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T R Napper

@trnapper.bsky.social
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Doctor of Cyberpunk Debut collection: Neon Leviathan (2020) Debut novel: 36 Streets (2022) Ghost of the Neon God (2024) The Escher Man (2024) Repped by Joshua Bilmes Website: nappertime.com

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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The debate has flared up again over whether chatbots are conscious. Which brings to mind this section of dialogue in my most recent book, This Machine Kills Billionaires (2026):
Excerpt reads as follows: 

“Sergey Bookman says that’s speciesist. He’s been telling everyone who’ll listen which is everyone—that you’re alive.”
“Well he would say that, wouldn’t he?”
“Hmm. Why?”
“Who benefits from insisting that the toaster is sentient, Izzy? Why, the man with the toaster factory.” Huldo gestured at the space around them, the vista. “Even if I were a new form of life, Sergey Bookman would not care for me. Bookman does not care for any form of life, including human. His concerns are all instrumental.”
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The debate has flared up again over whether chatbots are conscious. Which brings to mind this section of dialogue in my most recent book, This Machine Kills Billionaires (2026):
Excerpt reads as follows: 

“Sergey Bookman says that’s speciesist. He’s been telling everyone who’ll listen which is everyone—that you’re alive.”
“Well he would say that, wouldn’t he?”
“Hmm. Why?”
“Who benefits from insisting that the toaster is sentient, Izzy? Why, the man with the toaster factory.” Huldo gestured at the space around them, the vista. “Even if I were a new form of life, Sergey Bookman would not care for me. Bookman does not care for any form of life, including human. His concerns are all instrumental.”
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Allan Kaster @infinivoxsf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stories by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @tiatashiro.bsky.social @henryherz.bsky.social @alansmale.bsky.social @nnedi.bsky.social @stevetem.bsky.social @moonsheen.bsky.social @isabel.kim @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social @johnpmurphy.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social + Order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKKDB8JK
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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 26/09/2026
I absolutely loved T.R. Napper's latest novel, THE ESCHER MAN. It's a bloody cyberpunk thriller, but it's also quite introspective. The deadliest weapon isn't a crazy flamethrower mod or a high-tech gun: it's memory. Full review: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-e...
Book recommendation: THE ESCHER MAN by TR Napper: "A violent story, though beneath that bloody exterior is a thoughtful narrative that is deeply concerned with technology's impact on memory." Full review on FanFiAddict.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Want to know the golden rule for becoming a better writer? Well, I'm giving you, for free, the secret all great writers know. Link below. nappertime.com/the-golden-r...
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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer - T.R Napper
I’m obsessed with the craft of writing. I write every day, I read about the craft often, and in my...
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Early days, but the response to my latest work has been fantastic. This Machine Kills Billionaires is currently my highest rated book ever. Link in the next tweet.
Screen shot from Goodreads. Shows a 4.5 star average rating (after 50), plus the sick purple colour for my book.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The end boss of correct opinions:
Nelson Mandela: "Be a life long student, read as many books as possible."
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Currently vying for first place on my TBR. Fuck I love books:
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This review of Aliens: Bishop, correctly mentions one of my most important contributions to the lore:
5 star review that states: "confirmation that vegemite exists in the Aliens universe."
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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It includes The Hidden God, the best novella of 2025
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Early days, but the response to my latest work has been fantastic. This Machine Kills Billionaires is currently my highest rated book ever. Link in the next tweet.
Screen shot from Goodreads. Shows a 4.5 star average rating (after 50), plus the sick purple colour for my book.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I really love this recent review of Ghost of the Neon God (@titanbooks.bsky.social). In its own way, it sums up everything I tried to do in the novella.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I really love this recent review of Ghost of the Neon God (@titanbooks.bsky.social). In its own way, it sums up everything I tried to do in the novella.
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Hosts In The Shell - a cyberpunk podcast @hostsintheshell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Host Matt got to interview one of Season 3 guests on his Darkmatters blog…
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CraigBookwyrm 📖📚 @craigbookwyrm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Currently listening to This Machine Kills Billionaires by @trnapper.bsky.social Prescient? Possibly Relevant? Definitely Incisive as always.
Book cover of This Machine Kills Billionaires by T.R. Napper
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fantastic review for my latest book, 'This Machine Kills Billionaires', in Grimdark Magazine (@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social). Link in the next tweet:
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fantastic review for my latest book, 'This Machine Kills Billionaires', in Grimdark Magazine (@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social). Link in the next tweet:
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QuiteBrief @quitebrief.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐 Fan of: - Cyberpunk - Bad MFs - Corporate malfeasance - Violence - Identity - Upgrading your sound system Try: @trnapper.bsky.social's The Escher Man nappertime.com/my-books/ A troubled hard boiled street samurai's memory loss has him asking questions that just lead to more trouble
Cover of T.R. Napper's The Escher Man
A futuristic, wet,city street with towering buildings is lit in  blue and pink neon.
