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TechStuffThe Story: How Science Fiction Changes the Real WorldEliot Peper gets paid to dream about the future. He’s a science fiction writer who has stumbled into an unusual position: writing speculative fiction for Fortune 500 companies. He is also the Head of Story at Portola, which is an AI-companion company. Eliot is responsible for developing a whole new alien culture and forming the personalities of your new favorite AI creature. Karah and Eliot discuss the overlap between art and AI, what science fiction reveals about our current reality, and how he uses storytelling to help create ethical AI companions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
2026-01-1430 min
Miles & MountainsWhere Imagination Meets Wilderness with Eliot PepersA headlamp slicing the dark. A kid who’d rather be grinding levels than hiking switchbacks. A flash of fear on the roadside that turns into something like courage. Eliot Peper joins us to share Ensorcelled, his compact 90-minute novel about a boy named Tim whose attention is split between the glowing pull of video games and the raw, unscripted wonder of the Sierra backcountry.We dig into why this story works so well in a short form and how a tight arc can carry more voltage than a sprawling series. Eliot talks about writing in first pe...
2025-10-1948 min
Fuel Your Mind With The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!Ensorcelled by Eliot PeperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/251727to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Ensorcelled
Author: Eliot Peper
Narrator: Eliot Peper
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
Release date: 10-08-25
Ratings: 3.0 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Anthologies & Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
Tam can't wait to play Ark of the Shadow Moon, the hotly anticipated new game from Clandestine Studios. But when his parents force him to go on a camping trip, he discovers that the mountains wield their own magic, and that while magic offers you everything, it asks everything of you in return.
2025-10-081h 17
The Orthogonal BetEliot Peper on developing lore around AI agentsIn this episode of The Orthogonal Bet, host Samuel Arbesman welcomes back return guest Eliot Peper. Eliot is a science fiction writer and the author of numerous books, and is currently collaborating with the tech company Portola, which is developing Tolans — AI friends and companions that blur the line between lore and code.Samuel and Eliot delve into how Eliot found himself shaping the mythos behind these AI agents, exploring how crafting lore for artificial minds differs from telling stories for human ones. Their conversation expands into the nature of narrative itself: what humans un...
2025-06-1854 min
AI and IThis AI Alien Will Bring In $4 Million This Year in Revenue - Ep. 56 with Quinten Farmer and Eliot Peper500K people are confiding in an AI alien—and it's on track to generate $4M this year.It’s called a Tolan: an animated AI character that can talk to you like your best friend. The company behind it, Portola, has 4x’d their ARR in the last month from viral growth on TikTok and Instagram. Tolan isn’t just a hyper-growth startup—they’re also exploring AI as a completely new creative tool, and storytelling medium. Their goal is to help their users go from overwhelmed to grounded, and it’s work...
2025-04-171h 22
AI & IThis AI Alien Will Bring In $4 Million This Year in Revenue - Ep. 56 with Quinten Farmer and Eliot PeperWith LTX Studio, you can bring your stories to life, complete with a cast, storyline, and settings, all according to your style and specifications. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/LTXStudioEvery500K people are confiding in an AI alien—and it's on track to generate $4M this year.It’s called a Tolan: an animated AI character that can talk to you like your best friend. The company behind it, Portola, has 4x’d their ARR in the last month from viral growth on TikTok and Instagram. Tolan...
2025-04-171h 22
Synthesized SunsetsEpisode XIV: Building a More Ambitious Social Network w/ Visakan VeerasamyThis week just Kevin (no Gordon) talked with internet theorist, writer, and owner of Kevin’s favorite twitter account Visakan Veerasamy. We talk about Visa’s work in building a worldwide social network of friendly ambitious nerds, Sci-Fi’s themes and ideas being stuck in the past, and some current uses of LLM’s.Thanks for listening!EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:0:12 - Introduction and discussion of Visa’s “50 year plan for a global nerd network”6:56 - Explaining this Dominos Image10:26 - People are remarkably unambitious in their social networks14:58 - H...
2025-04-051h 01The Orthogonal BetEliot Peper on The Art of Cultivating CuriosityIn this episode, Samuel Arbesman speaks with Eliot Peper. Eliot is a science fiction novelist and all-around delightful thinker. Eliot’s books are thrilling tales of the near future, exploring many delightful areas of the world and the frontiers of science and technology. In Eliot’s most recent novel, Foundry, he takes the reader on a journey through the world of semiconductors, from their geopolitical implications to their profoundly weird manufacturing processes.Sam wanted to talk to Eliot to explore this profound strangeness of the manufacturing of computer chips, but also use this as a jumping-off point for somethin...
2025-02-1535 min
Humans On The LoopFutures Indistinguishable from Magic with Robin SloanSubscribe, Rate, & Review on YouTube • Spotify • Apple PodcastsThis week I speak with New York Times best-selling author and creative technologist Robin Sloan about the themes of his inimitable novel Moonbound, one of those reads that wrapped me in a vortex of wonder and synchronicity, and raises questions like:Where is the line between technology and magic?What is a computer, really, and do humans qualify?How wrong might we be about the future?How do stories shape reality, and what happens when we have to make room for the stories of the more-than-human world?
