Tom Sweterlitsch
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Tom Sweterlitsch | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1977 Iowa, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction |
Tom Sweterlitsch (born 1977)[1] is an American writer, known best for the time traveling novel The Gone World and for a bleak cyperpunk novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Publications
In Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Tom Sweterlitsch adresses the cultural shift of the recent years in a dystopian version of the United States. Facing depression, the main protagonist spend too much time in virtual reality, mourning his pregnant wife, dead in a nuclear terrorist attack that destroyed Pittsburgh[2]. He also adresses the problems raised by highly personalized advertising[3][4][5].
In The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch uses time travel in a new way : people can travel only in the future, creating a temporary possibility that disapears when the traveler comes back. That technique is used for solving crimes out of the heat of the moment. Unfortunately, the protagonists discover the end of the world is getting closer and closer to the present as they explore the future[6][7].
Personal life
He has a Master’s Degree in Literary and Cultural Theory from Carnegie Mellon and worked for twelve years at the Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter[8].
Bibliography
Novels and novellas
- The Gone World (2018)
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow (2014)
Short Fictions
- The Disposable Man (2012)
- The Sandbox Singularity (2018)
- Neuro-Dancer (2020)
Movie scripts
- Rakka (2017), with Oats Studios.
- Firebase (2017), with Oats Studios.
- Zygote (2017), with Oats Studios.
References
- ^ "Tom Sweterlitsch". GoodReads. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ Humann, Heather Duerre (2019-08-13). "Reconstructing reality in Tomorrow and Tomorrow". Reality Simulation in Science Fiction Literature, Film and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 66–75. ISBN 978-1-4766-7753-8.
- ^ Rieder, Gernot; Völker, Thomas (2020). "Datafictions: or how measurements and predictive analytics rule imagined future worlds". Journal of Science Communication. 19 (1): –02. doi:10.22323/2.19010202.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Vint, Sherryl (2015). "Introduction to 'the futures industry'" (PDF). Paradoxa. 27 (1): 7–19.
- ^ Schnelbach, Leah (2014-07-15). "Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Apocalypse in the Steel City". Tor.com. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (2018-03-03). "The Gone World is a brilliant, complicated novel about the consequences of time travel". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "A Conversation With Tom Sweterlitsch About "The Gone World"". MysteryTribune. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ O'Driscoll, Bill (2018-01-31). "Local author Tom Sweterlitsch on his second science-fiction novel — and his Hollywood connections". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-01-07.