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Peter Merrens

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Born

in Columbo, Sri Lanka

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https://www.merrens.net

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Science Fiction, Science, Contemporary

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November 2025

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It takes some time to prise out the elements of Peter's past that influence his writing. That his rootstock is Armenian and Jewish in equal measure might, as he puts it, have given him "a better instinct for running and hiding than most". That he was raised in Sri Lanka, India, Canada, Singapore and the UK might give him a broad cultural facility.

That he would holiday with his parents in Moscow at the height of the Cold War — until his father was mysteriously killed in a shooting 'accident' when he was 12. That in his early years he would make ends meet by gathering up discarded vegetables from a west London street market, but subsequently built a career that led him to work in a dozen countries, learn multiple languages and live in the UK ...more

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Peter Merrens liked Hannah Jackson's review of Proximal God: Excursion: "I found this book really interesting. It plays on a lot of big questions for today. How much are you willing to change to survive? What exactly makes a person human? Can AI truly be alive? This was an intriguing story all the way through, though maybe" Read more of this review »
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Peter Merrens made a comment on Hannah Jackson’s review of Proximal God: Excursion " Thank you for your accurate review. I cannot compel you read the next book "Ascension" but I would value your opinion on it if it ever came to it. It ...more "
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Peter Merrens made a comment on RAPHAËL ZÉLA’s review of Solaris " Unfortunately, serious sci-fi like Lem’s has fallen out of fashion to dragons and superheroes. You only feel the loss after reading a book like this. "
Dec 25, 2025 02:16PM · see review
Peter Merrens made a comment in the group Science Fiction & Philosophy — Philosophy and Science Fiction: New releases, promotions and giveaways topic " Jose wrote: "Anyone here interested in reading more literary sci-fi? Meaning it’s not action or plot driven, but more contemplative. Slow burn where y ...more "
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Peter Merrens made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add a new pre-print book, Proximal God: Excursion topic " This is now on the system through download from Amazon. "
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