65/ Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling 1980s cyberpunk, and, yes, I'm sure I'm listing so many of these because "the golden age of science fiction is 13", but also - there was something in the water then - a golden age two human cultures (cyborg vs biohackers) battle for solar system
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Foundation was hugely influential on, for example, the NYT's Paul Krugman, so it's important to understand it
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ok, gotta work on writing my homesteading books BTW, if you like the kind of SF novels I discuss in this thread, check out my own novelshttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1303047090399055875 …
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76/ The Postman, by David Brin. Better than the movie. In some ways a rebuttal to right wing prepper fiction (scientists are good guys, preppers are bad guys), but Brin hilariously has a minor subplot where scientists fake an oracle AI to give the stupid normies farming advice
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77/ The Star Fraction and "sequels" by Ken Macleod. Like KSR's Three Californias, it presents different possible futures. Very political, in a libertarian / Trotskyist (!!!) direction.
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78/ Newton's Wake, by Ken Macleod. After the singularity, those left behind try to figure out the world.
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79/ The Quantum Thief, by Hannu Rajaniemi. Another post Singularity novel which, I confess, I didn't 100% understand. I need to go back and re-read it and its sequels. Very intense, and doing something very new and different.
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80/ Permutation City by Greg Egan. Infinite life inside an infinite simulation leads to some very weird social patterns.
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76/ ha, ha, yes, I was going to get to this ! Very strange - humans on a completely alien planet ( are they even in our universe? geometry is weird and the stars seem impossible ) must drag their mobile city across the landscape.https://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/1331604112857833473 …
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77/ oh, crap, yes Tweet #72 in this sequence conflated two things. Ship of Fools is EXCELLENT, but I gave the DESCRIPTION of this novel instead (which is also recommended)https://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/1331604365031989248 …
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There's some 6 hour audiobook of him reading some of his short stories on audible that I recommend for fans. Hearing his voice explains a lot, both positively and negatively.
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