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Tuesday 1st October 2019

New edition of ‘Conscious’

Yes, indeed, there’s a new edition of the novel!

Updated slightly to reflect changing world events (although, sadly, all the initial predictions are pretty much coming true now). And with a swish new cover! Just search for ‘Vic Grout Conscious’ on Amazon in your region (and choose the one with the cool blue cover) or use the direct links below.

Kindle edition in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07VTTQWNC
Paperback edition in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conscious-Prof-Vic-Grout/dp/1081939133
Kindle edition in the US: https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Vic-Grout-ebook/dp/B07VTTQWNC
Paperback edition in the US: https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Prof-Vic-Grout/dp/1081939133

Enjoy!

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Thursday 18th October 2018

‘CONSCIOUS’ Has a New Website

By Vic Grout

Vic’s sci-novel, ‘CONSCIOUS’, now has it’s own website.

https://consciousnovel.com/

New stories, competitions, etc. will appear hear, also linked to the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousVicGrout/. (Nearly 9,000 ‘likes’ now!)

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Thursday 19th April 2018

The Singularity (Still) Isn’t Simple!

By Vic Grout

The ‘Technological Singularity’ debate rolls on with the publication of a special issue of MDPI’s ‘Information’ Journal: “AI AND THE SINGULARITY: A FALLACY OR A GREAT OPPORTUNITY?”

Papers published in the special edition, to date, include:

One of the papers, with an outlook (entirely unsurprisingly) in line with this blog is Vic Grout‘s, “The Singularity isn’t Simple! (However we look at it) A random walk between science fiction and science fact”. The abstract reads as follows:

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Tuesday 14th February 2017

‘Conscious’: Second edition!

By Vic Grout

The , er …, somewhat ‘unexpected political events’ of 2016 have meant that a few points of detail in the book have had to be rewritten! But there’s good news too …

Some, shall we say, not-entirely-predicted elections and other votes have produced a second edition rather earlier than expected! The storyline’s entirely unaltered and the changes in detail aren’t huge either but were necessary for global consistency. However, this has now also allowed Amazon’s direct publishing service to be used, resulting in significantly lower costs for both the paperback and Kindle edition. These cheaper, more up-to-date options can now be downloaded/ordered from:

Paperback:

US: https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Vic-Grout/dp/1520590121/

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conscious-Vic-Grout/dp/1520590121/

Kindle:

US: https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Vic-Grout-ebook/dp/B06X3V8TFG/

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conscious-Vic-Grout-ebook/dp/B06X3V8TFG/

Full details of all editions and formats can still be seen in The Book.

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