The Pedestrian version 2.0 and Other Stories for the AI Age
By J.E. Blake
Length1h 55m
About this audiobook
A chilling walk into the future we’re already building…
The Pedestrian V2.0 and Other Stories for the AI Age reimagines Ray Bradbury’s warning about technology through a strikingly modern lens. In this collection of speculative tales set in 2125, everyday people navigate a world reshaped by artificial intelligence—where convenience blurs into control, identity becomes non-negotiable, and human intuition fights to stay alive in the noise of algorithmic certainty.
Each story acts as a cautionary flicker in the dark, questioning what we stand to lose when machines learn not only to think, but to decide. Thought-provoking, unsettling, and sharply relevant, this short story collection asks us to consider what it is to be human, and what we surrender when machines begin to shape our future.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length1 hr 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 26, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Pedestrian V2.0
8The Archivist's Funeral
2The Last Pen
9Our Hearts in Beta
3Archive Zero
10The Algorithm of Affection
4First Draft
11Children of the Cloud
5Silence by Design
12The Last Birth
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6The Last Joker
13The Last Birth - Novella
7Delete Me Kindly
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