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Annalee Newitz

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Annalee Newitz is an American journalist who covers the cultural impact of science and technology. They received a PhD in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, and in 1997 published the widely cited book, White Trash: Race and Class in America. From 2004–2005 they were a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They write for many periodicals from 'Popular Science' to 'Wired,' and from 1999 to 2008 wrote a syndicated weekly column called 'Techsploitation.' They co-founded 'other' magazine in 2002, which was published triannually until 2007. Since 2008, they are editor-in-chief of 'io9,' a Gawker-owned science fiction blog, which was named in 2010 by The Times as one of the top science blogs on the internet. ...more

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	Autonomous 3.58 avg rating — 18,128 ratings — published 2017 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Automatic Noodle 3.77 avg rating — 12,487 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future of Another Timeline 3.73 avg rating — 9,351 ratings — published 2019 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age 3.78 avg rating — 7,312 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terraformers 3.33 avg rating — 7,264 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction 3.54 avg rating — 1,987 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind 3.98 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 2024 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Media 3.38 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	#Selfcare 3.55 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She's Such a Geek!: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff by Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But now we know there has been no one great disaster—only the slow-motion disaster of capitalism converting every living thing and idea into property.”
― Annalee Newitz, Autonomous

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“For all the robots who question their programming.”
― Annalee Newitz, Autonomous

tags: programming, robots

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“Everybody is an outsider, if you go deep enough. The trick is reassuring people that you’re their kind of outsider.”
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tags: outsider-uncertainty-instincts

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Which book do you want to read for our first Book Club selection? If there is a book you think we should consider that is not on this list, please add it. I'll leave the poll open through Saturday 12/21/19 so we can get started reading in January 2020!

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez

12 votes, 22.6%

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

8 votes, 15.1%

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

7 votes, 13.2%

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

6 votes, 11.3%

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

5 votes, 9.4%

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

5 votes, 9.4%

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

4 votes, 7.5%

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

3 votes, 5.7%

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

2 votes, 3.8%

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

1 vote, 1.9%

Beloved by Toni Morrison

0 votes, 0.0%

Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson

0 votes, 0.0%

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