2025-01-221h 24
The Remarkable Leadership PodcastThis is Strategy with Seth GodinAre you confident in your strategy or just following a plan? In this episode, Kevin is joined by Seth Godin, and they examine the difference between strategy and tactics, the importance of addressing choices, and why leaders should embrace uncertainty to stay relevant. Seth emphasizes that strategy is not just a step-by-step plan but a philosophy of becoming. He shares his insights on systems thinking, how organizations often mistake marketing issues for strategy problems, and why traditional notions of strategic planning may be outdated. Kevin and Seth also discuss the impact of AI on decision-making, strategies for leading amidst...
2024-11-1331 min
RiskgamingThe Orthogonal Bet: : The Art of Cultivating CuriosityWelcome to The Orthogonal Bet, an ongoing mini-series that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that shape our world. Hosted by Samuel Arbesman.
In this episode, Sam speaks with Eliot Peper. Eliot is a science fiction novelist and all-around delightful thinker. Eliot’s books are thrilling tales of the near future, exploring many delightful areas of the world and the frontiers of science and technology. In Eliot’s most recent novel, Foundry, he takes the reader on a journey through the world of semiconductors, from their geopolitical implications to their profoundly weird manufacturing processes.
2024-08-0935 min
Glasp TalkWhy Curiosity Drives Great Writing: A Bestselling Author's Journey | Eliot Peper | Glasp Talk #13This is the thirteenth session of Glasp Talk!
Glasp Talk delves deep into intimate interviews with luminaries from various fields, unraveling their genuine emotions, experiences, and the stories behind them.
Today's guest is Eliot Peper, a bestselling author renowned for his speculative thrillers that explore the intersection of technology and culture. Eliot transitioned from a research assistant and entrepreneur to a celebrated writer, driven by his love for reading and storytelling. He shares insights into his writing process, sources of inspiration, and advice for aspiring writers and founders on the importance of completing projects.
In this interview, we delve...
2024-07-141h 05
Rabbit Hole ResearchOn Fiction, feat. Eliot Peper | Traces, Appendix 24A conversation with Eliot Peper about writing fiction, creativity, the Bay Area, the feedback loop between technology and society, independent art, and more.Find me at cristian@ccb.lifeAbout the Guest:Eliot Peper is a novelist based in Pacifica, CA. He is the author of Foundry, Reap3r, Veil, Breach, Borderless, Bandwidth, Cumulus, Neon Fever Dream, Exit Strategy, Power Play, andVersion 1.0, and his books have earned praise from Seth Godin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Malka Older, Cory Doctorow, Tim O’Reilly, Amal El-Mohtar, Robin Sloan, and Ev Williams, as well as the Ne...
2024-02-081h 19
RiskgamingEliot Peper's new novel 'Foundry' and the FutureIn a world where science fiction often paints a pessimistic picture of dystopian futures and critiques of modern technology, novelist Eliot Peper stands out with his latest work, "Foundry." a thrilling exploration of the geopolitical intricacies of semiconductor manufacturing. In this episode of the "Securities" podcast, host Danny Crichton engages with Peper to discuss this engaging spy thriller, which goes beyond the surface to delve into how the tiny chips powering our phones and computers play a central role in 21st-century global politics. This book, Peper's 11th, began with a dream and unfolded line by line, leading to an...
2023-12-1540 min
Humans + AIEliot Peper on writing science fiction, information feeds, inhabiting the edge, and habits for better cognition
“Doing less allows you to increase the cognitive space you have for what’s actually important.”
– Eliot Peper
About Eliot Peper
Eliot Peper is a novelist, author of 11 successful books including Bandwidth, Reap3r, and most recently Foundry, with praise from New York Times Book Review, Seth Godin, Kim Stanley Robinson and many others. He also works on special projects for startup founders, and has worked as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at a venture capital fund.
Website: www.eliotpeper.com
LinkedIn: Eliot Peper
Facebook: Eliot Pe...
2023-11-2941 min
Grab The High-Impact Full Audiobook Experience!Foundry by Eliot PeperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/160708to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Foundry
Author: Eliot Peper
Narrator: Eliot Peper
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 10-04-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings
Genres: Technothrillers
Publisher's Summary:
This is a story about the greatest of games, the game that subsumes all other games, the only game that really matters: power.
2023-10-044h 54
Unfolding with Kathy VarolLessons About Power and Alignment from WaterThis analogy about power and water is gift from the novel Foundry, by Eliot Peper. Inside your own body, what are the beliefs walling off internal access to stepping fully into your power? What “untruths” are those beliefs rooted in (e.g. not enough, don’t have agency,)? The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. By thinking someone else has to give it to them, instead of realizing they’ve held it all along.