A figure in a trenchcoat and boots is walking away from the viewer.
What looks like a few neurons drawn in lightning cross the cover, with one lighting up the head of the figure.
Title text reads
The
Escher
Man
"An incisive and self-assured
voice in near-future fiction. One
of those writers with an effortless
grasp of the highs and lows 
of human nature."
Adrian Tchaikovsky,
Author of Children of Time
T. R. Napper
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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reading: The golden rule for becoming a better writer: nappertime.com/the-golden-r...
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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer - T.R Napper
I’m obsessed with the craft of writing. I write every day, I read about the craft often, and in my...
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rereading The Return of the King, for the first time I looked through the appendices. There's a section that covers the fates of the Fellowship. The most poignant: After Sam's wife, Rose, passes away, Sam (at the age of 102) immediately leaves for Valinor to join Frodo.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Rereading The Return of the King, for the first time I looked through the appendices. There's a section that covers the fates of the Fellowship. The most poignant: After Sam's wife, Rose, passes away, Sam (at the age of 102) immediately leaves for Valinor to join Frodo.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I very rarely see my debut collection, Neon Leviathan, out in the wild. But somehow LarrySmith’s bookstore has a copy at WorldCon. Now signed. @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My books (including my brand new release, This Machine Kills Billionaires) are available at Larry Smith’s Books, far back corn of the dealer’s room at WorldCon ( @laworldcon.bsky.social). Partake, I insist.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Bit bleary after 24 hours in transit and an early morning fire alarm, but I’m just about ready to jump into WorldCon tomorrow.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'll be flying across the globe to attend WorldCon LA (27-31 August), and I'm really looking forward to it. Panel schedule below (is it just me or is there a theme here?) If you're there, and see me wandering the halls (or leaning against the bar), definitely say hello. @laworldcon.bsky.social
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Spotlight Indie @spotlightindie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Another round of Big Indie Weekend panels coming 25th to 27th September, who's joining us for some amazing panels, talks and Indie awesomeness?
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David K. Mitchell @davidkmitchell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and had the feeling that I was reading something genre defining. That @stephengrahamjones.com is gonna be/should be talked about as a true horror great. Im reading @trnapper.bsky.social's latest, and I get the same feelings about him, with cyberpunk.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Obvious cyberpunk jokes aside, authors can absolutely have clauses in their contracts that prevent this. I use suggested anti-AI language from the Australian Society of Authors, but examples for these types of riders are widespread. Use them. Help protect the livelihoods of creatives.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Want to know the golden rule for becoming a better writer? Well, I'm giving you, for free, the secret all great writers know. Link below. nappertime.com/the-golden-r...
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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer - T.R Napper
I’m obsessed with the craft of writing. I write every day, I read about the craft often, and in my...
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'll be flying across the globe to attend WorldCon LA (27-31 August), and I'm really looking forward to it. Panel schedule below (is it just me or is there a theme here?) If you're there, and see me wandering the halls (or leaning against the bar), definitely say hello. @laworldcon.bsky.social
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CaycePollard @wynnpollard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I do have to say, though, being in an unending state of “now” has got me back to reading and exploring new music. I discovered a great modern Cyberpunk author, T.R. Napper. I’m reading his novel, “Ghost of the Neon God.” A cyberpunk Sydney 🧵
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Walt Shitman @waltshitman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I enjoyed the hell out of This Machine Kills Billionaires by @trnapper.bsky.social. Sharp cyberpunk stories that remember the importance of the punk bit. The audio version is great as well.
The cover of This Machine Kills Billionaires by T. R. Napper. A figure stands before a gigantic neon purple god-face made of pixels and digital lines.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BLADE RUNNER (1982, Ridley Scott)
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Matt Adcock @cleric20.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Had the #cyberpunk joy of interviewing the most excellent @trnapper.bsky.social darkmatt.blogspot.com/2026/08/t-r-...
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T R Napper Interview
Matt: Huldo is being taught ethics by people who ultimately want to own, regulate and monetise it. How should / can we control something potentially godlike?
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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My Amazon UK review of THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES now has company – what looks like a review by Robin CM Duncan of BFS fame. Anyway, THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES by @trnapper.bsky.social is an amazing, intelligent, topical read. Literature that entertains and matters.
