Imagine having the power to change an alternate timeline — without touching your own. Today on Sci-Fi Book Pod, Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet Shane 2nd Class dive into Agency by William Gibson with a very special visiting dignitary: award-winning audiobook narrator Paul Heitsch, the voice behind countless beloved sci-fi titles. We unpack Gibson's brilliant "stub" timeline concept, the ethics of manipulating alternate realities, and what it means for an AI to have true agency — especially when that AI is Eunice, a fully sentient, military-developed intelligence with no off switch and the ability to move money, hire people, and reshape the world in real time. We also explore the post-apocalyptic Jackpot, the cyberpunk aesthetics of Gibson's near future, and how Agency connects to its companion novel The Peripheral without being a sequel. Get the Book: Amazon (affiliate) Bookshop.org (affiliate) More Paul Heitsch: Website Amazon Author Page Hear Kandas's Gratitude Geek interview with Paul on solopreneur second acts Also Mentioned: The Peripheral by William Gibson (affiliate) Ghost in the Shell (anime) Person of Interest (TV series) Joshua Dalzelle's Omega Force & Black Fleet series — hear Kandas's interview with Joshua Sci-Fi Book Pod is hosted by Gen X spouses Kandas and Shane Rodarte, bringing sci-fi books to life one discussion at a time.
Imagine having the power to change an alternate timeline — without touching your own.
Today on Sci-Fi Book Pod, Space Admiral Kandas and Space Cadet Shane 2nd Class dive into Agency by William Gibson with a very special visiting dignitary: award-winning audiobook narrator Paul Heitsch, the voice behind countless beloved sci-fi titles.
We unpack Gibson's brilliant "stub" timeline concept, the ethics of manipulating alternate realities, and what it means for an AI to have true agency — especially when that AI is Eunice, a fully sentient, military-developed intelligence with no off switch and the ability to move money, hire people, and reshape the world in real time.
We also explore the post-apocalyptic Jackpot, the cyberpunk aesthetics of Gibson's near future, and how Agency connects to its companion novel The Peripheral without being a sequel.
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Sci-Fi Book Pod is hosted by Gen X spouses Kandas and Shane Rodarte, bringing sci-fi books to life one discussion at a time.