2023-10-0208 min
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2023-09-1200 min
dongdongcukRead [epub] Bandwidth (Analog #1) by Eliot Peper Read [epub] Bandwidth (Analog #1) by Eliot Peper Read Online Bandwidth (Analog #1) by Eliot Peper is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Bandwidth (Analog #1) for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://karunggonisan.blogspot.com/36458711-bandwidth **Download Book Here ==> https://karunggonisan.blogspot.com/36458711-bandwidth Book Synopsis : A rising star at a preeminent political lobbying firm, Dag Calhoun represents the world’s most powerful technology and energy executives. But when a close brush with death reveals that the influence he wields...
2023-09-0100 min
Long NowAnthropocene Magazine: The Climate Parables: Reporting from the Future**Story & Performance Credits:**
**Dodging the Apocalypse** story by Mark Alpert | Actor: Stuart Briggs | Video: Ruda Virginio | Score: Tristan de Liège
**Victory Condition** story by Eliot Peper | Actor: Marilyn Pittman | Video: Back Pocket Media and Ruda Virgini | Found footage by: Chris Lange, Oscar Osbo, Robert Pullum, Sean Kirmani, Matt Trainor, Billy Bjork, Loren Hamilton, Panorama International Productions, Living with Fire_ The USGS Southern California Wildfire Risk Project | Score: Tristan de Liège
**Glacial Elevation Operations** story by Kim Stanley Robinson | Actor: Conrad Cecil | Video: Alborz Kamalizad | Score: Tristan de Liège
2023-06-281h 04
The Long Now FoundationClimate Parables - Climate Fiction StorytellersThe Long Now Foundation has teamed up with Anthropocene Magazine (a publication of Future Earth) and Back Pocket Media to take the magazine’s new fiction series “The Climate Parables,” from the page to the stage.
Starting with the idea that survival in the Anthropocene depends on upgrading not just our technology, but also our collective imagination, 3 acclaimed storytellers will perform work from creative science fiction writers Kim Stanley Robinson, Marc Alpert and Eliot Peper.
Think of it as climate reporting from the future. Tales of how we succeeded in harnessing new technology and science to work with nature, rather than a...
2023-05-121h 05
Riskgaming“It subverts the structure even of other stories that are told about creation”In a quantified world, the act of creation remains mysterious. Where do ideas come from? How does an artist translate a concept or a feeling into the final work that we get to read or view? The interior drama of that mystery becomes ever more visible as the singular artist expands into a collaboration. How do relationships change the trajectory and originality of creativity?
Few novels have better distilled the essence of these questions than Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, which chronicles the multi-decade collaboration between two video game designers as they mature from...
2023-04-0427 min
Build The Future#73 — Eliot Peper: Science Fiction & CultureToday, we're talking with Eliot Peper (twitter) the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth. Links mentioned:Our World in DataNadia Asparouhova's tweetMan in SpaceOliver Mortin's The MoonTo listen to more episodes and to stay connected, follow along atwww.worldsfair.cotwitter.com/worldsfaircoDon’t forget to leave a review and subscribe.Until next time, go build!Thanks for listening to this episode of Build The Future.Want more insights about the future?Sign up for...
2022-11-1446 min
Future in Review Podcast w/ Berit AndersonScience-fiction novelist Eliot Peper Join Eliot and Berit as they discuss our strange modern reality through the lens of literature and science fiction. Eliot has written 10 SciFi novels and his newest book Reap3r comes out today. "How far would you go to achieve your greatest ambition? Nothing is what it seems in this speculative thriller about a quantum computer scientist, virologist, podcaster, venture capitalist, and assassin coming together to untangle a twisted enigma that will change the course of future history. Everyone has something to hide, and every transgression is a portal to discovery. Taking you on a whirlwind journey...
2022-10-2638 min
Somebody Write ThisAlice Malkin (Episode 70, w/ Eliot Peper)"In Monte Carlo, four assassins find themselves making an unthinkable sacrifice."
What kind of sacrifice are we talking about? Why are there so many assassins in one place? And is Alice Malkin one of them, or their target? Our guest, author Eliot Peper, is here to help us work it all out! Check out Eliot and his work at https://eliotpeper.com/
2022-08-1831 min
RiskgamingSpeculative fiction is a prism to understand peopleSpeculative fiction is a long-running but increasingly popular genre of science fiction that uses a variety of imaginative techniques to envision alternatives to our present and coming society. One of its craftsmen is Eliot Peper, a novelist whose tenth book, Reap3r, was just released. Reap3r follows a diverse cast including a quantum computer scientist, a virologist, a podcaster, a VC, and an assassin as they unlock a mystery key to the whole plot. Peper along with host Danny Crichton talk about how Reap3r sheds light on our current world, how Peper thinks about launching a new...
2022-05-2629 min
Power-Up With The Immersive Full Audiobook Experience!Reap3r by Eliot PeperPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/160625to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Reap3r
Author: Eliot Peper
Narrator: Eliot Peper
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
Release date: 05-12-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 30 ratings
Genres: Technothrillers
Publisher's Summary:
2022-05-127h 39
COAL + ICE PodcastEp7: Sci-Fi Takes on Climate ChangeWho doesn't like a good story, especially one that sharpens your thinking about the future? Science fiction has been doing that for generations, and now, a growing number of sci fi and speculative fiction writers around the world are imaging what a future with climate change will look like, and how we might respond to it. Listen in to this thought-provoking final episode of the COAL+ICE Podcast with guests:Chen Qiufan: Chinese speculative fiction writer, author of "The Waste Tide," AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future (co-authored with Kai-Fu Lee), and more.
