Richard Yonck
@richardyonck.com
Global futurist, acclaimed author, impactful keynote speaker, now debuting Mindstock, a sci-fi techno-thriller that considers the near-future.
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Richard Yonck
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· Nov 6
EP 234: Mindstock. Fictional Futures and Present Realities - Richard Yonck — FuturePod
In episode 234 Peter is speaking to Richard Yonck who returns for his third podcast. This time Richard is here to discuss his first fiction book, Mindstock.
www.futurepod.org
🎙️It’s great to be back speaking with Peter Hayward on FuturePod. I really enjoyed our discussion about my new novel, Mindstock, and the relevance of trust to ongoing developments in #AI, society, and a future post-truth world. 🪐📚💙
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky

We’re so grateful to our readers and truly appreciate them taking the time to share their feedback. When an author steps into a new genre, that insight is invaluable and knowing Mindstock created an emotional connection makes it all the more meaningful. 💙🛸📚 #SciFiThriller #ReviewSpotlight
We’re so grateful to our readers and truly appreciate them taking the time to share their feedback. When an author steps into a new genre, that insight is invaluable and knowing Mindstock created an emotional connection makes it all the more meaningful. 💙🛸📚 #SciFiThriller #ReviewSpotlight
December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM

We’re so grateful to our readers and truly appreciate them taking the time to share their feedback. When an author steps into a new genre, that insight is invaluable and knowing Mindstock created an emotional connection makes it all the more meaningful. 💙🛸📚 #SciFiThriller #ReviewSpotlight
We’re so grateful to our readers and truly appreciate them taking the time to share their feedback. When an author steps into a new genre, that insight is invaluable and knowing Mindstock created an emotional connection makes it all the more meaningful. 💙🛸📚 #SciFiThriller #ReviewSpotlight
December 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It was great speaking with the podcast Seeking Delphi recently. We covered a lot of different, really interesting ground about my new techno-thriller, Mindstock! Check it out!
#futurefiction #AI
#futurefiction #AI
#68–Mindstock: A Sci-Fi View of Our AI Future: with Richard Yonck
“We are living in a science fiction world.”–George Takei Writing a book is not easy. I’ve felt like the guy in this cartoon every time I’ve even contemplated the possi…
seekingdelphi.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It was great speaking with the podcast Seeking Delphi recently. We covered a lot of different, really interesting ground about my new techno-thriller, Mindstock! Check it out!
#futurefiction #AI
#futurefiction #AI
🎁 With gift season here, three future-minded reads worth picking up for yourself or anyone who loves big ideas:
🚀 Mindstock, you won’t escape until the final revelation.
📘 Heart of the Machine. Learn about Emotion AI.
📙 Future Minds Reimagining intelligence.
Author Page link in comments.
🚀 Mindstock, you won’t escape until the final revelation.
📘 Heart of the Machine. Learn about Emotion AI.
📙 Future Minds Reimagining intelligence.
Author Page link in comments.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🎁 With gift season here, three future-minded reads worth picking up for yourself or anyone who loves big ideas:
🚀 Mindstock, you won’t escape until the final revelation.
📘 Heart of the Machine. Learn about Emotion AI.
📙 Future Minds Reimagining intelligence.
Author Page link in comments.
🚀 Mindstock, you won’t escape until the final revelation.
📘 Heart of the Machine. Learn about Emotion AI.
📙 Future Minds Reimagining intelligence.
Author Page link in comments.
Wishing you a day of reflection and gratitude! 🍁🤩🙏
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November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wishing you a day of reflection and gratitude! 🍁🤩🙏
Seductive AI.
All-powerful oligarchs.
Deepfake deceit.
What dark secrets lay hidden in the world of Mindstock?
#AI #technothriller #sciencefiction #MindstockSeries
All-powerful oligarchs.
Deepfake deceit.
What dark secrets lay hidden in the world of Mindstock?
#AI #technothriller #sciencefiction #MindstockSeries
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Seductive AI.
All-powerful oligarchs.
Deepfake deceit.
What dark secrets lay hidden in the world of Mindstock?
