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Ebocloud
To what length will we go to avoid loneliness? For some, Facebook may be the answer to that question, but for the hundreds of millions flocking to engage in ebocloud.com, "gaining follwers" seems frivolous by comparison. In the "great belonging" of the cloud, few stop to consider what sacrifices are being made as they work together with their "ebo cousins" to build a more loving society, under the leadership of ebocloud's idealistic architect, Radu Cajal. For New York artist Ellison Luber, however, the losses are not abstract—they are immediate and personal. While nearly oblivious to the ebocloud humanitarian movement, Ellie's insular life in Chelsea is violently upended by an attack that takes the life of his neighbor and sends his girlfriend in flight from the police. And most astoundingly, this and other crimes he experiences are traceable to ebocloud, the same organization dedicated to the new humanitarian enlightenment of the world.
398 pages, Paperback
First published January 30, 2013
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About the author
Rick Moss
5 books17 followersRick Moss is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist. He has authored four literary sci-fi novels.
His most recent, ONCE A MAN (2026, Rare Bird), tackles the impacts of overreaching AI on our society. A boy barely sixteen embarks on a mythic search for his father and collides with secrets that could alter the fate of humankind. Once a Man is a sweeping, poetically rendered epic of survival, love, and the perilous promises of technology.
EBOCLOUD (2013, Aqueous Books), cited in scientific journals for its predictions of a coming “social singularity,” was included in the syllabus for a Duke University course, alongside William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER and Dave Eggers’ THE CIRCLE. TELLERS (2016) stitches together a series of short stories, cathartically told by residents of a communal farm who experienced a joint trauma. IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES (2020) centers on an ill-fated partnership between a conceptual artist and a self-destructive quantum theory physicist using looping narratives.
Rick studied painting and printmaking at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, creative writing via Tufts University, and earned his degree at California College of the Arts where he focused on video production and photography.
Rick’s early career was devoted to design for print, video, animation, and web. He was a principal and co-founder of the online business publication, RetailWire.com, which he ran profitably for over 20 years and sold in 2023. At RetailWire, Rick oversaw the editorial department, as well as marketing strategy for such website sponsors as IBM, SAP, and Oracle.
Rick’s editorials have appeared in USA Today and Forbes. He publishes his songwriting as Rock Moses on SoundCloud.
For details on Rick’s creative projects, visit: rickmoss.art
Rick Moss currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He was born on an Air Force base in post-War Japan. He grew up in rural Maryland and suburban Baltimore. He met his wife Catherine at art college in Oakland, California. They have two adult daughters, Alison and Genna.
His most recent, ONCE A MAN (2026, Rare Bird), tackles the impacts of overreaching AI on our society. A boy barely sixteen embarks on a mythic search for his father and collides with secrets that could alter the fate of humankind. Once a Man is a sweeping, poetically rendered epic of survival, love, and the perilous promises of technology.
EBOCLOUD (2013, Aqueous Books), cited in scientific journals for its predictions of a coming “social singularity,” was included in the syllabus for a Duke University course, alongside William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER and Dave Eggers’ THE CIRCLE. TELLERS (2016) stitches together a series of short stories, cathartically told by residents of a communal farm who experienced a joint trauma. IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES (2020) centers on an ill-fated partnership between a conceptual artist and a self-destructive quantum theory physicist using looping narratives.
Rick studied painting and printmaking at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, creative writing via Tufts University, and earned his degree at California College of the Arts where he focused on video production and photography.
Rick’s early career was devoted to design for print, video, animation, and web. He was a principal and co-founder of the online business publication, RetailWire.com, which he ran profitably for over 20 years and sold in 2023. At RetailWire, Rick oversaw the editorial department, as well as marketing strategy for such website sponsors as IBM, SAP, and Oracle.
Rick’s editorials have appeared in USA Today and Forbes. He publishes his songwriting as Rock Moses on SoundCloud.
For details on Rick’s creative projects, visit: rickmoss.art
Rick Moss currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He was born on an Air Force base in post-War Japan. He grew up in rural Maryland and suburban Baltimore. He met his wife Catherine at art college in Oakland, California. They have two adult daughters, Alison and Genna.
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March 13, 2011
I’m not certain whether Ebocloud is science fiction, social commentary, a literary novel or a wonderful amalgamation of all. Some of my favourite things are in the book: art, jazz, subversive, satirical and philosophical thought on science, science fiction and family. Throw in a little society altering technology, a mysterious arsonist and you have a superbly fascinating novel.
The book begins with Ellison Luber, a successful artist and his girlfriend, Charlotte. His life changes radically after an unexplained fire destroys his home and Charlotte goes missing. In his search for answers he finds Charlotte’s secretive family, the enigmatic Radu, (the genius behind the social network revolution, ebocloud), and more questions. Slowly the threads of the mystery unravel and threaten to topple everything.
The author of Ebocloud, Rick Moss, has built multiple layers and delights with each turn of the page, and immerses the reader in world both cerebral and gripping. The characters and the underlying narrative of collective techno-culture are the best parts of this novel, but the style, told with an innovative and juxtaposed form, lends the book an intelligent tone. This author uses several plot devices, including imparting the story of a fictional sci-fi novel, to deftly propel the tale to its conclusion.
There was some minor discontent, as I sometimes found the “novel within the novel” slightly less interesting than the main plotline -although it made an intriguing contrast and parallel- and I’m not certain I agreed with the well-written ending. But on the whole I loved the book and highly recommend it.
The book begins with Ellison Luber, a successful artist and his girlfriend, Charlotte. His life changes radically after an unexplained fire destroys his home and Charlotte goes missing. In his search for answers he finds Charlotte’s secretive family, the enigmatic Radu, (the genius behind the social network revolution, ebocloud), and more questions. Slowly the threads of the mystery unravel and threaten to topple everything.
The author of Ebocloud, Rick Moss, has built multiple layers and delights with each turn of the page, and immerses the reader in world both cerebral and gripping. The characters and the underlying narrative of collective techno-culture are the best parts of this novel, but the style, told with an innovative and juxtaposed form, lends the book an intelligent tone. This author uses several plot devices, including imparting the story of a fictional sci-fi novel, to deftly propel the tale to its conclusion.
There was some minor discontent, as I sometimes found the “novel within the novel” slightly less interesting than the main plotline -although it made an intriguing contrast and parallel- and I’m not certain I agreed with the well-written ending. But on the whole I loved the book and highly recommend it.
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