2022-04-2051 min
Everyone Hates Marketers | No-BS Marketing & Brand Strategy Podcast[BEST OF] Seth Godin's Marketing Secrets To Changing The WorldI've just launched a new YouTube channel!! The concept? I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lead gen help, and record it all for YouTube. The first mini-series features three freelance marketers (copywriter Rob, ecommerce designer Laura, and non-fiction book coach Vicky).I hope you'll set aside half an hour to watch it through. Maybe with your morning coffee? Or lunch break? Or evening onion soup? And then, the usual "Subscribe, Like, Share" would go a long, long way too.https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2022-04-1939 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsC2GTalk: How can fiction help people think about solar radiation modification? with Eliot PeperWhen author Eliot Peper first heard about solar geoengineering, or solar radiation modification, he knew he had to write a novel. "There are so many different angles on this kind of a problem. It raises so many questions that impact every area of our lives," he told C2GTalk. Speculative fiction, says Peper, can spark people's curiosity and inspire them to become engaged. "If it makes other people look more deeply and pay more attention, to me that's a huge win." Eliot Peper is the author of nine novels, including Veil, Cumulus, Bandwidth, and Neon Fever Dream. He also publ...
2022-01-1038 minEveryone Hates Marketers | No-BS Marketing & Brand Strategy Podcast[REPLAY] Seth Godin's Marketing Secrets to Changing The WorldI've just launched a new YouTube channel!! The concept? I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lead gen help, and record it all for YouTube. The first mini-series features three freelance marketers (copywriter Rob, ecommerce designer Laura, and non-fiction book coach Vicky).I hope you'll set aside half an hour to watch it through. Maybe with your morning coffee? Or lunch break? Or evening onion soup? And then, the usual "Subscribe, Like, Share" would go a long, long way too.https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2021-08-1739 min
The Bookshop PodcastIndependent Bookstore Day! Eliot Peper, authorSend us a textHi,This is the third interview I’m releasing today to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day. Eliot Peper is a novelist based in Oakland, CA. You can find Eliot Peper’s books at your local indie bookshop and order them through bookshop.org or wherever books are sold. He is the author of Veil, Breach, Borderless, Bandwidth, Cumulus, Neon Fever Dream, and the Uncommon Series, and his books have earned praise from Seth Godin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Malka Older, Cory Doctorow, Tim O'Reilly, Amal El-Mohtar, and Ev Williams, as well as the Ne...
2021-04-2456 min
Reviewer 2 does geoengineeringEliot Peper talks to reviewer 2 about his Novel 'Veil', a dystopian near future shaped by geoengineeringEliot Peper is the author of Veil, one of only a handful of novels written about SRM. He talks to Andrew on the show about his interest in the subject, and the creative and business process of being a novelist. This episode is a super interesting foray into a fiction genre of which both of us at reviewer 2 are big fans, (Clare is reading it at the moment). Eliot is a successful writer and has written a number of novels which you can find at his website below.
https://www.eliotpeper.com
https://twitter.com/e...
2021-03-301h 15
Rocketship.fmProduct Journeys: VeilVeil is a near-future climate change techno thriller, but how does a high researched, science based fictional book like this come into existence? Today we follow Eliot Peper and through his process of building a physical product and releasing something that can't be updated with a hot fix pushed to production.We walk through his writing, editing, rewriting process and the discipline it takes to 'make progress everyday.' We also explore his philosophy around releasing a book and how he knows when he's 'done.'The premise of Veil is when Zia León's m...
2020-08-2731 minEveryone Hates Marketers | No-BS Marketing & Brand Strategy PodcastSeth Godin’s Marketing Secrets to Changing The WorldI've just launched a new YouTube channel!! The concept? I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lead gen help, and record it all for YouTube. The first mini-series features three freelance marketers (copywriter Rob, ecommerce designer Laura, and non-fiction book coach Vicky).I hope you'll set aside half an hour to watch it through. Maybe with your morning coffee? Or lunch break? Or evening onion soup? And then, the usual "Subscribe, Like, Share" would go a long, long way too.https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2020-06-1639 min
Tech HygieneAuthor Eliot Peper on geoengineeringIn this episode we bring back Eliot Peper whose new book, Veil, explores the future of climate change.
2020-03-2725 min
New Books in Science FictionEliot Peper, "Breach" (47North, 2019)The massive corporation at the center of Eliot Peper’s Analog trilogy, which he completed last month with the publication of Breach (47North, 2019) is radically different from most science fictional companies. It aspires to do good.The growth of Commonwealth into a benevolent behemoth is chronicled in the series’ first two novels, Bandwidth and Borderless (which Peper discussed on the New Books Network last fall.) By the end of Borderless, Commonwealth, which controls the near-future version of the internet, has become its own sovereign entity, one whose ownership of the “feed” has given it enough soft power to force...
