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> I suspect the future won't be "super weapons" like the F-35, but instead just "mass" weapons like tens of weaponized drones. Where the mission isn't to be inv
by elsonrodriguez 7y ago
> I suspect the future won't be "super weapons" like the F-35, but instead just "mass" weapons like tens of weaponized drones. Where the mission isn't to be invisible but to simply overwhelming enemy defenses
This is basically the endgame that Diamond Age predicts.
- kadoban 7y agoYes, exactly what I thought of! For those not familiar, the book describes nanotech drones on the scale of dust mites, and cities protected by essentially artificial immune systems. When a battles occur in this setting you can tell because everything is blanketed in soot, the microscopic corpses of dead drones. Lots of cool ideas in that book, tech and otherwise.
- SamPatt 7y agoIt's my favorite Stephenson novel, and he's written so many excellent books.
- kadoban 7y agoThat and Snow Crash are my go-tos of his. Diamond Age is slower and for me a lot of the plot and characters are less memorable, but the world, tech and ideas are amazing. Snow Crash is a force of nature. That manic, brilliant opening set up of the world, style and characters using the Deliverator blows my mind every time. Hard to believe it's even the same author.
- Smoosh 7y ago> Hard to believe it's even the same author. I had the same thought when I read Zodiac, after first reading his later novels. It makes Snow Crash more clearly part of a progression.