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In the near future, no-one’s thoughts are their own and privacy is a thing of the past. Everyone shares their lives in the global social media network and premeditated crime is no longer possible.
So when Detective Oliver Braddon finds a dead body, the victim of a planned murder, he is plunged into a dangerous investigation, and forced to use unorthodox means, as he tracks down a murderer, who can kill without thinking.
So when Detective Oliver Braddon finds a dead body, the victim of a planned murder, he is plunged into a dangerous investigation, and forced to use unorthodox means, as he tracks down a murderer, who can kill without thinking.
- GenresScience Fiction
277 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 14, 2014
7 people want to read
About the author
David Wake
26 books15 followersDavid Wake started as a playwright, taking shows to London and the Edinburgh Fringe, and winning awards (and drinking lager out of one piece of silverware at the celebratory curry).
He completed an MA in Writing at Birmingham City University, co-edited the anthology and received that year's screenwriting award.
His novels cover SF, steampunk and more. He has two series, the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere near-future police procedurals and stand-alone ranging from samurai revenge thriller, political satire pub crawl and a cosy mystery.
He co-founded and co-runs New Street Authors, an indie publishing collective based in Birmingham, UK. He's the inventor of the drabble, which are stories of exactly 100 words.
If you'd like to know more, please get in touch.
He completed an MA in Writing at Birmingham City University, co-edited the anthology and received that year's screenwriting award.
His novels cover SF, steampunk and more. He has two series, the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere near-future police procedurals and stand-alone ranging from samurai revenge thriller, political satire pub crawl and a cosy mystery.
He co-founded and co-runs New Street Authors, an indie publishing collective based in Birmingham, UK. He's the inventor of the drabble, which are stories of exactly 100 words.
If you'd like to know more, please get in touch.
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October 19, 2017
Clever and thought-provoking near-future SF. David Wake is cornering the market in novels which take current trends in technology to their ultimate conclusion. In Hash, Tag, we find a future in which thoughts themselves have become a ubiquitous and relentless Twittersphere in people's heads. In this world, thoughts are no longer private, yet an unsolved murder has occurred. How? The solution is clever and original.
This is a lot more than just a whodunnit though: the novel is permeated with details of how the technology has affected daily life, from relationships to theatre, and the flow of new ideas continues throughout. In a world awash with thoughts, there is no longer any real thought, and in a world awash with followers, there are no longer any friends: serious social commentary for our own times.
With I, Phone and now Hash, Tag, David Wake is, dare I say, one of very few SF writers producing anything truly orginal right now: I look forward to the next volume in this technology trilogy.
This is a lot more than just a whodunnit though: the novel is permeated with details of how the technology has affected daily life, from relationships to theatre, and the flow of new ideas continues throughout. In a world awash with thoughts, there is no longer any real thought, and in a world awash with followers, there are no longer any friends: serious social commentary for our own times.
With I, Phone and now Hash, Tag, David Wake is, dare I say, one of very few SF writers producing anything truly orginal right now: I look forward to the next volume in this technology trilogy.
September 26, 2018
I really enjoyed this near future detective novel. In a society where everyone is effectively telepathic, as social media implants post every thought, how has someone got away with murder?
Happily taking the tropes of the British police procedural TV it has a voice of its own but delivers an engaging meld of a The Bill and Morse with a believable sf flavour.
I don't say it lightly but if you like Rivers of London you should check this out.
Happily taking the tropes of the British police procedural TV it has a voice of its own but delivers an engaging meld of a The Bill and Morse with a believable sf flavour.
I don't say it lightly but if you like Rivers of London you should check this out.
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