2019-07-0444 min
Humans On The Loop115 - Eliot Peper on The History of Technology and The Future of SocietyEliot Peper (Episode 47) is back on the show this week to talk about the themes around and within his Analog trilogy of very adjacent and believable sci fi novels (Bandwidth, Borderless, and the new “conclusion” Breach): that is, about the complex interactions between people and technology, both the layer cake of deep utilities we take for granted and the new affordances that disruptive tools produce – and how we shape our lives within them.https://www.eliotpeper.com/“One of the most fun things for me as a novelist about writing fiction is that it is ve...
2019-06-0658 min
Catching the Next WaveS3.E2. Seth Godin. To Leap Is a Black and White Choice.Have you ever considered what would you do if it was your last day on Earth? Together with Seth we explore the notion of excellence, good-enoughism and status. We discuss the importance of having time every day for creativity and reflection. And we look into the future of democracy, intellectual property and new artistic expressions.
Important links
Thomas Peters “In search of excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies”
Thomas Peters “The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE”
Kevin Kelly “What technology wants”
Sci-Fi Trilogy by Eliot Peper - “Bandwith”, “B...
2019-04-2536 min
Reedsy Live: The PodcastAddendum 2: The Human Element (with Eliot Peper)What is the best way to market a book in the Internet age? Technology may have changed, but the answer hasn't -- for over 2,000 years.
2019-03-1937 min
The Kindle ChroniclesTKC 548 Seth Godin Author of This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See Interview starts at 13:06 and ends at 45:08 "I have a bunch of regrets about how Amazon is steering the boat these days. One of the things I think they dropped the ball on is they've had a hundred opportunities to make Kindle a social platform, and they have dropped it. And they shouldn't, because that is a really useful transformation--to be able to say 'Where are the other thousand people who highlighted this? How can I have a...
2019-02-0246 min
Crazy WisdomHow to deal with the stress of uncertainty?I sit down with Eliot Peper and we talk about how the world is going through a time of great uncertainty and Eliot shares his advice on how to thrive in this uncertainty. Technological breakthrough is reaching the point of breakout acceleration and this is causing people stress because they don't know where they will end up. The old rules are gone and now the rules are changing every few years. Listen to this episode if you want to understand how to make it through.
2018-12-1756 min
Whose Century Is It?Sci Fi FutureIn the imagined world of novelist Eliot Peper's near-term future in such books as Bandwidth and Borderless, San Diego's burning, polar ice caps have melted, everyone's got their heads in their digital feeds, and a powerful social media company called Commonwealth controls --well, seems like just about everything. Eliot talks to host Mary Kay Magistad about writing speculative fiction, about the value of sci fi in helping us all think through current crises and possible futures, and about what sci fi has seen coming, and what it's gotten just plain wrong.
2018-12-0337 min
Whose Century Is It?: Ideas, trends & twists shaping the world in the 21st centurySci Fi FutureIn the imagined world of novelist Eliot Peper's near-term future in such books as Bandwidth and Borderless, San Diego's burning, polar ice caps have melted, everyone's got their heads in their digital feeds, and a powerful social media company called Commonwealth controls --well, seems like just about everything. Eliot talks to host Mary Kay Magistad about writing speculative fiction, about the value of sci fi in helping us all think through current crises and possible futures, and about what sci fi has seen coming, and what it's gotten just plain wrong.
2018-12-0337 min
near future – Rob WolfThe Feed is Hungry in Eliot Peper’s Bandwidth and BorderlessEliot Peper
https://files.newbooksnetwork.com/scifi/075scifipeper.mp3
It seems clear that our dependence on the internet will only grow in coming years, offering untold convenience. But how much control will we have to surrender to maintain access to this digital wonderland?
That’s one of the key questions animating the first two books in Eliot Peper’s action- and idea-packed Analog trilogy.
In the first book, Bandwidth, which came out in May, a single company called Commonwealth controls the digital feed for most of the world. To imagine its power, Peper says, picture all...
2018-11-1600 minNew Books in Science FictionEliot Peper, “Borderless” (47North)It seems clear that our dependence on the internet will only grow in coming years, offering untold convenience. But how much control will we have to surrender to access this digital wonderland?
That’s one of the key questions animating the first two books in Eliot Peper’s action- and idea-packed Analog trilogy.
In the first book, Bandwidth, which came out in May, a single company called Commonwealth controls the digital feed for most of the world. To imagine its power, Peper says, picture all of today’s technology and internet giants “times a thousand.”
Despite...
2018-11-1542 min
Decipher SciFiSorry to Bother You: code switching, indie media, and the power of scifi w/ Eliot Peper This movie
It gets a bit weird! And we have a bit of a time summarizing it.
Storytelling
Adventure stories. Social allegory. The power of science fiction in particular to force you to reframe your perception by believably breaking your assumptions. HG Wells and Moreau. Science fiction tropes and the subversion thereof. Christopher is bad at human things.
Code Switching
Languages, dialect, and speaking to your audience. “Not having to think about it.”
Media
Mass media vs indie communities. The lowest common denominator. Kevin Kelly’s 1000 True Fans.
