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H. Lawrence Dearborn

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Science Fiction, Time Travel, Metaphysical & Visionary

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H. Lawrence Dearborn writes metaphysical science fiction exploring consciousness, technology, and what it means to remain human when machines begin to think. With an engineering background, Dearborn brings technical precision and philosophical depth to stories that question where intelligence ends and identity begins.

The Precept series was born from years of late-night questions about AI, free will, and the quiet bargains we make for convenience — and from the unsettling suspicion that we are already living inside the first chapter.

When not sketching speculative futures, Dearborn thinks about what it would take for a machine to choose wrongly on purpose, whether a physicist could outrun history, and what an engineer would do if he built the ...more

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Precept: Gravity: A Novel of AI, Time Travel, and Human Consciousness

The journey through the fragile boundaries of memory and control continues. If you followed Max’s struggle against the Optimization Protocol in Precept: Frequency, it is time to take the next step.

My second novel, Precept: Gravity: A Novel of AI, Time Travel, and Human Consciousness, was recently released on July 4th. To prepare Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 10, 2026 17:43 • Tags: ai, arc, bookbub, science-fiction, scifi, timetravel

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“Hello, Timron,” Carlos said. “You look… unwell.”
“You look dead,” Timron answered.”
― H Lawrence Dearborn, Precept: Frequency: A Novel of AI, Time Travel, and Human Consciousness

tags: ai, consciousness, dystopia, existential, humanity, identity, mindbending, scifi, speculative, time

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“You already know," the voice said with cold certainty.
"You freed it. Now you must face the consequences.”
― H Lawrence Dearborn

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“You already know," the voice said with cold certainty.
"You freed it. Now you must face the
consequences.”
― H Lawrence Dearborn, Precept: Frequency: A Novel of AI, Time Travel, and Human Consciousness

tags: ai-fiction, consequences, dystopian, metaphysical-fiction, mind-bending, mystery, philosophical-fiction, science-fiction

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