twinmaker

Twinmaker

“Twinmaker took my breath away. A triumph of thrilling action and vivid

imagination.”-Alison Goodman, author of EON and EONA

 

“A mind-blowing adventure about what it means to be human, and what it means

to find ourselves.”-Scott Westerfeld, author of UGLIES and LEVIATHAN

 

“A gripping YA thriller, coming of age and love story that transports the

reader to a future that looks a whole lot better than it really is …

Highly Recommended.”-Garth Nix, author of SABRIEL

 

“Twinmaker asks smart questions without easy answers, and presents a future

so simultaneously wonderful and terrible you can only believe in it–and

maybe wish you could be there, too. A thrilling, existential head trip

worthy of my favorite anime, I couldn’t stop reading this book. More

importantly, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”-Alaya Dawn Johnson, author

of THE SUMMER PRINCE

 

“In a time when every second book seems to be a dour dystopia TWINMAKER is a

breath of fresh air. Not just because it’s hugely fun, or because it’s so

smart, but because behind its vision of a world in which distance has been

eliminated by matter transportation lies a book urgently engaged with the

ways social media and technology are transforming us, and unafraid of their

possibilities. I loved it.”

 

“Williams marries accessibly explored moral ramifications of future

technologies-a hallmark of mature science fiction-with a strong, capable

teen heroine and heart-pounding action” -KIRKUS

Dear Apple, I Take It All Back

Dear Apple, I Take It All Back 

I’m very excited that Apple has chosen Twinmaker: Jump as one of its twelve “Best Books of November” in the Aus/NZ iBooks store, alongside books by Christos Tsiolkas, Donna Tartt, Tom Keneally, Di Morrissey and Matt Reilly. You have to scroll to the side to see it, but nonetheless! It is there! “In this promising […]

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Blog Tour: Speculating on SpecFic

Blog Tour: Speculating on SpecFic 

Shaheen at Specsonspecfic was kind enough to give me a guest post in which to talk about how Twinmaker: Jump came into being: “one idea isn’t enough for a novel, and I absolutely did not want to write a philosophy textbook. The book I wanted to write was a fast-paced thriller with a dash of […]

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“It’s always summer somewhere.”

“It’s always summer somewhere.” 

The convergence of 3-D printing, quantum teleportation and the Cloud suggests that soon people will be able to jump anywhere, anytime. (Watch on YouTube.) Twinmaker provides a glimpse into what this future might look like. There will be wonderful opportunities. There will also be dangers. Would you let yourself be taken apart and put together […]

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Future fashion

Future fashion 

In the coming days (starting tonight at Forbidden Planet in London, 6-7pm) there will be special limited giveaways of these awesome t-shirts. Keen an eye on Facebook or twitter for details. As modelled by the rather scruffy author. Here’s the full design. May appear in different colours once I learn how to adjust the fabber. […]

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First reviews

The book is beginning to circulate and reviews from bloggers are starting to come in. Wonderful bloggers! “What’s with all these male authors writing stories with young female heroines? Well, I really don’t care to be honest – because if the protagonist is as vocal, as intuitive, as tenacious as Clair is in Jump and the […]

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