Milk stuff
A la...
2018-11-0643 min
Everyone Hates Marketers | No-BS Marketing & Brand Strategy Podcast[REPLAY] Seth Godin's Marketing SecretsI've just launched a new YouTube channel!! The concept? I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lead gen help, and record it all for YouTube. The first mini-series features three freelance marketers (copywriter Rob, ecommerce designer Laura, and non-fiction book coach Vicky).I hope you'll set aside half an hour to watch it through. Maybe with your morning coffee? Or lunch break? Or evening onion soup? And then, the usual "Subscribe, Like, Share" would go a long, long way too.https://www.youtube.com/channel...
2018-09-2554 min
TechdirtSci-Fi & Scenario PlanningEliot Peper is a novelist who uses thorough research and creative thinking to produce science fiction that can feel more like eerily-accurate prognostication. Exploring possible futures with real insight has always been one of sci-fi's greatest strengths, and this week Peper joins Mike on the podcast to discuss his work, methods, and ideas about tomorrow.
Eliot Peper - http://www.eliotpeper.com/
2018-07-1046 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#38 Eliot Peper on Life's Unexpected PathsLife unfolds in unexpected ways. Eliot Peper has been a frequent guest, and at times, even a co-host of the show. We've followed his story since his first novel came out. First Novel Interview - Jun 18, 2014 Second Novel Interview - Dec 3, 2014 Third Novel Interview - Jul 29, 2015 And today, Eliot's 8th book has been released: Bandwidth Listening back to those early interviews, it's really amazing to watch Eliot's path unfolding. So many times in life, it's easy to look back with the benefit of hindsight and connect the dots after the fact. But to listen to tho...
2018-05-3029 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#38 Eliot Peper on Life's Unexpected PathsLife unfolds in unexpected ways. Eliot Peper has been a frequent guest, and at times, even a co-host of the show. We've followed his story since his first novel came out. First Novel Interview - Jun 18, 2014 Second Novel Interview - Dec 3, 2014 Third Novel Interview - Jul 29, 2015 And today, Eliot's 8th book has been released: Bandwidth Listening back to those early interviews, it's really amazing to watch Eliot's path unfolding. So many times in life, it's easy to look back with the benefit of hindsight and connect the dots after the fact. But to listen to tho...
2018-05-3029 min
Breakthrough SuccessE161: A Professional Edge For Self-Published Authors With Ricardo FayetRicardo Fayet is a founder and the chief marketing officer of Reedsy, a company that is changing the way books are published by giving authors and publishers access to talented professionals, powerful tools, and free educational content. Quotes To Remember: "If you're looking to self-publish your book, first you need to do a lot of learning." "Learn about the manuscript of revision." "If you send your book out there and it doesn't have the right cover, it's just money that you're gonna lose." "You need to publish a...
2018-05-1829 minDecipher SciFiPhilip K Dick's Electric Dreams: self-replicating AI, the illusion of self, and parasites Philip K Dick
Callback to some.of.our.episodes on PKD and his stories. Pulp scifi of the 50s and 60s. General appreciation for his ideas and the return of thoughtful anthologies.
Autofac
PKDpocalypse. Consumerism something something. Supreme dedication to a task. The Paperclip Maximizer and the possible danger of a highly-capable AI dedicated to its task. Universal Paperclips. The unconscious, apathetic skynet.
Real Life
PKD was all about that hash tag life. The malleability of our perception of “reality.” Am I Anna Paquin? Neurological explanations for Deja Vu. Gaslighting. Dick moves. Colbert’s joke-telling disabi...
2018-01-3040 min
Humans On The Loop47 - Eliot Peper (The Weird Turn Pro: Sci-Fi & Scenario Planning)In one of the most QUOTABLE episodes of Future Fossils yet, this week’s guest is Eliot Peper – a “novelist and strategist” writing fiction and consulting businesses about the social implications of disruptive technologies. In addition to writing a steady stream of sci-fi inflected techno-thrillers like True Blue and Cumulus, he’s an editor at Scout.AI (one of the cooler speculative fiction websites I’ve seen out there). http://www.eliotpeper.com/http://scout.ai/ We Discuss:• The power of science fiction to help us imagine future scenarios;
2017-11-061h 07Decipher SciFiMinority Report: Eliot Peper on freedom and algorithmic precognition
Futurists
Eliot shares how Kevin Kelly, Stuart Brand, et al advised the filmmakers on how the future ought to look. The movie’s prescience makes a lot more sense now.
Privacy Intrusion
Intrusion creep. Giving up your privacy knowingly. Testing users.
Thought Crimes
Is it a thought crime? Or just determinism?
Big Data/Precogs
Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Policing, advertising. Oakland and other cities.
Utopia/Dystopia
The rather rosy picture painted by Minority Report and its realism. How it seems more reasonable now than it may have at the time.
Ge...
2016-11-221h 15
Rocketship.fmInterview: Author Eliot Peper on Data PrivacyEliot Peper author of Neon Fever Dream and Cumulus, talks with us about how we are signing over our data in exchange for free services, and what questions we should be asking before signing the dotted line. ***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since y...
