Tag: Brian Merchant

  • Flyover Country by Tim Maughan

    This story was originally published in 2016. It’s set in a dystopian future where Foxconn factories for making iPhones have moved to the US. Clearly far-flung sci-fi. It’s great: Given half a chance Foxconn would replace us all, but then they’d lose all those special benefits the President promised them for coming here in the…

  • Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

    Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

    Merchant writes about the beginning of the Industrial Revolution with incredible detail, balancing very dense storytelling with short, focused chapters to keep it from overwhelming.