I enjoy reading singularity themed sci-fi especially if it focuses on bootstrapping and power leveling. Most recently, I read Stross and Doctrow's Rapture of the Nerds ( http://craphound.com/rotn/download/ the third part is especially interesting), and the my little pony fanfic Friendship is Optimal ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal ). I happened upon a link to the latter on this site and it was a nice surprise. However, I'd prefer to be kept abreast of new releases in this genre in a more reliable way and I'm guessing many others here would as well. Accordingly I propose that we exchange recommendations in this thread, or if there is already such a thread that somebody link to it.
Seconded. Granted, my sample size is pretty minuscule, but still.
And as an extra reason why LW folks might be interested in Rajaniemi's books, the second book of the series, The Fractal Prince, mentions something called "extrapolated volition" being at the heart of one of the cultures in the novels' setting.
I enjoy reading singularity themed sci-fi especially if it focuses on bootstrapping and power leveling. Most recently, I read Stross and Doctrow's Rapture of the Nerds ( http://craphound.com/rotn/download/ the third part is especially interesting), and the my little pony fanfic Friendship is Optimal ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal ). I happened upon a link to the latter on this site and it was a nice surprise. However, I'd prefer to be kept abreast of new releases in this genre in a more reliable way and I'm guessing many others here would as well. Accordingly I propose that we exchange recommendations in this thread, or if there is already such a thread that somebody link to it.
-sS