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Reminds me of a (very cyberpunk) short story I read in the late 90s in Asimov's, where a pair of super-hackers infiltrate a secrete bunker under the Gobi desert
by AceJohnny2 4y ago
Reminds me of a (very cyberpunk) short story I read in the late 90s in Asimov's, where a pair of super-hackers infiltrate a secrete bunker under the Gobi desert to find the same, populated by ethnicities the Chinese government made "disappear". (also the base of the cavern featured a pool of constructor ooze that evolved designs that would then be industrialized by China)
Wish I could remember the author and title, it's been sticking with me ever since.
Edit: Thanks to u/zem's hint, it's Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling, featured in Asimov's October 1998.
- zem 4y agoBruce Sterling, one of his shaper/mechanist stories.
- AceJohnny2 4y agoHuh. I haven't read anything else by him, though I've heard many gushing recommendations of his works (by other authors!). So that's up my list. Edit: Awesome! It's Taklamakan by Bruce Sterling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_(short_story)
- zem 4y agocheck out "a good old-fashioned future" for a very nice sample of his work.