#AI #technothriller #sciencefiction #MindstockSeries
All-powerful oligarchs.
Deepfake deceit.
What dark secrets lay hidden in the world of Mindstock?
#AI #technothriller #sciencefiction #MindstockSeries
It was great to speak with Mark Sackler recently on Seeking Delphi. We covered some different, really interesting ground about my new techno-thriller, Mindstock!
#68–Mindstock: An Apocalyptic View of Our AI Future: with Richard Yonck
“We are living in a science fiction world.”–George Takei Writing a book is not easy. And transitioning to an impactful Sci-Fi novel after decades of writing only non-fiction–…
seekingdelphi.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It was great to speak with Mark Sackler recently on Seeking Delphi. We covered some different, really interesting ground about my new techno-thriller, Mindstock!
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Need a new read? Consider technothriller Mindstock $0.99 for your e-reader plus gift one for the #digitalnomad in your life! Kindle Link in comments #ebooks #kindlecountdown #scifithriller #booksky💙📚🛸
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Need a new read? Consider technothriller Mindstock $0.99 for your e-reader plus gift one for the #digitalnomad in your life! Kindle Link in comments #ebooks #kindlecountdown #scifithriller #booksky💙📚🛸
Need a new read? Consider technothriller Mindstock $0.99 for your e-reader plus gift one for the #digitalnomad in your life! Kindle Link in comments #ebooks #kindlecountdown #scifithriller #booksky💙📚🛸
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Need a new read? Consider technothriller Mindstock $0.99 for your e-reader plus gift one for the #digitalnomad in your life! Kindle Link in comments #ebooks #kindlecountdown #scifithriller #booksky💙📚🛸
Starting tomorrow, November 10th, Mindstock is part of a Kindle Countdown Deal! Only $0.99 for the digital version that you can read on your favorite device; mobile, tablet or computer. Kindle link in the comments. 🪐📚💙 #kindlecountdowndeal #booksky #newscifibooks #technothriller #booksareadventures
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Starting tomorrow, November 10th, Mindstock is part of a Kindle Countdown Deal! Only $0.99 for the digital version that you can read on your favorite device; mobile, tablet or computer. Kindle link in the comments. 🪐📚💙 #kindlecountdowndeal #booksky #newscifibooks #technothriller #booksareadventures
I'm so glad you're finding Heart of the Machine helpful, ZeeFlying3. I'm just sorry I'm only now seeing your wonderful post, but thank you so much! These are words to warm any author's Heart! @zeeflying3.bsky.social #AI #EmotionAI
"Heart of the Machine, Our Future in a World of Artifical Emotional Intelligence" by Richard Yonck is one of the best books I've ever picked up. I'm diving deeper into the world of Affective Computing and this book, so far, is everything my research project needs. Everyone needs to read it.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm so glad you're finding Heart of the Machine helpful, ZeeFlying3. I'm just sorry I'm only now seeing your wonderful post, but thank you so much! These are words to warm any author's Heart! @zeeflying3.bsky.social #AI #EmotionAI
🎙️It’s great to be back speaking with Peter Hayward on FuturePod. I really enjoyed our discussion about my new novel, Mindstock, and the relevance of trust to ongoing developments in #AI, society, and a future post-truth world. 🪐📚💙
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky
EP 234: Mindstock. Fictional Futures and Present Realities - Richard Yonck — FuturePod
In episode 234 Peter is speaking to Richard Yonck who returns for his third podcast. This time Richard is here to discuss his first fiction book, Mindstock.
