Matthew De Abaitua Libros

"1994. Matthew De Abaitua, fresh out of university, is being interviewed for a job. The interview involves discussing literature, honking on a special cigarette and shooting at empty whisky bottles with an air rifle. The job in question is that of amanuensis, or live-in personal assistant. The employer is Will Self, the enfant terrible of the literary scene. For the next six months, De Abaitua and Self share a remote cottage in Suffolk, working on their literary ambitions. They are distracted by hikes to Sizewell nuclear power station, opium tea and the allure of Soho. Thanks to Self and his library of bad influences, from JG Ballard to William Burroughs, De Abaitua undergoes a rite of passage that changes him forever. Caught up in vital threads of the early Nineties, from the rise of New Labour to the slow decline of the literary establishment and the emergence of the internet, Self & I is set in a time that burns brightest in its final hour. It is a frank and very funny account of a young, hopeful writer who finds himself alongside one of his heroes only to discover that literary ambition comes at a price." -- Provided by publisher.

The story explores the moral dilemmas faced by Nelson, a former radical journalist now working for Monad, a powerful corporation producing androids and virtual workers. Tasked with overseeing Redtown, a simulated city for testing corporate policies, he grapples with the implications of authoritarian control and the blurring lines between virtual and real life. As revolutionary factions rise against the Red Men, Nelson must confront his loyalties, ultimately choosing between the corporation's ambitions and his family's well-being.

Set in a near-future England, a town relies on the remnants of a governing computer algorithm called the Process, which controls their daily existence. As the community grapples with its dependence on this technology, the Process evolves and begins to create soldiers, signaling an impending conflict. The narrative explores themes of control, survival, and the consequences of technological reliance in a dystopian landscape.

20 years after the appearance of the first artificial intelligence, humanity is stuck. The AIs or, as they preferred to be called, Emergences have left Earth and reside beyond the orbit of Mercury in a Stapledon Sphere. The Emergences were our future but they chose exile. All except one. Dr Easy remains, researching a single human life from beginning to end. Theodore Drown's life. One day, Theodore is approached by freelance executive Patricia to investigate an archive of data retrieved from just before the appearance of the first Emergence. The secret living in that archive takes him on an adventure through a stunted future of asylum malls, corporate bloodrooms and a secret off-world colony where he must choose between creating a new future for humanity - or staying true to his nature, and destroying it forever.

From packing to pitching, with hikes into the deep history of the subject and encounters with the great campers and camping movements of the past, this title presents a philosophical blend of how to, history and personal anecdotes of camping.