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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by Ar-Curunir on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:39PM (#12671941)
Anathem was Stephenson's first book that I read; I was absolutely mind blown. It's a slow burn (like most of his books), but the ending is more than worth it. Later I picked up Cryptonomicon, and it's a big reason why I'm doing a PhD in crypto now.
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by andars on Sunday October 09, 2016 @01:02PM (#12672060)
Does Anathem have an ending or just sort of ends like the rest of Stephenson's books? Just curious.
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by triplesec on Sunday October 09, 2016 @03:33PM (#12672938)
It's the least bad of his endings, and quite big. Worth going to the end.
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by waterphone on Sunday October 09, 2016 @02:32PM (#12672580)
Its ending is a bit more traditional, as well as explicitly making fun of the fact that people criticize him for his endings.
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by zengid on Sunday October 09, 2016 @01:44PM (#12672295)
Stephenson seems to think it does: https://youtu.be/lnq-2BJwatE?t=10m53s
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by rojobuffalo on Sunday October 09, 2016 @05:56PM (#12673730)
As someone who has read several dozen sci-fi books, that one stands out as one of the absolute best. It's definitely an inspiration for the startup I'm working on now.
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by triplesec on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @10:09AM (#12684469)
What kind of a startup is that? !
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Re:The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship by rojobuffalo on Thursday October 20, 2016 @09:14PM (#12757526)
It was only from a minor plot line, but I really liked the idea that they grew all their own food and baked bread. The app is for community farming--it's called terrafarm (terrafarm.io).
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