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A World Of Possibilities
6060 Vision is centered around a biomechanical Golem who was built soley to observe, record, adapt, and learn, but begins to form connections. What first inspired the idea for 6060 Vision and its far-future Earth?
6060 Vision began with a single idea, playing with the word warehouse during a road trip from Salt Lake City to Anchorage. With so much time to daydream, warehouse became “werehouse,” akin to “werewolf.” The notion spiraled into a living conscious plant structure, that is, Anther’s Root in the story. 6060 felt like a fitting year for such a being to exist, given some imagination, sci-fi potential, and larger plans for the series. A world of possibilities unfolded, where the development of life was accelerated and less bound by time. I created our protagonist, Sam, to explore this land and meet its New People.
The Baast, Sen, Sagoin, Kalak, Mimicats, and Slik all feel distinct. Which species was the most enjoyable to create?
Of all the species and People I created, I absolutely love the Kalak. They’re based off of South America’s Maned Wolves, the real creatures are without peers and they look like they are full of secrets. I actually created the Slik first, the scene with them is one of the first I wrote, but imagining them was far from pleasant.
How did you decide when Sam would stop simply recording events and begin actively shaping them?
I’m not sure I ever knew when Sam would start actively shaping the events around them; my macro plans for the story are distinct and rigid, but, in micro, the writing process itself is haphazard and organic. One could argue that observation is interaction- much of Sam’s journey is similar to a field anthropologist losing objectivity. I knew I wanted Sam to mature, similar to a coming-of-age narrative, so their presence becomes less passive and their actions more decisive with each conflict. I love hearing from readers when they think the pivotal moment is.
What is the next book you are working on, and when will it be available?
6060 Vision is the first novel in a nine book series, a trilogy of trilogies! 6070 Vision is already in the works, set ten years after the first novel, with plans to publish in the Spring of 2027. I have the whole series and each character arc mapped out on a large paper graph. I’m very excited to share more.
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6060 Vision
M. Soler’s 6060 Vision is a wild, inventive science fiction journey set in a far-future Earth where evolution has gone into overdrive. As the narrator explains early on, “The year is 6060, the Sun bathes the Earth in potent sunshine, the Glow.” That Glow has transformed the planet into a living laboratory of new species, strange civilizations, and dangerous biological change. At the center of it all is Sam, a CORAL construct built to observe, record, adapt, and learn, but the deeper Sam travels into the New Wilds, the more observation turns into connection.
Sam’s encounters with the Baast, Sen, Sagoin, Kalak, Mimicats, Slik, and other altered lifeforms give the world a constant sense of motion. Every region has its own ecology, culture, danger, and rhythm. Soler clearly enjoys building societies from biology outward, and that gives the setting a fresh, lived-in feeling. The details can be dense, but they’re also part of the pleasure. This is a book about a world that’s always changing, and the prose reflects that restless energy.
Sam is a compelling guide because they begin as something close to a research instrument, then slowly become someone with loyalties, grief, anger, humor, and purpose. Their relationship with Kit is especially strong, shifting from field partnership to something more instinctive and intimate as the story grows darker. One of the book’s clearest emotional truths comes when Kit tells Sam, “You are not separate from this world, Sam.” That line lands because the whole novel has been moving Sam toward that realization.
The story also has a sharp political edge. SAGE and Research bring the old world’s need for control into a planet that has moved beyond their assumptions. As Sam learns more about the silver contagion, the violence against the New People, and the hidden history behind the Glow, the book becomes more than a survival adventure. It becomes a story about personhood, exploitation, inherited power, and the danger of treating living beings as data points. Soler doesn’t flatten those ideas into speeches. They come through in battles, betrayals, strange friendships, and the terrible cost of delayed understanding.
6060 Vision is a big emotional science fiction novel with a strong sense of biological imagination. It’s packed with mutated ecosystems, sentient species, body horror, dry humor, and moments of real tenderness. What makes it memorable is how fully it commits to Sam’s point of view: curious, analytical, sometimes awkward, and increasingly heartfelt. By the end, the book feels like the beginning of an even larger story, but it also gives Sam a meaningful arc from witness to participant, from constructed observer to someone who finally understands that the world they study has claimed them too. Soler’s work is an excellent choice for readers who seek character-driven science fiction that explores identity and belonging.
Pages: 307 | ASIN : B0GXXDXNXL
