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I invite you, through this blog, to discover my journeybudding author in the fields of science fiction and of thedystopian anticipation. I will share the progress of my writings, the themes that I explore, the concepts at the same time technological and philosophical that cross them, as well as my vision of the world and my personal impressions. Without detour, I will offer you a sincere look at the world as I observe it today and as Iimagine.

  • Free Will versus Inevitability

    Free Will versus Inevitability

    Free will was one of the starting points of my writing project. It was accompanied by the desire to explore what humanity might become in the near future, which, however, I will not experience in my lifetime. Certainly, the subject is nothing original. Robert A. Heinlein, one of the pioneers in the field, had already outlined…

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  • Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's

    Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's

    Interview with Robert, the Psycho-Mirror Robert: I'm in a good position to observe you. And I've noticed that you have a habit of citing your sources. Laurent: Indeed, it's a habit I've had forever, I think. Robert: I'd even say it's pathological, in your case. Laurent: It's possible. I've always thought it was important to...

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  • AI and its staging inconsistencies

    AI and its staging inconsistencies

    In my previous article, titled "The Author Throws Nothing Away," I looked for a visual concept to illustrate the dilemma between slimming down a text or, on the contrary, fleshing it out. The idea quickly came to me to depict an author facing a mirror reflecting two versions of himself: one having drastically...

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  • The author doesn't throw anything away.

    The author doesn't throw anything away.

    I've planned a whole series of articles for my blog, a good sixty so far. This one wasn't high on my list of priorities. However, while reading a post on www.atelierdesauteurs.com, I found an answer to one of my current concerns as a writer still searching for guidance. The post discusses a rereading method borrowed from Stephen King.…

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An empty circular assembly hall, with a glass floor revealing an ocean with a shark and corals below, under a round ceiling opening to the sky
Excerpt: The conference room
Alternative text: A science fiction writer, dressed in a dark suit and smoking a pipe, writes with an old-fashioned quill in front of a large hourglass spilling sand onto his papers, symbolizing the passing of time.
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