaw the editorial department, as well as marketing strategy for such website sponsors as IBM, SAP, and Oracle.

Rick’s editorials have appeared in USA Today and Forbes. He publishes his songwriting as Rock Moses on SoundCloud.

For details on Rick’s creative projects, visit: rickmoss.art

Rick Moss currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He was born on an Air Force base in post-War Japan. He grew up in rural Maryland and suburban Baltimore. He met his wife Catherine at art college in Oakland, California. They have two adult daughters, Alison and Genna. ...more

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Dialog: Author Rick Moss and Michael Anissimov on the "Social Singularity"

This is a dialog between Michael Anissimov, co-editor of H+ magazine, and Rick Moss, author of the recent book Ebocloud, which explores futuristic social networks combined with brain-computer interface technology. Republished here courtesy H+ magazine.

Rick Moss:

http://jasoniskandar.deviantart.com/art/The-Monkey-Chant-97873481?moodonly=69

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Michael, here's our question: Could a Social Singularity occur? You're thinking, without a respectable definition

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