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[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a
revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global communications from corporate control.
What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:
* Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on
* actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies
* currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by
* someone who lives it
This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never
written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.
Details:
- 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
- Available in PDF and EPUB formats
- Price: $4.99
- Available at: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar
themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.
Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!
Happy Hacking
ReK2
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit
nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The
PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing
fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old >> hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a
revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global
communications from corporate control.
What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:
* Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on >> * actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies
* currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by
* someone who lives it
This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and
resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope
resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never
written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our
culture into these pages.
Details:
- 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
- Available in PDF and EPUB formats
- Price: $4.99
- Available at: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar
themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological
resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.
Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!
Happy Hacking
ReK2
I just uploaded version 1.1 in .epub and .pdf I notice pandoc was not doing a
good job on the conversion from my original format (markdown) to .pdf so changed
some settings today, and got a better ( I think format) so if you did purchased
the book, go and download the new version that has some errata fixes as well.
and PLEASE let me know if I missed more issues.
https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
PS: not for you guys, but if a normie ask you, I now on kindle/amazon with NO DRM,
the latest v1.1 is still on review will take 72 hours for the update.
Anyone knows of other independent and privacy friendly book online distributors
like rumroad ? please let me know <3
Thank you and Happy Hacking
ReK2
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
On 2025-09-07, ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui> wrote:
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit >> nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The >> PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing
fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old
hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a
revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global
communications from corporate control.
What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:
* Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on >> * actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies
* currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by
* someone who lives it
This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and >> resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope
resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never
written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our >> culture into these pages.
Details:
- 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
- Available in PDF and EPUB formats
- Price: $4.99
- Available at: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar
themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological
resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.
Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!
Happy Hacking
ReK2
I just uploaded version 1.1 in .epub and .pdf I notice pandoc was not doing a
good job on the conversion from my original format (markdown) to .pdf so changed
some settings today, and got a better ( I think format) so if you did purchased
the book, go and download the new version that has some errata fixes as well.
and PLEASE let me know if I missed more issues.
https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
PS: not for you guys, but if a normie ask you, I now on kindle/amazon with NO DRM,
the latest v1.1 is still on review will take 72 hours for the update.
Anyone knows of other independent and privacy friendly book online distributors
like rumroad ? please let me know <3
Thank you and Happy Hacking
ReK2
Hello, I only see 1.2 in the ebook version, but the pdf is still 1.1.
I've just started reading, and only noticed very few, not even mildly annoying formatting things like ascii logo / page break - but otherwise,
very interesting so far, Thanks!
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
Thank you! yes the epub version is newer I was working on pandoc a bit more last
night, check again every now and then just in case I upload fixes.
please, email me the issues on what page so I can fix.
rek2 at hispagatos dot org
Happy Hacking
ReK2
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Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a
revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global communications from corporate control.
What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:
* Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on
* actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies
* currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by
* someone who lives it
This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never
written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.
Details:
- 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
- Available in PDF and EPUB formats
- Price: $4.99
- Available at: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar
themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.
Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!
Happy Hacking
ReK2
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
["Followup-To:" header set to hispagatos.talk.]
On 2025-09-05, ReK2 <rek2_librem11@usenet_reborn.tui> wrote:
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout: The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing
fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Set in 2030 Barcelona, it follows Andr|-s "PingStarved" Reyes, a 56-year-old
hacker who must choose between protecting his estranged son and surrendering a
revolutionary mesh networking protocol that could liberate global communications from corporate control.
What makes this different from typical cyberpunk:
* Features real mesh networking protocols (Meshtastic, Reticulum) Based on * actual security research and exploitation techniques Grounded in technologies
* currently in development Authentic hacker culture representation - written by
* someone who lives it
This has been a labor of love, combining my passion for privacy tech and resistance against surveillance capitalism into a narrative that I hope resonates with our community. As someone who's been hacking for years but never
written fiction before, I poured everything I know and believe about our culture into these pages.
Details:
- 29,429 words (86 pages, 2-3 hour read)
- Available in PDF and EPUB formats
- Price: $4.99
- Available at: https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk
If you enjoyed Neuromancer, Little Brother, or Mr. Robot, this explores similar
themes of surveillance capitalism, digital liberty, and technological resistance - but grounded in the real tech we're building today.
Any feedback from the community would mean the world to me. Thanks for reading!
Happy Hacking
ReK2
I am glad you have published this novel, now that i've been reading it
and i see you are putting contemporary matters it could become a living journal of the cyberpunk distopia we are living now.
I am grateful to you for this, i think is a great idea and seeing it materialize is inspiring.
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r4dnRd
Nevermind i he might be coding all night...
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,[snip]
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout:
The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out
there.
[in reply to ReK2 Hispagatos <rek2@usenet_reborn.tui>]
ReK2 wrote:
Hello fellow hackers and cyberpunk enthusiasts,
After 12 months of writing and research, I'm excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to share my first tech-thriller novella "Connection Timeout:[snip]
The PingStarved Chronicles" with this community. This is my first time publishing fiction, so I'm both shy and thrilled to finally put it out there.
Congratulations. I'll get a copy in the near-ish future, let things settle down a bit; I rarely get a .0 version of anything, or even a .1 -- once you stop incrementing the version I'll drop a few bucks on it.
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I could port this to C, but instead I chose chaos.