www.futurepod.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎙️It’s great to be back speaking with Peter Hayward on FuturePod. I really enjoyed our discussion about my new novel, Mindstock, and the relevance of trust to ongoing developments in #AI, society, and a future post-truth world. 🪐📚💙
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky
#futuresfiction #posttruth #misinformation #trust #booksky
They control the narrative. He controls the code. In a world of manufactured truth, Darius is hacking the story. Learn why in Mindstock and get ready for some deep emo. 🛸📚💙
#Mindstock #BookSky #SciFiBooks #CyberThriller #NewRelease #BookTrailer #BookRecommendations #IndieAuthor #MeetDarius
#Mindstock #BookSky #SciFiBooks #CyberThriller #NewRelease #BookTrailer #BookRecommendations #IndieAuthor #MeetDarius
Mindstock Book Trailer - Darius
YouTube video by Richard Yonck
youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
They control the narrative. He controls the code. In a world of manufactured truth, Darius is hacking the story. Learn why in Mindstock and get ready for some deep emo. 🛸📚💙
#Mindstock #BookSky #SciFiBooks #CyberThriller #NewRelease #BookTrailer #BookRecommendations #IndieAuthor #MeetDarius
#Mindstock #BookSky #SciFiBooks #CyberThriller #NewRelease #BookTrailer #BookRecommendations #IndieAuthor #MeetDarius
I'm thrilled to be meeting sci-fi and cyber-thriller fans at my upcoming book signing at The Globe Bookstore & Café, in Prague on Monday, Oct 27th! 📚💙🛸
✨ Reserve your spot today and come say hi!
#authortalks #booksky #PragueBookstore #scifi
✨ Reserve your spot today and come say hi!
#authortalks #booksky #PragueBookstore #scifi
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm thrilled to be meeting sci-fi and cyber-thriller fans at my upcoming book signing at The Globe Bookstore & Café, in Prague on Monday, Oct 27th! 📚💙🛸
✨ Reserve your spot today and come say hi!
#authortalks #booksky #PragueBookstore #scifi
✨ Reserve your spot today and come say hi!
#authortalks #booksky #PragueBookstore #scifi
🚨 Meet the mind behind the machine. 🤖
Step inside the world of this debut techno-thriller author — where code kills, secrets spark, and humanity’s future is on the line. ⚡ 📚🛸💙 ✍️ #scifi, #speculativefiction
#debutnovel, #indieauthor
Step inside the world of this debut techno-thriller author — where code kills, secrets spark, and humanity’s future is on the line. ⚡ 📚🛸💙 ✍️ #scifi, #speculativefiction
#debutnovel, #indieauthor
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨 Meet the mind behind the machine. 🤖
Step inside the world of this debut techno-thriller author — where code kills, secrets spark, and humanity’s future is on the line. ⚡ 📚🛸💙 ✍️ #scifi, #speculativefiction
#debutnovel, #indieauthor
Step inside the world of this debut techno-thriller author — where code kills, secrets spark, and humanity’s future is on the line. ⚡ 📚🛸💙 ✍️ #scifi, #speculativefiction
#debutnovel, #indieauthor
A huge thank you to Prague's Innovation Week for having me keynote their tenth annual conference last week! I really enjoyed sharing a look at the many ways we’re transforming innovation to serve our economic and societal interests. #Innovation #AI
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A huge thank you to Prague's Innovation Week for having me keynote their tenth annual conference last week! I really enjoyed sharing a look at the many ways we’re transforming innovation to serve our economic and societal interests. #Innovation #AI
Innovators, writers, futurists, scientists and various other curious types are in my new starter pack. Looking forward to gaining and sharing new interesting insights.
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Innovators, writers, futurists, scientists and various other curious types are in my new starter pack. Looking forward to gaining and sharing new interesting insights.
Join me at Innovation Week in Prague this Oct 9-10. My keynote, "The Future in Flux and the Evolution of Innovation" is just one of hundreds of talks and sessions from speakers around the globe. It's going to be an amazing event!
Promo Code: 35SpeakerPromo
#InnovationWeekAI #Innovation #AI
Promo Code: 35SpeakerPromo
#InnovationWeekAI #Innovation #AI
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Join me at Innovation Week in Prague this Oct 9-10. My keynote, "The Future in Flux and the Evolution of Innovation" is just one of hundreds of talks and sessions from speakers around the globe. It's going to be an amazing event!