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SFF Addicts Podcast @sffaddictspod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
5 YEARS! SFF Addicts is already half a decade old! We can’t believe that time has flown by so freakin’ fast, but it’s been an incredible ride so far. So, from @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social Greta Kelly & FanFiAddict, THANK YOU. To every fan and guest, you mean the world to us ❤️
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
10 Recommendations for Current Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors. It's a good list, although I think you should focus on #4, and #4 only. Watch here: tinyurl.com/bdhx6ucz
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10 Recommendations for Current Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors
This week I'm joined by @BooksWithBenghisKahn to recommend some great modern science fiction and fantasy authors and which of their books you should try. Let us know your favourites! My links: Discord Server - https://discord.gg/jDNn7quQnK Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/WordsInTime Use code JONATHANFANS for 20% off book orders from the Tertulia online bookstore (members get an additional 10% off plus free shipping): https://tertulia.com 00:00 – Introduction 02:35 – James S.A. Corey 08:48 – Ray Nayler 12:27 – Lois McMaster Bujold 21:01 – T.R. Napper 24:58 – Christopher Ruocchio 29:48 – Emily St. John Mandel 33:38 – C.F. Iggulden 39:51 – Greg Egan 45:54 – Guy Gavriel Kay 51:46 – Alastair Reynolds 01:00:43 - Patron Pick of the Month #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Books
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I've never used AI in my work, and never will. More: I have amendments made to all my contracts, ensuring AI is never used in any part of the process (cover, editing, etc.). Fuck AI. Support human art.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fantastic review for This Machine Kills Billionaires by Robin Duncan (British Fantasy Society): "Napper’s writing sits shoulder to shoulder with the greats of Cyberpunk while always having something fresh to say about the genre." Full review here: britishfantasysociety.org/review/this-...
Picture of my hand holding the book, behind it an open box with more copies. The cover is purple, with a giant AI face looming over the silhouette of a woman, and looks fucking sick.
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Fantastic review for This Machine Kills Billionaires by Robin Duncan (British Fantasy Society): "Napper’s writing sits shoulder to shoulder with the greats of Cyberpunk while always having something fresh to say about the genre." Full review here: britishfantasysociety.org/review/this-...
Picture of my hand holding the book, behind it an open box with more copies. The cover is purple, with a giant AI face looming over the silhouette of a woman, and looks fucking sick.
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Matt Adcock @cleric20.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hey @trnapper.bsky.social - finally got your review up!! darkmatt.blogspot.com/2026/07/matt... #Cyberpunk #TRNapper #ThisMachineKillsBillionaires
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great (5 star) review for my latest book (spoiler warning for those who've yet to read).
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Every time I’m guest at a big Con, someone will approach my table, see my array of cyberpunk books, and ask me where they should begin. My short answer is always this: anywhere you like. They're all stand-alone. But here's the long answer: nappertime.com/my-books-whe...
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My Books – Where to Start Reading - T.R Napper
Every time I’m guest at a Comic-Con or equivalent, someone will walk past my desk, see my array of cyberpunk...
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Miss Sam @misssammay.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Today I read cyberpunk novella "Ghost of the Neon God" by T. R. Napper, set in a future Australia. Due to unfortunate circumstances, petty criminal Jack has a powerful AI in his head and must flee with student Sally to get the AI to safety. Thrilling story, great worldbuilding … 1/2 #booksky
Image of book "Ghost of the Neon God" by T. R. Napper
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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES is a new sci-fi collection featuring the multi-award-winning novella "The Hidden God"! “T. R. Napper is fast turning into my go-to for all that’s good and fresh in what cyberpunk has become” —Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon awfulagent.com/ebooks/this-...
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This Machine Kills Billionaires – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 17/07/2026
THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES is a brilliant cyberpunk collection including THE HIDDEN GOD and three other short stories that all touch upon the topic of revolution. @trnapper.bsky.social's writing is excellent, and his characters are brilliant.💙📚 fanfiaddict.com/review-this-...
A book review graphic that contains the cover for THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES by TR Napper: "THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES contains a novella and three short stories, all of which relate to themes of revolution and at times the morality of that revolution. The stand-out is the novella THE HIDDEN GOD, in which an AI construct debates the ethics of an extreme trolley problem."
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Michael @ Track of Words @trackofwords.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES, the new book from Cyberpunk extraordinarie @trnapper.bsky.social, is out now! To find out more, check out my 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt and commentary from T.R. Napper. Speaking for myself, I can't wait to read the whole thing! Love Napper's writing...
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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Adrian is an excellent designer. Also incredibly responsive. The internals & typography for This Machine Kills Billionaires were brilliant, and I can't recommend him highly enough.
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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We're starting off July with perfect summer reading ☀️ Happy #bookbirthday to BEACH BLONDE BETRAYAL by @elaineviets.bsky.social and THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES by @trnapper.bsky.social!
The book cover for BEACH BLONDE BETRAYAL by Elaine Viets. A pair of sunglasses wrapped in pink polka dot paper is set against a sky blue backgroundThe book cover for THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES by T. R. Napper. A lone silhouetted figure stands in front of an ominous-looking giant digital face that is set above a cyberpunk city.
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