Richard Evans (British author)
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| Richard Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 Manchester, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | future noir, science fiction |
Richard Evans (born Manchester, United Kingdom, October 15th 1964), is author of the future-noir novels Machine Nation and Robophobia. He was born in Manchester's Moss Side district and attended Xaverian College grammar school.
Machine Nation and Robophobia are part of the Sorber & Fox series of novels. Set in Boston, Massachusetts between 2027 and 2029, they centre on the development of an android, Kim Fox and explore her relationship with psychologist, Alex Sorber. One Word Radio described his work as 'more science-prescient than science fiction'. Book Munch commented that Robophobia 'draws us a convincing world of the not too distant future–recognisable, but rendered uncomfortable by changes in the familiar'. The stories take inspiration from cutting-edge android science and deal with ethical questions around machine emotions, scientific progress, slavery and the nature of humanity. As part of the research process for his work, he has twice visited CSAIL at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 2003 and 2005 as well as the University of Osaka's Intelligent Robotics Lab in 2007.
He has received several writing awards from Arts Council England and contributed robotics-related articles to UK publications, including T3 Magazine and the now-defunct UFO Magazine (UK). The T3 Magazine article, Robosapiens, documents Richard's 2003 trip to CSAIL.
His short story Touch Sensitive (Perverted by Language, fiction inspired by The Fall) was described by The Stool Pigeon as 'moving and delicately written - one of the anthology's clear front runners'.
His third novel, Exilium, wil be published in October 2008.
[edit] Novels
Machine Nation (Figo Books, 2002, ISBN 0-9547521-0-4)
Robophobia (Figo Books, 2004, ISBN 0-9547521-1-2)
[edit] Short Fiction
WLTM... The Dice Man (City Life (Magazine), April 2003)*
Half Life (The Flash, published by Social Disease, 2007, ISBN 0955282934)
Touch Sensitive (Perverted by Language, Fiction Inspired by The Fall, published by Serpent's Tail, 2007, ISBN 1852429291)
- WLTM... The Dice Man is viewable online at Evans' official site
[edit] Magazine Articles
The Cyborg Mystery UFO Magazine (UK), Nov-Dec 1998*
Robosapiens T3 Magazine, May 2003*
- Both articles are viewable online at Evans' official site
