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John Shirley

Born

in Houston, Texas, The United States

February 10, 1953

Website

https://john-shirley.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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John Shirley won the Bram Stoker Award for his story collection Black Butterflies, and is the author of numerous novels, including the best-seller DEMONS, the cyberpunk classics CITY COME A-WALKIN', ECLIPSE, and BLACK GLASS, and his newest novels STORMLAND and A SORCERER OF ATLANTIS.

He is also a screenwriter, having written for television and movies; he was co-screenwriter of THE CROW. He has been several Year's Best anthologies including Prime Books' THE YEAR'S BEST DARK FANTASY AND HORROR anthology, and his nwest story collection is IN EXTREMIS: THE MOST EXTREME SHORT STORIES OF JOHN SHIRLEY. His novel BIOSHOCK: RAPTURE telling the story of the creation and undoing of Rapture, from the hit videogame BIOSHOCK is out from TOR books; his Hal ...more

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John Shirley's Blog

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AI is not a person. But Someone Will Want You to Think It Is

Some are easily fooled by ‘AI personhood’; some even get married to AI programs, ritual and all. Fairly bright people convince themselves AI is now sentient. This will increase; it will *seem* more aware, and unpredictable. This is sometimes accident; sometimes intentional. It’s deep manipulation. It will be used in fraud, of course–already is, and it will become more and more persuasive. It can l

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Average rating: 3.88 · 50,592 ratings · 4,609 reviews · 320 distinct works • Similar authors

	BioShock: Rapture 3.99 avg rating — 11,437 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	Halo: Broken Circle 3.89 avg rating — 1,974 ratings — published 2014 — 22 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
	Constantine 3.99 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 2005 — 8 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
	Eclipse (A Song Called Youth, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 698 ratings — published 1985 — 2 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
	Batman: Dead White 3.53 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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
	Grimm: The Icy Touch (Grimm, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	City Come a-Walkin' by John Shirley, William Gibson (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 1980 — 18 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
	Wetbones 3.76 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 1991 — 19 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
	Demons 3.26 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 2000 — 12 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
	Black Butterflies 3.80 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 1998 — 8 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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“No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan”
― John Shirley, BioShock: Rapture

tags: objectivism, philosophy, religion, science

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“If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb”
― John Shirley, BioShock: Rapture

tags: bioshock, game, rapture, shirley

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“A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.”
― John Shirley, BioShock: Rapture

tags: andrew-ryan, bioshock, prosperity

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What horror read shall we have for our 4th quarter of 2012 group read?

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

3 votes, 60.0%

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

2 votes, 40.0%

Song of Kali by Dan Simmons

0 votes, 0.0%

Demons by John Shirley

0 votes, 0.0%

Weaveworld by Clive Barker

0 votes, 0.0%

5 total votes

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