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Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling (fedia.io)

submitted 2 weeks ago by human@fedia.io to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I really enjoyed reading it a couple years ago. Takes place mostly in about 2023, trying to accurately predict what life would be like 30 years after it was written.

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[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What did you enjoy about it? This sounds like something I’d generally enjoy :) Is there maybe something comparable that comes to mind others may have read? I’ve read a lot of Gibson and early Stephenson for example. And almost everything by Doctorow. Maybe those are authors you can compare to?

[–] human@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really enjoyed In the Beginning... Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson but was very unhappy with Snowcrash. The writing was compelling but the themes and story were infantile. Similarly with Doctorow, his nonfiction is amazing but his fiction is lacking, for different reasons. I think I would have liked it before I had a sense for good and bad writing or any understanding of literature at all. Some neat ideas but clunky delivery. Bruce Sterling is a great writer and the story is incredible and he was able to predict so many things that are actually not too far from what is going on. Obviously many things are way way off but that's also cool to ponder about. I'd compare Islands in the Net to Dune actually. Some of the locations and themes have parallels.

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Now this is a really intriguing review! It’s on my list now!