Skip to main content

A Dystopian Novel for the Machine Age

January 14th, 2025 | 6 min read

By Josh Pauling

Peco Gaskovski’s recent novel Exogenesis delivers a gut punch to our technological age. There has been no shortage of non-fiction books published in the last few years about life in the digital age—its dangers and what to do about it. But Gaskovski’s novel brings these topics further to life in a way that is reminiscent of some of the 20th century’s best dystopian novels like Fahrenheit 451, That Hideous Strength, or Brave New World. Bradley Birzer’s recent piece in Modern Age praised C.S. Lewis and Ray Bradbury for writing “science fiction with a soul.” We have a new novel and author that has done the same.

Login to read more

Sign in or create a free account to access Subscriber-only content. 

Sign in

Register

Josh Pauling

Joshua Pauling is a classical educator, furniture-maker, and vicar at All Saints Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Charlotte, NC. He is author of Education's End, and co-author with Robin Phillips of Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine. He has written for Front Porch Republic, LOGIA: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, Modern Reformation, Public Discourse, Quillette, Touchstone, and is a frequent guest on Issues, Etc. Radio Show/Podcast.