[geeks] Good computer fiction books

[Brian Dunbar]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:
> On 11/05/12 18:22, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>
>> On 11/05/12 18:03, Brian Dunbar wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Jonathan Patschke<jp at celestrion.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Vinge's 'Deepness in the Sky' isn't computer-centric, but computers
>>> are such a part _of_ any space-faring culture they're as necessary to
>>> survival as water and air.
>
>
> Vinge's other great work in the same universe, 'A Fire Upon The Deep,' has
> almost no spacefaring in it... but hangs the bulk of the expository material
> on multi-species, poorly-translated Shiny Future Usenet.
>

'almost no spacefaring' One of the two story threads involves
[SPOILER] a four plucky refugees on an almost-completed freighter
fleeing for their lives across the galaxy.

I did like the galactic usenet idea.

-- 
Brian Dunbar

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