Adrian Peters: 10 books

The Digital University: A Dialogue and Manifesto focuses on teaching, learning, and research in the age of the digital reason and their relationships to the so-called knowledge economy. The first part of the book, ‘The University in the Epoch of Digital Reason,’ presents the authors’ insights...

The New Order is 2 of 7 in The Joypolis Series. Cocooned in the belief that Joypolis is the only city to survive the impact of asteroids, its citizens are completely unprepared when, on a balmy summer’s night, the city falls to an attack spearheaded by robots. The leaders within the Tower...

A virus breaks out and sweeps through the robot population. Babe struggles to halt its advance as the removal of a module from its circuitry unlocks a new state of mind. Just when it fears the end is in sight a foundational event rocks it to the core of its being. Only one option remains. It resigns...

Clone City is 1 of 7 in The Joypolis Series. Clone City is a dystopian SF thriller that narrates the story of a city whose inhabitants believe it is the last civilized outpost of humankind. The city’s name is Joypolis. The story begins at the time when Joypolitans believe they have...

Resentment is 3 of 7 in The Joypolis Series. Powerless in the face of the increasing number of robots patrolling their streets, Joypolitans repress their anger. But as each day hammers home the loss of their freedom, anger simmers beneath the surface as bitter resentment. Resentment...

Devolution is 4 of 7 in The Joypolis Series. OFJ’s attack upon Zuriko forces Moran to abandon his plans for a coronation. Alone, he declares himself king and issues his first decree – the number of 845s patrolling the streets will be doubled to stamp out acts of terrorism. But behind...

Robot Rule is 5 of 7 in The Joypolis Series. When Babe feels forced to take control of the state by declaring itself Regent, everyone is horrified. Does this mark the end of the Anthropocene Era? Or is it merely an interlude? Will Babe hand the reins of power back to Prince Eran? Or...

With the end in sight, Joypolitans begin to dream of peace. But first, they have to face up to the unknown. Are they allies? Can they be trusted? Or will they, too, attempt to take the city? Nanobots are scraping at the door, trying to get in and infect Babe. It realizes it is no more than...

Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region.  Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea.  Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent maritime environment, while its strategic position at the western approaches—jutting out into the...

Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961....