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Шаблон:Advert Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Dennis E. Taylor is a Canadian novelist and former computer programmer known for his large scale hard science fiction stories exploring the interaction between artificial intelligence and the human condition.

Career

While working at his day job as a computer programmer, Taylor self-published his first novel and began working with an agent to try to publish his second novel We Are Legion. However, Taylor still had difficulty getting any publishing house to take on his work, and eventually published it through his agent's in-house publishing arm. An audiobook rights deal with Audible was also reached. Once recorded, We Are Legion became one of the most popular audiobooks on the service and was awarded Best Science Fiction Audiobook of the year.[1]

Taylor has been noted as one of many popular authors that debut their work in audio form rather than print to take advantage of the explosive growth of the audio medium.[2]

Taylor's 2018 novel The Singularity Trap as well as his 2020 novel Heaven's River debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List for Fiction Audiobooks.[3][4][5]

In September 2020, Taylor released his sixth novel Heaven's River, a sequel in the "Bobiverse" series. The new novel follows a loose thread from the earlier novels involving the Bob clone named "Bender", who had disappeared mysteriously many years before and prompts a galaxy-spanning search.[6]

Major themes

Taylor's "Bobiverse" series explore how technologies like cryonics, mind uploading and artificial intelligence might change the society and the human condition.[7][8] Another major topic is global catastrophic risk, which is also featured in Outland and The Singularity Trap.[9][10]

The Stern magazine praised Taylor's distinctive humour style, often based on nerdy inside jokes and references.[7]

Recognition

Taylor's works have been translated to several languages, including Japanese,[11] German,[12] French[13] and Polish.[14]

The We Are Legion (We Are Bob) novel was a finalist of the 2019 Seiun Awards.[11]

In October 2018, Taylor was added to the X-Prize Foundation Science Fiction Advisory Council as a "Visionary Storyteller".[15] This group of accomplished science fiction authors help advise the X-Prize team on envisioning the future.[16][17]

In May 2019, Taylor was invited by Google to one of the "Talks at Google" where he gave some insight into what inspired his writings, and what his plans are for the next few years.[18]

Personal life

Taylor lives near Vancouver, Canada with his wife and daughter. He enjoys snowboarding and mountain biking when he is not writing or traveling.[19]

Bibliography

Bobiverse (2016–2021)

Шаблон:Abbr Title Date ISBN Notes
1 We Are Legion 20 October 2016 Шаблон:Ubl Self-published as We are Bob in 2015. Revised edition published in 2016 with new title.
2 For We Are Many 18 March 2017 Шаблон:ISBNT
3 All These Worlds 8 August 2017 Шаблон:ISBNT
4 Heaven's River 26 January 2021 Шаблон:ISBNT New York Times Bestseller,[5] Audie Award Finalist,[20] Prometheus Award Finalist

Quantum Earth (2015–2023)

Шаблон:Abbr Title Date ISBN Notes
1 Outland 9 January 2015 Шаблон:Ubl Self-published in 2015. Revised edition published in 2017.
2 Earthside 26 May 2023 Шаблон:ISBNT Audiobook was available as an Audible Original in January 2023.

Standalone works

Title Date ISBN Notes
The Singularity Trap 11 July 2018 Шаблон:ISBNT New York Times Bestseller[3][4]
Roadkill 9 December 2022 Шаблон:ISBNT Audiobook was available as an Audible Original in August 2022.
"A Change of Plans" 9 October 2017 Шаблон:ISBNT Collected in Explorations: Colony, vol. 4 of the Explorations anthology series.

Audible Original stories

Stories released as Audible Originals as read by Ray Porter. Roadkill and Earthside were later published in paperback. Шаблон:As of, Feedback is available to read exclusively on Amazon's Kindle platform.

Title Audible release Kindle edition Ref.
Feedback 19 November 2020 15 February 2023 [21]
Roadkill 4 August 2022 1 December 2022 [21]
Earthside 26 January 2023 25 May 2023

See also

References

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External links

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