Can't recommend @itsDanielSuarez, specifically Daemon + Freedom™, strongly enough. Read both in an undergrad media (i.e. the McLuhan definition) + systems theory course. Interesting starting point (spoilers included):https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/daniel-suarez-daemon-and-freedom/2010/04/26 …
Serious suggestions please: Who are the best living American science fiction authors who 1) are under age 60 2) have addressed near-future themes such as pandemics, global catastrophic risks, global recessions, and/or societal breakdown? 3) aren't annoyingly PC or SJW?
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Thanks, Will -- and thanks also for linking to Carson's blog post. His is one of the most insightful and detailed reviews of the Daemon books out there (even with the few lumps I take toward the end).
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@MorlockP , who won the Prometheus Award two years in a row? - End of conversation
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Neal Stephenson is *exactly* 60 YO, otherwise he'd be the obvious answer.
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Snowcrash, Diamond Age are the best “near future” ones. Seveneves is a good apocalyptic one. But I don’t think he’s dealt directly with pandemics. Has he?
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Define annoyingly SJW?
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You'll know it when you read it.
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Peter Watts is Canadian, which I believe makes him technically not eligible, but Canada is very close.https://jakeseliger.com/2016/03/22/my-amazon-review-of-peter-wattss-blindsight/ …
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That's a great review, and pretty much exactly how I felt after reading both Blindsight and Starfish. Watts is a criminally underappreciated author whose work goes far beyond the common 'anvil-jawed hero with a blaster' fluff of the genre.
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