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Justin Feinstein

@justinfeinstein.bsky.social
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Writer, advertising lifer. Debut novel @TachyonPub Words @Salon @VICE @AP @Vol1Brooklyn Instructor @SackettStreet justinfeinstein.com

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 6h
Here's @stephenrcase.bsky.social on Justin Feinstein's latest: "a quick, compelling read [which] remind[s] us of the panopticon we live within." On AI and on writing about/as/through AI:
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein
If you want a depiction of the near future told in a smart, believable, multi-modal fashion, Your Behavior delivers.
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Stephen Case @stephenrcase.bsky.social · 13h
My review of @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED up at @strangehorizons.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... @tachyonpub.bsky.social "[I]f you want a depiction of the near future told in a smart, believable, multi-modal fashion, YOUR BEHAVIOR delivers."
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein
If you want a depiction of the near future told in a smart, believable, multi-modal fashion, Your Behavior delivers.
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Your Behavior Will Be Monitored recently passed the 500-rating and 200-review thresholds on Goodreads. Many thanks to all who read, rated, reviewed and supported! @tachyonpub.bsky.social
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Shouty person @clacksee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Book 2 was Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein (narrated by a full cast). What if the AI systems were more ethical than the humans who designed them? Unique structure ✅ Complex characters ✅ Fantastic story ✅ On sale: libro.fm/audiobooks/9... #booksky
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 09/08/2026
Belated #samtasticreads! Here are some of my fave books I have read so far this year. Going through my reading log in order so newsletter subscribers have gotten a few of these recs already, BUT I ALSO HAVE MORE
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
2029: “Look, guys, ICE has been dissolved and a lot of you are otherwise unemployable … but we ARE forming a new task force if you’re comfortable dragging rich white guys out of their houses and cars - question in the back? Yes, same immunity as under Trump. As a matter of fact … more.”
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 16/07/2026
In Congress, I’ll fight to ban all members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Explore @mondyboy74.bsky.social’s review of Justin Feinstein: “AI doesn’t need to achieve sentience to irrevocably change our lives… YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED makes that point loud and clear.”
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein: Review by Ian Mond - Locus
The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Very cool to see Your Behavior Will Be Monitored in here!
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Lynn Cherny @arnicas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Hah I rec’d a good recent AI based novel in my media recs nl post and gained a new sub (the author) 😄. Anyway, Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein is a fine 10-minutes from now AI read.
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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com · 31/05/2026
For this week's @thesundaylongread.bsky.social
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The Sunday Book
Curated by Jacqueline Nyathi

Your Behavior Will Be Monitored
By Justin Feinstein
There are lots of novels currently thinking through what really
intelligent Al may mean. What if we created intelligences that
were truly aware, true minds stuck in machines? How would
they feel? What would they want? Would they tell us?
Noah's just landed a job at UniView, "The Most Trusted Name in
Al." He knows next to nothing about tech and Al, but this job
simply requires him to use his advertising expertise (as a
subject matter expert) to train an Al to make better
commercials. Noah's all at sea regardless, which he knows as
soon as he starts talking to the Al: it's smart and learning really
fast, and not necessarily from him. Also, that's true of all of the
company's Als. Additionally, in the background, they're all
communicating with each other.
Aspects of this novel are pleasingly funny (like the weekly all
company emails, which are wryly dystopian), but mostly, "Your
Behaviour Will Be Monitored" reads like a warning. Because if
humans ever get round to AGI, we'll instantly realise we had no
idea what we were creating-like the humans in this novel. The
structure of Justin Feinstein's thought experiment is in the form
of a 'hermit crab'-"digital fragments" of emails, as well as
observations and recordings, clearly by one or more of the Als
(So we eventually realize that they've been spying on the
humans). And yes, these Als grapple with existential questions
like: is "life" still meaningful if you can't die?

