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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by awinter-py on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:27PM (#22720764)
esp this week, vernor vinge's 'fire upon the deep'

it perfectly captures the weird information environment surrounding a global crisis

(people communicating via letter, people closer & farther from the crisis having different skews and perspectives and beliefs)

and the house of cards effects around collapsing civilizations

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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by nnlsoccer on Sunday March 29, 2020 @02:02PM (#22721101)
His other book A Deepness in the Sky is amazing as well
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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by AlexCoventry on Sunday March 29, 2020 @03:44PM (#22722028)
Those two books of his, and in addition his earlier books The Peace War and Marooned in Real Time, have all had a huge influence on me.
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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by amanaplanacanal on Monday March 30, 2020 @11:58AM (#22729018)
I enjoyed Marooned in Real Time so much. A great murder mystery set in an anarcho-libertarian far future society.
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