‘A must-read’ Emily St. John Mandel
James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of The Testimony, The Machine and No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, as well as The Anomaly Quartet, which currently includes the novels The Explorer and The Echo. James lives in London and teaches creative writing. He can be found on Twitter @jpsmythe
‘Smythe's most accomplished work… Utterly engrossing’ Observer
‘Superbly evocative… a book about varieties of intelligence (human,
artificial, moral and emotional) which showcases the novelistic one
of its very smart and very talented creator’ Sunday Times ‘The best
fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial
intelligence that I’ve read’ Alex Preston, Guardian ‘I Still Dream
is amazing!’ Beth Lewis, author of Wolf Road ‘Sad, beguiling…a
beautiful mixtape about what it is to be human, and alive, and to
love another more than oneself’ Irish Times ‘A haunting meditation
on the implications of AI, on intelligence itself, and on what it
means to live and die in the age of technology. I Still Dream is a
must-read for fans of David Mitchell, for anyone who’s ever used a
smartphone, and for anyone who appreciates riveting plots and
beautiful prose.’ Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven
‘A humane, thought-provoking and powerful book … superbly
orchestrated … beautiful, involving, emotionally compelling’ Adam
Roberts ‘One of the most affecting and brilliant books I've read
this year … a huge achievement: toweringly ambitious, and yet
beautifully controlled and crafted’ Sam Byers, author of Idiopathy
‘This is a visionary novel about what it is to be human. It is a
startling look at intelligence, empathy and grief in the face of
technology. Smythe has written his masterpiece’
Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant and author of Meatspace
‘I STILL DREAM begins with melancholy nostalgia, before growing
urgently contemporary and finally chillingly prescient. It is a
strikingly intelligent book about intelligence itself: artificial
intelligence, emotional intelligence, and all the ways we watch
each other. Having read it, you may wish to turn off your phone’
Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent
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