The Shell
Welcome to the November and Thanksgiving issue of Hacker Chronicles! The holiday season is upon us and I’m on the final stretch of NaNoWriMo. This month’s...
The Von Neumann Mistake, and NaNoWriMo
Welcome to the October issue of Hacker Chronicles! The nights are getting chilly in California. My wife and I have a yearly chicken race of who’s the first...
Hackers (the movie)
Welcome to the September issue of Hacker Chronicles! Sorry about last month’s duplicate letter. I sent my service provider an error report as soon as I...
Randomness, and a new cover for Identified
Welcome to the August issue of Hacker Chronicles! The backside blurb of The Hacker's Dictionary from 1983 says that the book is "a Berlitz to the underground...
Pass Thoughts – Authenticating with brain waves
Welcome to the July issue of Hacker Chronicles! I hope you’re all coping with the heatwave that’s hammering the northern hemisphere. It’s been as hot in...
The Matrix Revolutions
Welcome to the June issue of Hacker Chronicles! I’m late this month because I’m traveling internationally for the first time in 2.5 years. This past weekend...
The Minority Report, Part 2
Welcome to the May issue of Hacker Chronicles! Last month I reviewed the 1950s short story The Minority Report. If you haven’t read that review yet, you can...
The Minority Report, Part 1
Welcome to the April issue of Hacker Chronicles! I recently reviewed the science fiction classic Colossus by D.F. Jones. It features super computers and the...
Hacking Printers
Welcome to the March issue of Hacker Chronicles! I’ve been fretting the fact that I didn’t mention the war in Ukraine in my previous newsletter issue. It was...
Colossus – The Forbin Project
Welcome to the February issue of Hacker Chronicles! Below you’ll find the first progress bar for the writing of my next novel and a review of the science...
Hacking Genes and Brains
Welcome to the January issue of Hacker Chronicles, and Happy New Year! I decided to hold off reviewing The Matrix Revolutions (2003) to not make this a...
Ebook pre-order and Matrix Reloaded
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The last few weeks have been intense due the Binary Release of Identified. Thank you, all of you who bought it! This...
Re: Backordered. Deadline for second batch on Thursday.
Hi again! Sorry for another email but so many of you are asking for clarification. Anyone who placed an order before I sent the previous email is in batch 1,...
Backordered. Deadline for second batch on Thursday.
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I’m sold out of batch 1 of Identified and will need to print more books to fulfill further orders. I thought 100...
Sales start of Identified! And The Matrix.
Welcome to the December issue of Hacker Chronicles! Have I got a jam-packed issue for you. The sales start of my hacker thriller Identified and a review of...
Hacker Gear
Welcome to the November issue of Hacker Chronicles! First of all, it’s been Thanksgiving and I want to say thank you. I’m very fortunate to have stayed...
The Origins of Cyberspace
Welcome to the October issue of Hacker Chronicles! This month’s feature article looks at the origins of cyberspace, stretching from 1960s art through 1980s...
Review of Sneakers (1992) and sneak peek of book cover
Welcome to the September issue of Hacker Chronicles, the hacker fiction newsletter! This issue features both a review of the movie-classic Sneakers and sneak...
The Mystery of the Hack and the Negative Bookshelf
Welcome to the August issue of Hacker Chronicles, the hacker fiction newsletter! Regards, John Wilander August Feature: The Mystery of the Hack and the...
Review of Johnny Mnemonic (1981, 1995)
Welcome to the July issue of Hacker Chronicles, the hacker fiction newsletter. Here you’ll get news and updates on my writing as well as reviews and...