Fistful of Digits

The World Order has changed.

Man no longer leads. He is led.

‘One of those writers on whom critics have already lavished almost every word of praise possible.’ BBC Radio 2

A natural successor to Orwell’s 1984, Fistful of Digits is one of the most terrifyingly prophetic novels of the 1960s.

It is a gripping sci fi story about humanity’s struggle and embrace with technological advancement, and the repercussions reaped on those scientists and engineers who seek control or fear a race of self-programming computers.

Christopher Hodder-Williams was an English writer, mainly of science fiction, but he wrote novels about aviation and espionage as well. Before his career in writing, Hodder-Williams joined the army in 1944, and served in the Middle East and lived in Kenya and New York, later settling in the UK. Many of his books are early examples of what would later be called techno-thrillers. He also worked as a composer and lyricist, and wrote numerous plays for television.

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