Naomi Alderman

@naomialderman
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Novels (eg The Power), games (eg Zombies, Run!), now TV. Unorthodox Jew. I can electrocute people with the power of my mind.
Show threadNaomi AldermanOct 19, 2023
@danhon @ianbetteridge “you can star in your own TV show!” is the point when the cult of individualism actually turns into full-on haunted mirror insanity
Show threadNaomi AldermanOct 19, 2023
@ianbetteridge @danhon the problem with the Mary-Sue generator version of AI is that it’ll get quite weird and creepy and unpleasant quite quickly. But it’ll be fun for the first 20-30 minutes!
Show threadNaomi AldermanOct 19, 2023
@ianbetteridge “now describe me as a Jane Austen hero”
Naomi AldermanSep 1, 2023

alright. this seems like a not unreasonable place to put this.

I am in the early stages of scoping out and designing a NEW GAME. haven't done one of those for AGES.

so: are you, or do you know, a coder who might like to work with me on creating an indie game? I think I'm basically looking for "someone who knows and likes my work & would be excited to talk to me about a new project" (for money).

Show threadNaomi AldermanAug 29, 2023
There’s also nice badges. But I have a feeling nice badges is less interesting to the Mastodon audience than trying to make technology less.. like… this. Anyway if you write about/blog about tech and want an Advance Reader Copy of the book just let me know.
Naomi AldermanAug 29, 2023
Here’s some book promotion, so now we know we’re really on a social network. But, very seriously if you follow me on here (actually, if you’re on here) I think you will really like this book. It’s about how technology billionaires are going to destroy us all if we don’t get together and stop them. And about some skunkworks activists who get together to try to bring them down: bit.ly/TheFuturePreorderUS
Show threadNaomi AldermanAug 13, 2023
@taylorlorenz also language courses that rate themselves as for beginner, low intermediate etc… that’s just pandering and is making us stupid.
The thing is: if you don’t need these things then you can just ignore them. If you grew up trilingual, have a cultural background of eating very hot food, can ski the black runs with ease, then the careful labels probably seem slightly odd. That’s because they’re not aimed at people like you.
Show threadNaomi AldermanAug 13, 2023
@taylorlorenz “restaurants shouldn’t put spice/chili heat level warnings on foods, it’s making us WEAK”
(a need for some guidance about what you’re getting is a consequence of stepping out of your comfort zones, encountering new perspectives and new flavours. It’s also a consequence of wanting to help people through unfamiliarity. There’s always going to be some mockery by people who don’t need it, that’s on them.)
Naomi AldermanJul 8, 2023
@ianbetteridge that’s better than mine. My new novel, out in November (finished last year), has as part of its central story a group of billionaires whose craft is lost in the ocean and everyone’s looking for them in what turns out to be the wrong place
Naomi AldermanJul 7, 2023
@ianbetteridge yes I find this does happen. Either imagination bends reality (v much not discounting this) or the subconscious part of us that writes notices stuff that never gets to the level of conscious attention (like the door lock starting to feel like it’s going wrong)