Ramez Naam is a software system technologist who spent years at Microsoft cultivate on Explorer , Outlook , and Bing . Then he became fascinated by bioengineering and authored a non - fiction playscript called More Than Human : espouse the Promise of Biological Enhancement . And now he ’s turn to science fiction . He ’s sold two books , Nexus and its sequel Crux , to Angry Robot Books .
Here ’s a plot precis :
In the near future , the nano - drug Nexus can connect judgment to mind . There are some who need to improve it . There are some who want to carry off it . And there are others who just want to exploit it . When a untested scientist is catch better Nexus , he ’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage , with far more at stake than anyone actualise .
Sign me up ! I ’ve seen Naam verbalize at conferences about his work , and he ’s an engaging , intelligent hombre — I can easily see him spin a kickass science fiction tale . Nexus hits in January 2012 , with Crux come after later in the year .
[ viaAngry Robot web log ]
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