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After nearly a decade of silence, the beloved sci-fi author opens up about loss, love, and a collaboration with Keanu Reeves. A WIRED exclusive.

I felt a tap at my wrist, snatching restlessly for the button to answer. “Yeah?” “It’s not good,” came the voice of Sidney, our VP of Special Projects, through my earpiece. “Every time he comes out of it, he’s irritable within half an hour, demands to go back.

“Sincerity, as any hipster will tell you, is for awkward teens and people on SSRIs.”