Issue 80 - Special Edition - Celebration
500 Words is a publication of FutureX.Studio.
I'm writing today to celebrate the official publication of my second novel, Resist. It went live yesterday on Amazon, with more platforms to follow. It's been a journey, like running a marathon, and it's not over yet. (I'm writing a third novel now.) I'm grateful for everyone who has supported me in this, especially my wife, Tabby. Writing novels is an idea that I've had for myself since I was about nineteen, so this is a high point in work and life, and I'm happy to share it with you.
![Two hands holding copies of the book "Resist" by Lee Schneider.](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/b32b5206-e872-43f9-bf2d-424753dfc6ff.jpg?w=960&fit=max)
Resist, part two in a trilogy, continues the near-future story of a Resistance leader's efforts to stop the predatory behavior of MIND, a company that is trying to control all human thought. Resist is available via Amazon in paperback and e-book.
Karen Kinney, author of Doorways to Transformation: Everyday Wisdom for the Creative Soul, and The Reluctant Artist: Navigating and Sustaining a Creative Path, writes, “It’s a fantastic book! Resist is a fast-paced, mind-bending tale of a future controlled by technology and the steps we must take to regain and preserve what makes us truly human.”
J.V. Hilliard, author of The Warminster Series, writes that, “Lee Schneider's Resist is a clever novel that captures a world steeped in artificial intelligence and climate disruption that could soon be our own.”
Matt Gemmell, a writer of thriller, horror, and suspense novels: “Schneider shows us a world that many of us fear is just around the corner. When humanity gives up control to techno-capitalism as a savior, especially in the face of climate change, dystopia isn’t far away. Deft and alarmingly prescient.”
One of the story arcs I'm working on for the third novel, the final one in the series, is allowing the characters to work through some of the issues of AI, and climate, and aim toward utopia on a local scale.
Thanks for reading,
Lee