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Tim Maughan

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in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Tim Maughan is an author and journalist using both fiction and non-fiction to explore issues around cities, class, culture, technology, and the future. His work regularly appears on the BBC, New Scientist, and Vice/Motherboard. His debut novel INFINITE DETAIL will be published by FSG in 2019. He also collaborates with artists and filmmakers, and has had work shown at the V&A, Columbia School of Architecture, the Vienna Biennale, and on Channel 4. He currently lives in Canada.

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“The shadow cast by the luminous screen…” – an interview with Liam Young

The fascinating new book from Sonic Acts, The Geologic Imagination, is out now – and features my interview with Liam Young, conducted whilst we were deep at sea on a container ship last summer. Here’s a little taster:

TM: First, I’ve been impressed by the scale of everything. It’s the 45th anniversary of the Moon landing, right? I keep hearing people saying that we don’t do any big eng

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	Infinite Detail 3.70 avg rating — 2,500 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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
	Paintwork 3.99 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn by Brian Merchant (Editor), Claire L. Evans (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine by Jonathan Strahan (Goodreads Author), Joe Abercrombie, Nicola Griffith (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Ghost Hardware: Three Infinite Detail Stories 3.89 avg rating — 89 ratings	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 hydroponic farms in the old buildings at the back of the Croft, the ones left over from before, the ones the old hippies used to grow their vegetables before the crash. When Grids took the Croft he put them all over to growing ganja, until he realized he could get a higher price growing herbs and spices—the things the Land Army didn’t provide through their tightly controlled rationing, the things everybody wanted. Illicit flavors, tastes, and smells.”
― Tim Maughan, Infinite Detail

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“The pinnacle of human effort had been to create a largely hidden, superefficient, globe-spanning infrastructure of vast ships and city-size container ports—and all to do nothing more than keep feeding capitalism’s hunger for the disposable. To move plastic trash made by the global poor into the hands of hapless, clueless consumers. A seemingly unstoppable beast built from parasitic tentacles, clenching the planet with an iron grip.”
― Tim Maughan, Infinite Detail

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“will.” “Yeah, probably. I just wonder if actually this is all just bullshit, y’know? Like maybe our brains just ain’t designed to deal with networks. They’re not going to evolve to interface with millions of other people. They’re just not designed for that. And trying to force it just makes us angry and actually more alienated.” “I dunno. Didn’t they say the same about television?” “Yeah. Well.” He laughs. “Television fucked things up pretty bad. You remember advertising? Politics?” “Yeah. Good point.”
― Tim Maughan, Infinite Detail

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