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Philip Charles Stephens

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Iain M Banks, Philip K Dick, Stephen King, Lovecraft etc.

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I am an author and ghost-writer based in New Mexico but originally from Mersea Island, England. I’m a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, counting Philip K Dick, Iain M Banks, Stephen King, Lovecraft and Tolkien amongst my influences, but I’m a lover of literature in general.

I’m primarily interested in the tension between the rational, defined universe of our modern age and the mysterious, unknowable dimensions of thought. Before religion and philosophy, humanity understood the world through stories told around the fire, and I think of fiction as a lens through which the world is revealed to us in different ways. Dark metal, decaying ecosystems, and cybernetic consciousness. A brave new world or an ancient hell — you decide.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 63 ratings · 22 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Glyphein (Reality Seed, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Closed Gate (Reality Seed, #2) 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Reality Seed: A Compendium 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Infinitesimus (Reality Seed #3) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016	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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The Importance of Science Fiction

"So long as we represent technology as an instrument, we remain held fast in the will to master it." - Martin Heidegger

For many people, Science Fiction (or SF) is simply the literary genre that deals with the future possibilities posed by scientific understanding — an entertaining distraction from the ho-hum themes and settings of contemporary fiction. I’m going to argue it’s much more serious tha Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 22, 2014 17:44 • Tags: future, heidegger, literature, science-fiction

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Mona Lisa Overdrive (Sprawl, #3)

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