On this episode of Keen On, Andrew Keen is joined by novelist Eliot Peper to discuss climate change as wildfires rage on in California. They also chat about sci-fi and the concept of time.

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Eliot Peper is a novelist based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Veil, Breach, Borderless, Bandwidth, Cumulus, Neon Fever Dream, and the Uncommon Series, and his books have earned praise from Seth Godin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Malka Older, Cory Doctorow, Tim O’Reilly, Amal El-Mohtar, and Ev Williams, as well as The New York Times Book Review, BBC, Popular Science, Businessweek, San Francisco Magazine, io9, Boing Boing, Publisher’s Weekly, and Ars Technica. Eliot is the co-creator of the award-winning True Blue website and the critically acclaimed game, Machine Learning President. He publishes a blog, sends a popular reading recommendation newsletter, and interviews authors for Fellow Travelers.

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Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.