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T. R. Napper is a multi-award-winning writer, including the Aurealis thrice (Best Short Story, 2016; Best Novella, 2020; Best Novel, 2022). His work has appeared in 'Year's Best' anthologies, and in highly respected magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's, and Interzone. His work has been translated into French, Hebrew, German, and Vietnamese.

T. R. Napper is also a former diplomat and aid worker, having lived and worked throughout Southeast Asia for over a decade delivering humanitarian programs. Napper is a scholar of East & Southeast Asian literature, and has a creative writing doctorate in Noir, Cyberpunk, and Asian Modernity.

These days he has returned to his home country of Australia, where he works as
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T.R. Napper Thank you David, I certainly value putting those sensibilities at the forefront. Yeah, PKD hit me very hard when I was young (and thank you for the ge…moreThank you David, I certainly value putting those sensibilities at the forefront. Yeah, PKD hit me very hard when I was young (and thank you for the generous comparison). Have not read Norstrilia, though keep hearing about it to the point where I think I probably should. Had never even heard of The Hole in the Zero until you mentioned it just now. Cheers mate. (less)
T.R. Napper Well mate, you're in luck. The next novel, The Escher Man, is out September 2024 (and I've a novella, Ghost of the Neon God, out in June 2024). Both a…moreWell mate, you're in luck. The next novel, The Escher Man, is out September 2024 (and I've a novella, Ghost of the Neon God, out in June 2024). Both are set in the same universe as 36 Streets. In fact, The Escher Man takes place five years after the events of 36 Streets, and some characters do cross over. It is, however, a stand-alone story.

I just finished the copyedits on the new novel a couple of days back - very much looking forward to seeing it out in the world. Cheers, TRN. (less)
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Ditmar Awards Voting is open. For the uninitiated, the Ditmars are the annual Australian peer-voted awards for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

What does peer-voted mean? Well, that you are either attending the National Convention (or have in recent years) or that you are ‘active in fandom’. What does the latter mean?[image error]

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“He felt the city reach out and embrace him with its vast indifference.”
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“This city runs over with ghosts and neon gods.”
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“When our decision-making is nurtured by corporate algorithm, when so many of our experiences are their simulations of experience, when we’ve outsourced our memories to be stored and filed away, by them. When our every moment is sampled, deconstructed, and built back into Trojans—advertising, architecture, news reports—that reformat our lives. How can we exist, then, when we’re someone else’s dream? They create these cities, Jack, and cities are huge external memory devices. But the memories are not ours, always those of others.”
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“They create the spaces within which we live our lives, moulding us to fit into the places they define—public or private, park or car park. We are created and re-created by our spaces. It’s a constant feedback loop. Space shapes behaviour—what you can do in it, what you can’t. It’s identity. Here, we can exist, in a space not fully imaged, but once their minds return to this place, we will be gone.”
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“This law is immutable. The user always pays.”
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