My new book, 1985: STORI3S FROM SØS, is out today! This slim edition collects three stories related to The Silence of Six series: “SOS”, which features Evan (R.I.P.); “DoubleThink”, which tells Penny’s story between The Silence of Six and Against All Silence; and 1985, a brand-new novella featuring Max’s parents as teenagers at Columbia University in New York City. You can buy it now only at Barnes & Noble. I’m immensely grateful that my publisher Adaptive allowed me to write these stories, and I’m very proud of them, so I hope you’ll check out the collection. If you enjoy them, or even if you didn’t, reviews are always appreciated.
To celebrate my book launch in true 1985 style, you’re invited to watch me play Gyromite for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), just like Brad and his friend Nick in 1985. Check out my YouTube Channel tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern, where I’ll be playing the game (on an original console and tube TV!) and answering viewers’ questions live. Please consider subscribing for a reminder and if you like watching that sort of thing, because I play NES games just about every week.
Reference list for SOS
It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Homeland by Cory Doctorow
The Circle by Dave Eggers
The Paladin Prophecy by Mark Frost
The PERSEF0NE series by Michelle Gagnon
This Machine Kills Secrets: How Wikileakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World’s Information by Andy Greenberg
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World by David Kirpatrick
The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé
The Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin D. Mitnick
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers by Kevin D. Mitnick
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency by Parmy Olson
Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter
The Fifth Estate (2013), directed by Brian Condon
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014), directed by Brian Knappenberger
Citizenfour (2014), directed by Laura Poitras
Hacker Wars (2014), directed by Vivien Lesnik Weisman
Deep Web (2015), directed by Alex Winter
New Book!
As I mentioned, I’ve rekindled my interest in 8-bit Nintendo video games, and now you can watch me play through my collection of nearly 300 NES cartridges! I’m running a series called “NES Alphanumeric!” over on YouTube, which involves weekly, hourlong live streams of me playing a game while providing commentary and chatting with viewers–basically a weekly AMA + video games. I’m usually streaming on WedNESdays, but obviously on alternative days when I have events (see above). Here’s my latest episode, a game called Air Fortress.
I’m planning a special live stream on Tuesday, May 16 at 9 p.m. Eastern to promote the new story collection. See, the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in New York City in October 1985, which just so happens to be the time and place in which my story 1985 is set, and my characters are geeky technophiles, so… Of course the NES makes an appearance! I thought I’d celebrate by playing the game they play in the story, Gyromite. (With perhaps a bonus round of Duck Hunt). Stay tuned for more details, but in the meantime, subscribe to my YouTube channel and/or follow me on Twitter @ecmyers for updates and reminders.
