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The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi. It's chock full of ideas that any technologist would find fascinating. A post-singularity society in which those who "got
by samfriedman 5y ago
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi.
It's chock full of ideas that any technologist would find fascinating. A post-singularity society in which those who "got there first" ascended to technological godhood, and the rest mostly fight for comparative scraps. Those scraps are phenomenally interesting though, and the many ways the book assumes and implies generations of growth in technology make for some truly out-there settings and cultures. If you liked the part of Anathem where you had no idea what was going on at first, but slowly learned the ways of the world as you read on... you'd love this book.
- _1100 5y agoI almost got past this recommendation without having to read another sci-fi book but your Anathem pitch got me. I’ve been stuck in sci-fi for 3 years straight and thought I was finally going to read something else before 2022. Bah humbug!
- monkeycantype 5y agoI had this for a year, reading the first paragraph and falling asleep, but once I finally made it to the second paragraph I loved it and inhaled the sequels, was really surprised to subsequently discover the French lupin stories