About: Mich, Sci-Fi Author
Mich Solo is a retired scientist, novelist, and systems thinker. He holds a PhD in physics from Temple University and is the author of 23 peer-reviewed scientific publications. His three-decade career spanned biophysics, nonlinear modeling, computer simulation, and optical communications, culminating in his role as CTO of a Silicon Valley technology startup.
This background informs his speculative fiction, grounding ambitious ideas in systems-level thinking and plausible technology. In the Failsafe trilogy and Mephisto, he explores perception, agency, and the hidden architectures of control, along with the human costs of knowledge and survival.
His work returns to the fragile boundary between will and design, asking whether the pursuit of harmony and beauty can preserve what is human when reason offers no certainty. He lives and writes on Capri, Italy.
Mich Solo channels his lifelong fascination with intelligence, perception, and the hidden patterns of systems into speculative fiction that challenges assumptions and invites reflection.
Failsafe is the first novel in a series exploring the fragile boundary between human will and artificial design. His writing is shaped by a love of elegant structure, psychological nuance, and thematic resonance – qualities forged in both scientific inquiry and literary exploration.
“A smart, edgy, and crisply paced cyberthriller that effortlessly blends its big themes with explosive action… Emotional depth of this sort isn’t always a part of dystopian fiction… executed so deftly in a punchy and no-nonsense style,” according to Kirkus Reviews.
Failsafe is a near-future literary thriller about free will, identity, and the cost of knowing who you really are; for readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Chiang, and Blake Crouch.
About: Mich, Sci-Fi Author
Mich is a laser-optics scientist turned Sci-Fi author. He served as CTO of a Bay Area AI startup until recently and holds a PhD in Physics from Temple University.
His career spans three decades of work in computer modelling and artificial intelligence, and results in 23 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
This technical background informs the scientific underpinnings of his Sci-Fi series FAILSAFE, and allows Mich to create speculative scenarios grounded in plausible technology.
Having lived and worked in Silicon Valley and currently residing in Capri, Italy, he brings a global perspective to questions of technology and human autonomy.
Mich Solo channels his lifelong fascination with intelligence, perception, and the hidden patterns of systems into speculative fiction that challenges assumptions and invites reflection.
Failsafe is the first novel in a series exploring the fragile boundary between human will and artificial design. The story emerges from Mich Solo’s deep interest in the nature of consciousness and the philosophical dilemmas posed by emergent AI. His writing is shaped by a love of elegant structure, psychological nuance, and thematic resonance – qualities forged in both scientific inquiry and literary exploration.
Mich Solo is currently at work on Before Failsafe, the thris book in the series, and on a parallel research project modeling self-organizing systems with fractal dynamics. He believes the future belongs not to certainty but to those willing to listen closely.
Q & A
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Q: How do you develop your stories?
A: It’s a bit like this: Imagine a wooden fence... I’m on one side of this fence, peeping through a little hole at the other side where the story happens. Sometimes I catch a glimpse, and then I write it down. I really didn’t expect something like that to appear, but it came out somehow!
Q: What matters to you when you write books?
A: If only one person who reads my writing is affected or touched by it, that’s all I need!
Q: How do you go about writing books?
A: There are two main ways to write books: one is based on ideas and concepts.Tolstoi did that a lot. You kind of adjust your characters to match these concepts, or your plot line. The other way is based on the characters themselves. That’s what I do.