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I strongly recommend Greg Bear. His first novel "Blood Music" is a unique take on an AI out of control, and he continues with a series independent of novels whi
by bsenftner 5y ago
I strongly recommend Greg Bear. His first novel "Blood Music" is a unique take on an AI out of control, and he continues with a series independent of novels which all take place in a unified "future history". One of my favorite aspects of his future history is the combination of the bio-genetic, cosmetic surgery, and pop media artist industries to create transhumanist pop media artists, and spawning a transhumanist youth movement and a counter transhumanist political movement, with all the human chaos that would result wonderfully illustrated by his prose.
- kcartlidge 5y agoDefinitely Greg Bear. When I started reading grown-up SF decades ago it was with Bear, Bova, Niven, Pournelle, and the like. Back then Eon, Blood Music, and Ringworld (for example) were mind-blowingly vast concepts. As an aside (and purely because it's probably my turn for some hefty downvotes) I'd definitely agree with the comment elsewhere in this thread about the Foundation books being overrated. Almost unreadably dull and feeling more like any concept of 'plot' is just a carrier for a couple of mediocre ideas.
- bsenftner 5y agoAgree on the Foundation criticism. From what I've seen of the Apple series based on it, it's gonna be a politically correct mess.