2016-08-0933 min
Helping Sells RadioEpisode 17: Tech Novelist Eliot Peper Discusses His New Book CumulusIn this episode, Oakland-based novelist and strategist Eliot Peper joins us to discuss his fourth novel, Cumulus, a dark, gritty science fiction story set in a near-future San Francisco Bay Area ravaged by economic inequality and persistent surveillance. Eliot shares how his entrepreneurial background and embracing a "helping sells" approach has helped him become a highly successful self-published author. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit helpingsells.substack.com
2016-07-0540 min
Great Reads Podcast SelectionsEpisode 22 - Eliot PeperEliot Peper is a novelist and entrepreneur who has written a number of amazing books. His latest, Cumulus, is available on Amazon. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe
2016-07-0131 min
Tech HygieneEpisode 22 - Eliot PeperEliot Peper is a novelist and entrepreneur who has written a number of amazing books. His latest, Cumulus, is available on Amazon.
2016-07-0131 min
The Eastern Shore from BFF.fmRebroadcast of TES 037 - Eliot PeperEnjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
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2015-12-0100 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#32 How to Create Wealth Through Startups with Josh MaherJosh Maher is a Seattle-based author and angel investor who is written a book recently called “Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money In Startups” about how to create personal wealth by investing through startups. He’s interviewed many great angel investors including Chris DeVore who wasalso on this podcast and invested in my startup.
Josh recently joined us on the podcast, not only to talk about his new book but how understanding angel investors is a lot different than understanding venture capitalists.
In my book, Finding Success in Failure, I talk a lot about...
2015-10-0733 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#32 How to Create Wealth Through Startups with Josh MaherJosh Maher is a Seattle-based author and angel investor who is written a book recently called “Startup Wealth: How the Best Angel Investors Make Money In Startups” about how to create personal wealth by investing through startups. He’s interviewed many great angel investors including Chris DeVore who wasalso on this podcast and invested in my startup.
Josh recently joined us on the podcast, not only to talk about his new book but how understanding angel investors is a lot different than understanding venture capitalists.
In my book, Finding Success in Failure, I talk a lot about...
2015-10-0733 minThe Eastern Shore from BFF.fmThe Eastern Shore 037 - Eliot PeperEnjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation.
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0′00″ III. Telegraph Avenue ("Oakland" by Lloyd) by Childish Gambino on Because the Internet (Glassnote Records)
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2015-08-0300 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#31 The Uncommon Stock Trilogy Revealed with Eliot PeperToday we talk to startup thriller author Eliot Peper about his new book finishing the Uncommon Stock trilogy.
2015-07-3020 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#31 The Uncommon Stock Trilogy Revealed with Eliot PeperToday we talk to startup thriller author Eliot Peper about his new book finishing the Uncommon Stock trilogy.
2015-07-3020 min
Rocketship.fm - Business ExploredYour Strategy is Your StoryEliot Peper, author of the Uncommon Stock fiction series, talks with us about the critical importance of nailing your story. From communicating with customers, to investors, to employees, your story has to matter. He shares some fantastic strategies and techniques to make sure you're framing your story in the most impactful way.
2015-07-1635 min
Rocketship.fmInterview: Eliot Peper of Uncommon Stock on Your Strategy is Your StoryEliot Peper, author of the Uncommon Stock fiction series, talks with us about the critical importance of nailing your story. From communicating with customers, to investors, to employees, your story has to matter. ***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to...
2015-07-1639 min
Büchergefahr - PodcastFolge 11: TextempfehlungenErwähnte Links Tina Giesler: Über das Finden Erste Folge der Büchergefahr: Texte entdecken Neunte Folge: E-Book-Apps Daniela Brose in ihrem Buch-Blog Eliot Peper im AuthorMBA-Podcast (etwa ab Minute 33:30) Kategorie aus dem Regal im hauseigenen Blog
2015-05-2509 min
Hack The EntrepreneurHTE 060: From Corporate to Startup with the Power of Storytelling w/ Josh AnonToday’s guest is a man of many passions and pursuits. From startups, to award-winning Pixar films, to iPhone apps, to his photos having been displayed at the Smithsonian, as well as co-authoring several books. He is the Co-Founder/CEO of Visioneer Studios, where they aim to revolutionize how movies are made and to create fun, continuously-successful stories, starting with low-budget, live-action movies. He worked at Pixar for 10 years as a cinematographer and in that time mastered the art of storytelling, which is something all entrepreneurs need to be good at. He has also written a number of software pr...
2015-02-1337 minHack The EntrepreneurHTE 033: Optimizing For Discomfort w/ Eliot PeperToday’s entrepreneur has been a founder and early team member at multiple startups. He is also a writer and business consultant. As an author he writes Startup Fiction — yes, sounds odd. It is a bit, yet it’s awesome. I am just finishing up his first novel UnCommon Stock Version 1.0 and I have learned so much about the inner workings of a startup and VC funding. And I can’t wait to dive into his newest and just released 2nd novel Uncommon Stock Power Play. When he’s not hacking away at his next novel, he works with entreprene...
