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I remember reading a sci-fi story - kind of an echo of ender’s fame - where that was the precise setting, smart kids being raised to compete against other natio
by mock-possum 2y ago
I remember reading a sci-fi story - kind of an echo of ender’s fame - where that was the precise setting, smart kids being raised to compete against other nations in what were essentially hyper-realistic RTS games as a proxy for actual wars. I don’t remember if it had the same twist as ender’s game, but maybe it did? Man I should try to dig that up again.
- gravescale 2y agoAlso Surface Detail where a large portion of the plot involves a virtual war to solve a disagreement.
- batch12 2y agoIt reminded me too of Star Trek's "A Taste of Armageddon". Not the same, but a computer simulated "civilized" war.
- sdwr 2y agoI remember reading that one too, the child commanders were hyper-precise with their motion controls, getting down to microns of accuracy. I'm sure there was a plot or something too
- mzd348 2y agoSounds like "The Last Child Into The Mountain": http://www.williamflew.com/omni54a.html http://www.williamflew.com/omni54a.html