Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?

Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by smsm42 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @03:17AM (#20332900)

Blindsight by Peter Watts Very strong hard sci-fi with mind-bending approach to the question of conscience. And vampires (not the Twilight kind, the scary kind).

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight

Fair warning: it's kinda pessimistic on the future of humankind.

If you like it, proceed to Echopraxia. More hard sci-fi, more vampires, even worse news for humankind.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by CosmicShadow on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @07:49AM (#20334092)

Someone posted this on a previous book list and I read it and I'm so glad I did, now I've read Echopraxia, and I've bought all his other books and I'm on those as well, totally awesome. I still think about this series and the vampires and hive minds.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by bxjx on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @05:21AM (#20333456)

Some of the wildest sci fi I've ever read. So many mind stretching concepts are explored while still remaining a great story.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by komon on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:11AM (#20344406)

If you liked Blindsight, check out his Rifters trilogy beginning with Starfish. Hard Sci-Fi, bioengineering/hacking, deep sea adventure.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by jaratec on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @07:45AM (#20334065)

I propose that Planet 9 (when/if is found) to be named "Big Ben"

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? by smsm42 on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:11PM (#20337156)

s/conscience/consciousness/ though conscience is mentioned too...

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