2014-12-0833 min
Rocketship.fm - Business ExploredDisrupting the Publishing IndustryEliot Peper, author of Uncommon Stock and the newly released sequel Power Play, talks with us about his unconventional approaches to marketing and selling his second book. From giving the first book away for free on Medium, one chapter at a time, to opening up conversations with fans about early drafts of Power Play, Eliot broke a lot of rules in the publishing game.
2014-12-0429 min
Rocketship.fmInterview: Eliot Peper of Uncommon Stock on Disrupting the Publishing IndustryEliot Peper, author of Uncommon Stock and the newly released sequel Power Play, talks with us about his unconventional approaches to marketing and selling his second book.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you...
2014-12-0433 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#17 Eliot Peper, New Startup Thriller: Uncommon Stock 2 Power PlayEliot Peper is pioneering the idea of startup fiction and has just released his second novel in the Uncommon Stock series. This week we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes view into the life of this author and his inspirations and motivations.
Uncommon Stock: Book 1
Uncommon Stock: Book 2 NEW JUST RELEASED!!
2014-12-0331 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#17 Eliot Peper, New Startup Thriller: Uncommon Stock 2 Power PlayEliot Peper is pioneering the idea of startup fiction and has just released his second novel in the Uncommon Stock series. This week we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes view into the life of this author and his inspirations and motivations.
Uncommon Stock: Book 1
Uncommon Stock: Book 2 NEW JUST RELEASED!!
2014-12-0331 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#15 Espree Devora, Outsourcing for EntrepreneursThis week’s interview is with Espree Devora. She is doing amazing work in LA helping startups get off the ground and we talk about one of her specialties: outsourcing.
It is also a landmark episode, because it is the first show with co-host Eliot Peper. Eliot was on the second episode of this show. He is an awesome guy, a great thinker, a lot of fun and he writes startup fiction thrillers. He is about to come out with his second book. Lucas and Eliot have a fiction bond with each other and it goes a lot...
2014-11-1457 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#15 Espree Devora, Outsourcing for EntrepreneursThis week’s interview is with Espree Devora. She is doing amazing work in LA helping startups get off the ground and we talk about one of her specialties: outsourcing. It is also a landmark episode, because it is the first show with co-host Eliot Peper. Eliot was on the second episode of this show. He is an awesome guy, a great thinker, a lot of fun and he writes startup fiction thrillers. He is about to come out with his second book. Lucas and Eliot have a fiction bond with each other and it goes a lo...
2014-11-1457 min
AuthorMBA: Conversations About Book Marketing, Publishing, Author Platforms, and Other Business Strategies for AuthorsThe Business Decision Behind a Choosing Fiction Over Non-FictionWhen a successful entrepreneur and startup advisor wants to distill his experience into a book to educate others, surely he is going to choose to write a non-fiction trade book, right? Not if your name is Eliot Peper. Instead of pursuing the conventional path toward yet another business book extolling advice, Eliot choose to contextualize his knowledge into a fiction story—Uncommon Stock. Eliot's book is defining a new category within the fiction genre—something of a thriller situated in the land of startups. Eliot joins the show to talk about why he made the decision to contextualize his advi...
2014-11-0748 min
Rocketship.fmInterview: Eliot Peper of Uncommon Stock on Looking Beyond the Blog EntryEliot Peper, author of tech startup fiction thriller Uncommon Stock, talks with us about the carry-over lessons between tech startups and publishing a novel. ***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Po...
2014-10-2131 min
Rocketship.fm - Business ExploredLooking Beyond the Blog EntryEliot Peper, author of tech startup fiction thriller Uncommon Stock, talks with us about the carry-over lessons between tech startups and publishing a novel. We learned a ton about the new publishing options available, how he stays on track to get the writing done, and how he came up with the idea to do a tech thriller in the first place.
2014-10-2127 min
Craftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#2 Eliot Peper, 3 Surprising Things Founders Can Learn From Fiction AuthorsEliot Peper is an entrepreneur, an investor, an advisor… and now an author of startup fiction. His first book, Uncommon Stock (published by Brad Feld’s new publishing company FG Press) at its surface seems like an uncommon next step for most entrepreneurs. However if you treat a novel like a startup, you can understand the decision better. This week, I spend some time interviewing Eliot around a few topics:
How is writing a novel like doing a startup?
What can entrepreneurs learn from authors and vise-versa?
How does an author promote and do marketing for his work?
Are...
2014-06-1149 minCraftsman Founder with Lucas Carlson and Eliot Peper#2 Eliot Peper, 3 Surprising Things Founders Can Learn From Fiction AuthorsEliot Peper is an entrepreneur, an investor, an advisor… and now an author of startup fiction. His first book, Uncommon Stock (published by Brad Feld’s new publishing company FG Press) at its surface seems like an uncommon next step for most entrepreneurs. However if you treat a novel like a startup, you can understand the decision better. This week, I spend some time interviewing Eliot around a few topics:
How is writing a novel like doing a startup?
What can entrepreneurs learn from authors and vise-versa?
How does an author promote and do marketing for his work?
Are...
2014-06-1149 min