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Annalee Newitz has signed a two-book deal with Tor Books. She has become well-known as the co-founder of io9 and the author of three books.
Liz Gorinsky, an editor, negotiated the deal with Laurie Fox of the Linda Chester Literary Agency. For the first book, Newitz will write a science-fiction dystopian novel entitled Autonomous.
According to Tor.com, the story “explores a future in which robots are granted autonomy after 10 years of service, and humans can own other humans.” At this point in time, no publication date has been announced. (via Boing Boing)
The end of the world has become a popular theme over the last few years, spread by the popularity of vivid stories like The Walking Dead and The Hunger Games. If you want to write a book about our unhappy future, you should study the science and history of mass extinction.
io9 editor and author Annalee Newitz published a nonfiction book about the subject (Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction), giving writers some valuable insight into the different catastrophes that have wiped out life on planet Earth.
We asked Newitz three questions for writers over email, and she responded with a long list of new ideas and reading suggestions for all authors writing about our future on this planet. All her answers follow below…
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