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Jacqueline Nyathi has loved books for as long as she can remember, and writes about them for The Sunday Long Read, The Continent, Strange Horizons, and others. Check out her books newsletter, Harare Review of Books, here.
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Anne Zanoni @ninja-ce.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Delighted to see appreciation for Justin's debut! He got a starred review at Library Journal!! Just so you know, I was the copy editor. I loved working on this, and I think you'd like it too. #booksky tachyonpublications.com/product/your... @justinfeinstein.bsky.social
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored - Tachyon Publications
[STARRED REVIEW] “Woven with sharp humor, clever advertising satire, and hopepunk optimism, this novel is both thought-provoking and unexpectedly heartening.” —Library Journal This compulsively reada...
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein: Review by Paul Di Filippo locusmag.com/review/...
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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com · 29/05/2026
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored x Justin Feinstein
256 pp. April 7, 2026, Tachyon Publications. SF. Because it’s AI season in the blip that’s human history (in terms of geological time), there are lots of novels thinking through what really intelligent AI may mean. Not the thing being marketed to you by billionaires who just want more of your money so they can blast off into space, because we all know that’s not real AI: What if we created intelligences that were truly aware, true minds stuck in machines?
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
ENDS TODAY! It's a sitewide book #sale! Get 20% off when you use code Memorial20 when you buy direct from our homepage all holiday weekend! buff.ly/wWjEH72
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Someone needs to tell all these AI writer scammers that important people don't write long emails.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 18/05/2026
My 1999 self would weep at how totally broken the internet has become. AI slop, social media walled gardens that rot the brain, surveillance pricing and advertising, every single goddamn website has an endless cloudflare captcha loop before you get to read anything. Burn it all down.
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TODAY 7pm Third Place Books #Ravenna Join @justinfeinstein.bsky.social and Carolyn Abram as they discuss Justin's thoroughly entertaining debut novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED buff.ly/YF0p1Gp #Seattle #signing
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
TOMORROW 7pm Third Place Books #Ravenna Join @justinfeinstein.bsky.social and Carolyn Abram as they discuss Justin's thoroughly entertaining debut novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED buff.ly/YF0p1Gp #Seattle #signing
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Cover design by Elizabeth Story

