From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 18:46 April 15, 2054 (GMT‑5)Arlington National Cemetery That night in her apartment Julia Hunt ordered in sushi and watched the coverage of Slake’s botched press conference on her …
Read More »2054, Part V: From Tokyo With Love
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 18:12 April 03, 2054 (GMT‑3)São Paulo Chowdhury checked into his hotel, an anodyne Grand Hyatt booked by the staff at Neutronics due to its proximity to their clinic. …
Read More »2054, Part IV: A Nation Divided
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 03:37 March 25, 2054 (GMT‑5)Columbia Heights Metro Station Julia Hunt had finally returned to sleeping in her apartment, a drab studio on 11th Street NW that she rented …
Read More »2054, Part III: The Singularity
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 21:15 March 23, 2054 (GMT‑5)Rosslyn, Virginia B.T. had proven easy enough to find. When he went dark, Lily figured he was in one of the world’s three gambling …
Read More »2054, Part II: Next Big Thing
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 01:41 March 17, 2054 (GMT+9)Okinawa Middle of the night, alone in his lab, was just how he liked to work. News of Castro’s death was everywhere, and he’d …
Read More »2054, Part I: Death of a President
From the authors of the New York Times bestseller 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, also excerpted exclusively in WIRED. 12:02 March 12, 2054 (GMT‑5)São Paulo to JFK He knew the land beneath him carried scars, but when observed from such a height those scars appeared to vanish. …
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Science fiction, for decades, has been about predicting the future—and warning against it. Even as Star Trek envisioned the wonders of flip phones and iPads, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash warned of the dystopian nature of the metaverse. Throughout 2023, as artificial intelligence has creeped its way into every corner of …
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