Have really been enjoying “Ra” lately (https://qntm.org/ra ) — I bought the $3 Kindle edition — and am planning to tackle Vernor Vinge next.
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(It also seems true — based on living in Brooklyn for awhile — that sci-fi is mostly written *by* competent people, and literary fiction is mostly by neurotic people, and that this accounts for the difference.)
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To be clear, I think the optimal reading strategy is a mix of both; neurotic, self-aware people can capture subtle things on the page that sci-fi writers can’t, and vice versa.
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So most normies should read more sci-fi, and most nerds should read more literary fiction. At the margin.
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That said, I think accelerating technological progress & a need for more intentional thinking about the future means that sci-fi’s “objective value” has increased. The best sci-fi gives you a visceral sense of what the consequences of tech will be, long-term.
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I assume you’ve read Seveneves and Anathem. I recently read All Systems Red and enjoyed it. Also you might enjoy Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City City
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I actually have never been able to get into Stephenson but am planning to make another attempt soon. Was just so verbose. But suspect I just need some patience.
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Have you read Greg Egan? The hardest sci-fi available today, although the characters aren't even people quite often (yet still fairly competent).
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I read “Permutation City” and liked it! What should I tackle next?
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Hah! Never thought about this take but it seems so true !
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It’s curious to think about why; I think mostly self-selection & rarity of skill intersections but it doesn’t *need* to be so. You could have good competence fiction that’s not sci-fi, and good sci-fi about feelings and inner drama, but for some reason there is barely any.
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