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[owenversteeg]

I very highly recommend that book, by the way. My favorite science fiction book I've ever read. Anyone else love it?

[GeekyBear → owenversteeg]

I would also recommend Vernor Vinge's earlier work, A Fire Upon the Deep.

It features a galaxy wide group of alien civilizations that communicate by means of a system that greatly resembles Usenet newsgroups.

It either won or was nominated for most of the major science fiction awards.

[owenversteeg → GeekyBear]

Oh, I actually confused the two! A Fire Upon the Deep is my all time favorite, A Deepness in the Sky is close behind though.

I've been looking for books with similar ideas for a long time... would you (or anyone else) know any? The ideas in the two books are really amazing.

[GeekyBear → owenversteeg]

Here are some works I'm fond of from authors who deal in technology and whose works have also taken the top science fiction awards.

Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age.

Greg Bear's Moving Mars, Anvil of Stars, and Eon.

John Barnes' A Million Open Doors, and Mother of Storms.

[mbroncano → owenversteeg]

I’m currently reading the book precisely based on a recommendation from HN. It’s a great book indeed.