Praise for IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS

“Ignore All Previous Instructions is a triumph of queer love and expression. A total adventure of a read. This book is the takedown of GenAI that I needed right now, making me feel hope and joy for the future. Ada Hoffman once again delivers a Wildfire of spacefaring romance.“

—Jordan Kurella, Nebula Nominated Author

“Come for the science fiction about AI written by an actual computer

scientist, stay for the BE GAY DO CRIMES. Ignore All Previous
Instructions has such range, from a heist and general space chaos to
thoughtful explorations of being queer against the law, from takes on
popular-media censorship to subtly drawn neurodivergent characters. This
book is a delight, and it becomes more timely with every passing day.”
– Bogi Takács, Hugo and Lambda award winning author, editor and critic

“I am a big fan of Ada Hoffmann’s work. Ignore All Previous Instructions is a book about an autistic storyteller who lives in an AI-driven antiutopia where a single corporation controls all storytelling. The story has pirates and space adventures and heists and queer relationships! Hoffmann’s novel offers a fascinating exploration of a society which has implemented universal basic income, where most people do not work, and individual expression and creativity are tightly controlled. I especially loved the deep and tender examination of queer autistic coming of age. I loved the focus on rules and rebellions and what that might mean – within oneself, with AI, with society, even within our own communities; I found it liberating and meaningful.”
– R.B. Lemberg, World Fantasy Award Winner of Yoke of Stars

“Ada Hoffman always impresses me. Ignore All Previous Instructions is intimate, hopeful, and completely charming.”
– Kelly Robson, Nebula award-winning author 

“Ignore All Previous Instructions is a deliciously queer, timely ode to human creativity in an ever-more-algorithmic world. Its subtle philosophical depth, keen observations, and lyrical poignancy will wow you, even as its neurodivergent hero steals your heart.”
–Maria Dong, Author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief and Aviary

“There’s so much to love about Ada Hoffman’s Ignore All Previous Instructions: Heists! Space pirates! Romance! Messy queer characters! Neurospiciness! An evil, AI-pushing corporation! Criminal conspiracies! But that’s just the start. Ignore All Previous Instructions is precisely the book we need right now. Gentle yet unflinching, Hoffmann reminds us why we need stories and why they might just save us.“
—Izzy Wasserstein, author of These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart

“Ignore All Previous Instructions is a simultaneously moving and rollicking ride of action, ideas, and emotions. It’s a love story and also a love letter to the power of human creativity and imagination as resistance. Beautifully queer and neurodivergent to its core, this is science fiction with heart, soul, and brains.”
–Maria Haskins, author of Wolves & Girls and Six Dreams About the Train
“A thoughtful, engrossing SF novel about AI, creativity, censorship, and gender (with an autistic protagonist). I loved the believable worldbuilding, the complex and layered relationships between the characters, and the exploration of the ways people cope with repression. Highly recommended.”
—Juliet Kemp, author of The Marek Series