Tiffany writes science fiction to explore the ways technology shapes our view of ourselves. She incorporates her work in aerospace and tech in her stories.
#TechTuesday Jokes:
My English teacher told us to write about the history of our life.
However, I hate writing, so I used AI to write it for me.
I guess you can say it’s an AUTO-biography.
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“Dugan sheathed his weapon when it was over. He turned to the glitch, and her frightened expression wrung the pity out of him. “Hey. It’s okay. You’re safe now.” He summoned the most compassionate voice he could manage.
Shaking, she stood and pressed her back against the wall to
“The pandemic has changed the way we do many things, including how students meet and learn. At Marymount California University, virtual reality learning is picking up steam as a viable way to augment traditional classroom learning and create safe spaces where students can feel co
What would you do if you realized that the “people” you created in a virtual reality video game were in fact glitches in the game and were no longer resetting like they were supposed to? Would you save them?
Read more from Glitched by Tiffany Yao and find out how Dugan decides
"I have been reading science fiction off and on for about a decade now, and it is such a wide genre. When I look for new books to read, I always try to find something that I can relate to in a small way. A little bit of reality is woven into the world the author builds.
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“Kashmira dropped to her knees, throwing her arms over her head. But the swinging blade never came down. Confused, she cracked open her eyes and gasped. The form of the hunter was standing there, but contorted as if he were having a seizure.
Parts of his body flashed in and out
#TechTuesday Jokes:
A son asks his father why he speaks so quietly at home?
The father replies: because there is artificial intelligence that listens to everything we say.
The son laughs. The dad laughs. Alexa laughs.
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In a chance encounter, Dugan sees in Kashmira a tool to sabotage the games and avenge himself, and through him, Kashmira finds the help she desperately needs. As they traverse the worlds of virtual reality and their friendship deepens, it will take everything they have not only f
“When she spotted him, the white of his tunic appeared all the paler against his bronzed muscles. She sucked in a silent breath, recalled the tricks Zahmud showed her, and knocked into the man on one shoulder while her hand slipped into the pocket on his hip.
But she made a grav
When talking about complex characters, all of the love tends to go towards the protagonist. However, a good story rarely only includes one character, and like the Robin to your Batman, NPCs - short for Non-Player Characters - rarely get the love that they deserve.
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Dugan is a bitterly disgruntled engineer who played a pivotal role in the creation of virtual reality games and the NPCs that inhabit them.
Fired from the company he helped found, he seeks only revenge.
When he becomes the hero in Kashmira’s world, the tables turn, and he must
“I thought the book was great. I am a big fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and games so this was a perfect match. I loved how the characters all came together and grew into themselves. They were the perfect picture of relatable but also way more willing to get stuff done. Overall a great
A bark of laughter escaped his lips. “Oh, Margaret. I think we really got him this time. It makes so much sense now. Margaret!”
“Yes, Cal?”
“Would you be able to check the log and see how often this back door and others like it were accessed? I want every instance, every date,
Kashmira lived an ordinary life until an army of invaders sacked her city and left her for dead. When she awakens, she discovers she is a glitch in a virtual reality video game – destined only for deletion by the bots that hunt her.
Will she survive?
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“Kashmira. The invasion you saw. The life that you knew. All of those things continue to repeat themselves. You existed as part of the turning wheel. Only now, you have fallen off of that
wheel. And that is why they hunt you. You do not belong and have no place here anymore.”
K
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Glitched, a debut novel written by Tiffany Yao, explores the worlds of virtual reality, video games, the NPCs who inhabit them, revenge, and what it means to destroy something even when you start with the best of intentions.
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“Glitched has a fun sci-fi premise that the author takes to amazing heights by telling an important and humanistic story!
It was awesome following Kashmira and Yunhee's story and wonderful to have so many diverse characters represented here. It was especially riveting to see ho