5 ms·

I like Robert Heinlein, but I don't recall any of his books touching these topics. Can you give some specific recommendations for my reading list?

• jacquesm 17y ago
  Farnhams Freehold, Friday and a bunch of others that I can't quite catch the title of right now (my books are in storage in a warehouse nearby, I'll have a look when I get there again). The one I'm thinking of (but not sure what the title is) features a park that is a reclaimed stretch of highway where people are free to do as they please in a society teeming with surveilance. The park is supervised by cops eyes, floating cameras that double as little weapons platforms. A tinkerer brings them down and chaos ensues. Nice insight in the human mind in there, and how thin the veneer of civilization is.
  • prodigal_erik 17y ago
    That last one is Niven's "Cloak of Anarchy", and he has it online at http://www.larryniven.org/stories/cloak_of_anarchy.shtml http://www.larryniven.org/stories/cloak_of_anarchy.shtml.
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      Ah, yes, you're absolutely right. That's why I couldn't find the title :) thanks! It must be 15 years since I last read those and it was in pretty quick succession while quite ill.
  • bjelkeman-again 17y ago
    You need a database of your books. :)
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      I have most of it in my head but that needs periodic refresh :)