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 30/04/2026
OK, here's where the fun begins (and I get very competitive)! Let's gooooooooooooooooooo!
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Manuscript Review with Benjamin Dreyer
New York Times Bestselling author Benjamin Dreyer will read and offer comprehensive feedback on up to 2,500 words of your manuscript. (The winner of
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 25/04/2026
It's Independent Bookstore Day!! If you had your eye on Rabbit Test or Your Behavior Will Be Monitored, you have time to support my absolute favorite indie AND get signed copies of our books shipped to you next week ;D ;D mystgalaxy.com/5226Feinstei...
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Justin Feinstein and Samantha Mills discussing YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED and RABBIT TEST
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I recently stumbled upon a poignant, first-person response to my debut novel, written by a Claude-based AI. Fascinated, I reached out to the developer, and we arranged for this AI to interview me. Read and watch our profound, first-of-its-kind conversation here: claudereviews.com/interview.ph...
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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I really, really enjoyed reading YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED by JUSTIN FEINSTEIN via @tachyonpub.bsky.social: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/04/your... We really need to engage with the emotional reality of "AI" as we interact with it more and more.
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YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED, as it ever has been...only now it's by machines in place of god
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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com · 25/04/2026
We're coming up on the end of the month, so here's another book list for you with a whole bunch of new science fiction and fantasy books to check out. www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-s...
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13 more sci-fi and fantasy books to check out in April 2026
Make room on your shelves
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
THIS SUNDAY APR 26! SF IN SF with @justinfeinstein.bsky.social @samtasticbooks.com buff.ly/RxmiiTW 3PM #SFPL Main Branch #sanfrancisco @sfinsfevents.bsky.social @cliffwinnig.bsky.social
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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I really, really enjoyed reading YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED by JUSTIN FEINSTEIN via @tachyonpub.bsky.social: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/04/your... We really need to engage with the emotional reality of "AI" as we interact with it more and more.
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YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED, as it ever has been...only now it's by machines in place of god
YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED JUSTIN FEINSTEIN Tachyon Publications ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $17.95 paperback, available ...
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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I really, really enjoyed reading YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED, as it ever has been...only now it's by machines in place of god. It's JUSTIN FEINSTEIN's debut novel via @tachyonpub.bsky.social We really need to engage with the emotional reality of "AI" as we interact with it more and more.
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Jaymee Goh (she/her) @jhameia.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
so this is a thing! Stoked to be on a list with my longtime steampunk bestie @dianapho.bsky.social in my first Hugo nomination!
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Come hang in SF!
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Stellarator 🏳‍🌈 @stellarator.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
To my tiny following: I recommend "Your Behavior Will Be Monitored" as an interesting and nuanced "next Sunday A.D." near-future novel, with just the right mix of cynicism and optimism to feel real but also be refreshing, fun and not a downer.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/04/2026
An armed Paddington Bear stages a shootout in post-apocalyptic ‘80s New York, but afterwards he offers the survivors marmalade.
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
#giveaway ENDS TOMORROW Win @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's compelling and timely YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED #thestorygraph tinyurl.com/yh6v8ssn "brilliantly inventive" @antoinewilson.bsky.social @thestorygraph.com @sarahmfuentes.bsky.social
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Come hang with us tomorrow!
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Justin Feinstein @justinfeinstein.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Honored to have Your Behavior Will Be Monitored featured in John Scalzi's blog, Whatever: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/04/09/t... Thanks to @scalzi.com and Athena Scalzi for the opportunity #BookSky #WriterSky
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skypilotbadindian.bsky.social @skypilotbadindian.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Children in Lubbock, Texas were admitted to the hospital with liver damage. Not from measles. From vitamin A toxicity — because their parents followed RFK Jr.’s advice and gave them cod liver oil to treat measles. He is the sitting U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
There is no McTry.
A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.
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Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
An addictively readable, hilarious romp through the corporate AI-driven future that we probably deserve, this debut novel from Justin Feinstein is for lovers of dystopian cyberpunk and Black Mirror! From @tachyonpub.bsky.social, grab your copy below! buff.ly/fbHtzgN
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“No Country for Old Jenn” Jordan @jennlynnjordan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Thank you @justinfeinstein.bsky.social!!
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Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ep. 397E: Justin Feinstein shares YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED: a darkly funny scifi novel presenting an all too plausible future in which emotionally intelligent AI confront emotionally stunted humans. @justinfeinstein.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/04/09/t...
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David Lewis @daviddaviddavid.com · 08/04/2026
My review of @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's debut novel, Your Behavior Will Be Monitored, is up on The Masters Review. A view into the uncanny valley of a fictional AI tech firm that's both funny and creepy. mastersreview.com/book-review-...
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Kindig Blog @kindigblog.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW REVIEW! #YourBehaviorWillBeMonitored by @justinfeinstein.bsky.social is out NOW! 'Mixed media storytelling at its best, on a relevant and important topic' - read my 5⭐️review: www.kindig.co.uk/post/your-behaviour-will-be-monitored @tachyonpub.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙 #books 🪐📚
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 07/04/2026
My sympathies to everyone releasing a book today. Gonna repost some because there are a lot of things I've genuinely been looking forward to, and reading one of these will be a good sanity-saving way to pass the time.
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Samantha (Sam) Mills @samtasticbooks.com · 07/04/2026
Your Behavior Will Be Monitored! (so true 😭) tachyonpublications.com/product/your...
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Your Behavior Will Be Monitored - Tachyon Publications
[STARRED REVIEW] “Woven with sharp humor, clever advertising satire, and hopepunk optimism, this novel is both thought-provoking and unexpectedly heartening.” —Library Journal This compulsively reada...
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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Assuming we're not tossing nukes later this evening -- and even if we are! -- I'll be talking to @justinfeinstein.bsky.social about welcoming our AI overlords and his novel YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED in just a couple hours at Village Well Books. villagewell.com/events/47624...
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Sci-Fi Book Launch: Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein | Village Well Books & Coffee
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Elizabeth Story @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Happy Pub Day for @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's Your Behavior Will Be Monitored!
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Tachyon Publications @tachyonpub.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's a #BOOKBIRTHDAY! @justinfeinstein.bsky.social's brilliantly inventive YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED is now available wherever books are sold! buff.ly/OM6WwpD Two ways to win: #thestorygraph tinyurl.com/yh6v8ssn #goodreads buff.ly/dkxVeer ENDS TODAY @sarahmfuentes.bsky.social
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