Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 05 January 2010 09:14:08PM 8 points [-]

Greg Egan: Permutation City, Diaspora, Incandescence.
Vernor Vinge: True Names, Rainbows End.
Charlie Stross: Accelerando.
Scott Bakker: Prince of Nothing series.

Comment author: jscn 06 January 2010 11:08:05PM 3 points [-]

Voted up mainly for the Greg Egan recommendations.

Comment author: djcb 09 January 2010 03:43:44PM *  0 points [-]

I read Vinge's Rainbows End, and I found the futurism interesting (it seems Google is starting to work on the book scanning stuff), but I couldn't really get into the story.

(edit: fixed typo, thanks)

Comment author: RobinZ 09 January 2010 03:58:57PM 0 points [-]

Rainbows End, but I agree.