Next will come intelligent AGI robots, new mobile life forms far smarter than we are, followed by the inevitable Singularity. Press, The Chinese Government IT Division, in BeijingĪuthor's Note: Smart computers and machines are already with us. © 2014-7 Tony Thorne MBE (Sections 1 and 2)Ī Chinese language version of the first edition of this book was published in 2016 by P.T. My best selling title, THE SINGULARITY IS COMING, is published in English and Chinese versions. The first 4 volumes in my near future, 5 stars SF espionage series for general readers, POINTS OF VIEW, are now available from Amazon, Smashwords etc.

Now retired I write quirky speculative fiction mostly tall Science Fiction and Macabre tales, with over 100 short stories published in various collections, including MACABRE TALES, THE BEST OF THE TENERIFE TALL TALES, THE JUNIOR PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY, BEST SELLING AUTHOR PLAN etc. I originally qualified as a Chartered Design Engineer, specializing in Applied Physics products.įor developments in the field of low temperature (cryo)surgery instruments, and very high temperature (carbon fibre) processing furnaces, the Queen awarded me an MBE.Įarlier in life I also wrote and sold science-fiction and humorous stories, was an active SF Fan, and a spare time lecturer for the British Interplanetary Society.

I am an Englishman, born and technically educated in London, England, and now living in Austria but in the winter, in the warmer Canary Island of Tenerife.

The singularity is here