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Hm, is it that good??? I've read only 2 NS novels and really loved them (Cryptonomicon & SnowCrash).
by atmosx 12y ago
Hm, is it that good??? I've read only 2 NS novels and really loved them (Cryptonomicon & SnowCrash).
- gknoy 12y agoThe Diamond Age is my favorite, by far, of the work of his that I've read (including the two you mentioned). It's very very good. I like the way he imagines a world where everyone can print whatever they need from The Feed (nanomachines + materials), and yet it's so different from the techno-utopias we have seen before where such is possible. Most importantly, I really liked the characters (just like I did in Snow Crash). It's interesting in that there doesn't seem to be an antagonist, really -- it's more about the journey of the young lady. It's a neat fairy tale.
- r00fus 12y agoI never really noticed the "no antagonist" until you just mentioned it - I find that's a sign of maturity in a literary work - a story can be riveting by just seeing different people/organizations in contention with their own aims - not the simplistic good vs. evil trope.
- dropit_sphere 12y agoIt is that good.
- icu 12y agoThis book opened my mind to what might be possible with AI and convinced me to start my journey into Machine Learning. Having said that, one of the messages I took from the story is that AI cannot replicate human to human contact.