Member Since:
March 29, 2011
Andrew Jennings
Biography
I am interested in the future, and how we get there. Much of the writing that involves technology is either alarmist (variations on the Frankenstein theme) or fantastical (most of science fiction, with a few notable exceptions). To me the interesting bit is the near future where we can at least understand what is happening. What are the forces at work? Is the yawning gap between the 1% and the rest of us inevitable? As a young person I read almost all of Isaac Asimov's books and they set me on the path I have followed. I was a communications research engineer in Australia and Japan. Later I became a University professor. I am a touring cyclist and like nothing better than spending my days pedalling, and my nights stretched out in a tent.
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Series
Nemesis (George Kostas)
Shark Pool
Books
Shark Pool
by Andrew Jennings
Series: George Kostas, Book 3.
Price:
$2.00 USD.
Words: 42,730.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: February 18, 2023
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
A wave of new technology in homicide has dramatically raised the case clearance rate. A grateful management is reducing detective numbers. But a spectacular murder has both the systems and Alice struggling. With pressure mounting, they could really use George. Unfortunately he has disappeared.
Perilous Republic
by Andrew Jennings
Price:
Free!
Words: 58,760.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: January 6, 2021
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Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
All of a sudden late in 2020s Australia fractured completely. Noah, Jack and Ruby take charge of the new south. Dividing the country between conservative governments in the north with the new progressive government in Victoria. With strong international backing they swiftly take power. But how will they survive against the forces of the north? How can this fragile republic stand?
2043
by Andrew Jennings
Price:
Free!
Words: 48,930.
Language:
English.
Published: February 20, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
Emotional engineering, pre-awareness. It goes by many names. Steady and incremental massaging of minds. Preparing human neural structures for the message to come. More powerful than advertising, more persuasive than any propaganda. When you sight that product you are already primed for the communication to come. What have we become ?
Nemesis (George Kostas)
by Andrew Jennings
Series: George Kostas, Book 2.
Price:
Free!
Words: 54,830.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: March 25, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
Quickly it aligned itself with his shoulders. The worm drive expanded the diameter of the wire, making sure there was plenty of margin to pass over his head. No hesitation now, it dropped and the terrible chatter began. An insistent “clack clack clack” as the metal teeth pulled the wire. The worm drive doing its terrible work.
Murder in the Fabric
by Andrew Jennings
Series: George Kostas, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 43,150.
Language:
English.
Published: March 30, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
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George was dwarfed by the wall sized display with surveillance and analysis from all over Melbourne. A self driving car, a murder so sophisticated that even with all this it might have escaped notice. An employee of a Chinese security company. Surprisingly uncooperative. What did it have to do with the return of Mia, a mysterious hacker? It certainly was a city with murderous secrets.
2023
by Andrew Jennings
Price:
Free!
Words: 31,180.
Language:
English.
Published: May 19, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
The world is divided between the green new economies and the old fossil fuel economies. The green economies move against Australia quickly and decisively. With millions of refugees heading north, a small group tries to turn the situation. Andrew and Phil are recruited by Kylie. The two futures face each other. It is a showdown with the whole future of the planet at stake.