Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker
Our ever-increasing intimacy with technology is changing our bodies and our brains. What can those at the frontiers tell us about what it means to be in a body now?
I loved Hybrid HumansIt is modest, wise ... and a way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past -- Jeanette Winterson
Harry Parker has explored the cutting edge of interaction between humanity, computing and AI ... a captivating and cautionary travel guide to a new world -- Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being
Fascinating ... Parker's writing is elegant and often lyrical ... As someone who has lived as a "hybrid" for more than a decade, Parker never forgets the realities of everyday life, which encompass both pain and beauty. This may be a tour of the scientific avant garde, but the focus is always on the human heart and mind -- David Robson, Book of the Day * Observer *
A terrific writer -- Elizabeth Day
Absorbing ... Parker takes us on a tour of the weird and wonderful world where man and machine meet * Daily Mail *
Praise for Anatomy of a Soldier: 'Marvellously told' -- Alan Bennett
Alive to every nuance of feeling -- Hilary Mantel
A brilliant book -- Edna O'Brien
Beautifully constructed and moving -- Val McDermid
A tour de force -- Nadeem Aslam
Compassionate and compelling -- Kate Hamer
An endless ability to surprise -- Phil Klay
Harry Parker has explored the cutting edge of interaction between humanity, computing and AI ... a captivating and cautionary travel guide to a new world -- Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being
Fascinating ... Parker's writing is elegant and often lyrical ... As someone who has lived as a "hybrid" for more than a decade, Parker never forgets the realities of everyday life, which encompass both pain and beauty. This may be a tour of the scientific avant garde, but the focus is always on the human heart and mind -- David Robson, Book of the Day * Observer *
A terrific writer -- Elizabeth Day
Absorbing ... Parker takes us on a tour of the weird and wonderful world where man and machine meet * Daily Mail *
Praise for Anatomy of a Soldier: 'Marvellously told' -- Alan Bennett
Alive to every nuance of feeling -- Hilary Mantel
A brilliant book -- Edna O'Brien
Beautifully constructed and moving -- Val McDermid
A tour de force -- Nadeem Aslam
Compassionate and compelling -- Kate Hamer
An endless ability to surprise -- Phil Klay
Harry Parker is the author of Anatomy of a Soldier (2016), translated in eight languages. He grew up in Wiltshire, and was educated at Falmouth College of Art and University College London. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788163101 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788163109 |
| Title | Hybrid Humans |
| Author | Harry Parker |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-02-17 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for The Barbellion Prize 2023 |
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