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Sapien, Nick

(?   -    ) US author whose first sf novel, Drosophila (2005), explores a traditional sf topos – the society where social strata are determined by IQ tests, in this case administered at birth by an "IQ machine" – and whose protagonist, employed in Genetic Engineering, smells a rat. Truth City (2011) similarly focuses on a "Truth Machine" which is designed to creat Utopia. [JC]

Nick Sapien

born

works

• Drosophila (Frederick, Maryland: PublishAmerica, 2005) [pb/]
• Truth City (Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2011) [pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 05:44 am on 17 June 2026.
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