Peter Tieryas on first contact and the importance of empathy
A couple of years ago, Peter Tieryas burst onto the science fiction scene with a fun novel called The United States of Japan, a Philip K. Dick-esque adventure that imagined a world in which the Allied powers lost the Second World War, but it was set in the 1980s with giant mechs. Last year, he followed up that novel with another set in the same world, Mecha Samurai Empire.
For Better Worlds, Tieryas penned a story called “The Burn,” in which a digital artist tries to help his brother who begins seeing fire that doesn’t exist. He begins to investigate the cause behind the affliction and discovers something truly unexpected.
The Verge spoke with Tieryas about AR, first contact, and the importance of empathy.
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