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Martin Talks

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The relationship between human and technology fascinates me and informs my writing.

My first book, 'A to Z of Digital Detoxing', looked at how digital detoxing can help digital not be toxic in our lives. I still advocate taking time away from screens and I take groups on digital detoxing adventures.

My second book, Blinky's Law, is my first fiction novel and explores how emerging technologies might play out in the future in a tongue-in-cheek way. I strongly believe that it is only through fiction that we can explore the future, as the future is no longer an extension of the present.

I have also set up My Saga (www.my-saga.com) to help people publish their memoirs. It's been hugely rewarding to see how much pleasure people get from capturing th ...more

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	A to Z of Digital Detoxing: A Practical Family Guide 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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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Adventures in Space (Short stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction writers)

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Welcome to "The Future," where the apocalypse is not just near; it's a playground for billionaire tech moguls plotting their survival. Naomi Alderman takes us on a whirlwind journey through a world teetering on the brink. But is the end truly nigh? T ...more
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This is a satire-cum-psychological-eco-thriller by the Booker prize-winning Eleanor Catton (for the Luminaries). It is set in New Zealand and revolves principally about an anarchic gardening movement called Birnam Wood who get entangled with an Ameri ...more
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Welcome to "The Future," where the apocalypse is not just near; it's a playground for billionaire tech moguls plotting their survival. Naomi Alderman takes us on a whirlwind journey through a world teetering on the brink. But is the end truly nigh? T ...more
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Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize in 2023 for its stark portrayal of a near-future Ireland on the brink of totalitarianism and civil war. It is a bleak and intense read. There are no paragraphs and long sentences that weave speech with ...more
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Martin Talks shared a quote Imagining bad futures, creates bad futures. So does imagining good futures do the opposite? “This is the pattern of the rule of salt. Imagining bad futures creates fear and fear creates bad futures” Naomi Alderman
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“I'm impatient to find out what the future is like so I time travel through writing.”
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“It is only through fiction that we truly explore our future, as the future is no longer an extension of the present.”
― Martin Talks, Blinky's Law

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