Promo Code: 35SpeakerPromo
#InnovationWeekAI #Innovation #AI
Promo Code: 35SpeakerPromo
#InnovationWeekAI #Innovation #AI
SF readers! After a cataclysmic cyber-attack brings civilization to the edge of collapse, an investigator and an art hacktivist independently uncover pieces of a mystery that has haunted their world and their own lives for decades. #technothriller #newrelease🚀 #Booksky 💙📚 🛸
September 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
SF readers! After a cataclysmic cyber-attack brings civilization to the edge of collapse, an investigator and an art hacktivist independently uncover pieces of a mystery that has haunted their world and their own lives for decades. #technothriller #newrelease🚀 #Booksky 💙📚 🛸
🚨 Sci-fi fans — the wait is over. 📚💙📚🪐
Mindstock is here!
🎬 Enjoy our release day trailer.
📘 Mindstock link in bio and comments. Grab yours today from your favorite bookseller.
#technothriller #NewBookAlert #BookLaunch #BookSky #ScienceFiction
Mindstock is here!
🎬 Enjoy our release day trailer.
📘 Mindstock link in bio and comments. Grab yours today from your favorite bookseller.
#technothriller #NewBookAlert #BookLaunch #BookSky #ScienceFiction
Mindstock promo video 2
YouTube video by Richard Yonck
youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨 Sci-fi fans — the wait is over. 📚💙📚🪐
Mindstock is here!
🎬 Enjoy our release day trailer.
📘 Mindstock link in bio and comments. Grab yours today from your favorite bookseller.
#technothriller #NewBookAlert #BookLaunch #BookSky #ScienceFiction
Mindstock is here!
🎬 Enjoy our release day trailer.
📘 Mindstock link in bio and comments. Grab yours today from your favorite bookseller.
#technothriller #NewBookAlert #BookLaunch #BookSky #ScienceFiction
📚Reader reviews are a gift! 🎁 Ralph thanks for your kind words, "a great dystopian fiction" that incorporates current trends and humanity with a suspenseful plot. Just released so get your copy today! Available from your fave booksellers. 🚀💙📚🪐 #Booksky #technothriller #DebutNovel #NewRelease
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📚Reader reviews are a gift! 🎁 Ralph thanks for your kind words, "a great dystopian fiction" that incorporates current trends and humanity with a suspenseful plot. Just released so get your copy today! Available from your fave booksellers. 🚀💙📚🪐 #Booksky #technothriller #DebutNovel #NewRelease
Less than one week till Pub Day for my debut techno-thriller, Mindstock! And what better time than this to start my new "Ask an Author" series? As a futurist and nonfiction author, I've been asked: Why the change to fiction now? #Futurist #sciencefiction #technothriller #debutnovel
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Less than one week till Pub Day for my debut techno-thriller, Mindstock! And what better time than this to start my new "Ask an Author" series? As a futurist and nonfiction author, I've been asked: Why the change to fiction now? #Futurist #sciencefiction #technothriller #debutnovel
"Don't be evil"
Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website
Five years ago, Google’s climate action ambitions were the gold standard for Big Tech. Then, with power demand spikes from AI data centres, in July it scrubbed its sustainability website of its 2030 n...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Don't be evil"
🤩For fans of Black Mirror, Neuromancer, & Philip K. Dick, checkout my debut science fiction novel, Mindstock.
📽️Watch our official trailer & share your reaction in comments.
📕Book drops Sept 16th!
#SciFiThriller #booktrailer #NearFutureFiction #bookblogger
www.youtube.com/shorts/oXA8p...
📽️Watch our official trailer & share your reaction in comments.
📕Book drops Sept 16th!
#SciFiThriller #booktrailer #NearFutureFiction #bookblogger
www.youtube.com/shorts/oXA8p...
Mindstock Book Promo #booktok
YouTube video by Richard Yonck
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September 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm excited that our readers are enjoying Mindstock my debut sci-fi techno-thriller. Humbled they are taking the time to write Goodreads reviews. Thanking all of our beta and advance readers for their "labor" on this Labor Day weekend. 🙏#sciencefiction #goodreads #readerreviews #BookSky 💙📚
August 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm excited that our readers are enjoying Mindstock my debut sci-fi techno-thriller. Humbled they are taking the time to write Goodreads reviews. Thanking all of our beta and advance readers for their "labor" on this Labor Day weekend. 🙏#sciencefiction #goodreads #readerreviews #BookSky 💙📚