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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by PicassoCTs on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:02AM (#27929002)
Vernor Vinge is so good, shame he dropped it in Rainbows End.
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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by arethuza on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:20AM (#27929451)
I think Rainbows End is excellent. However, I was disappointed with The Children of the Sky.
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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by PicassoCTs on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:38AM (#27930499)
It had an interesting take on industrialization with a hivemind though. Manchester capitalism is not really bad if you are borg, after all its just a hand assigned to boredom.

Rainbows End explored a society which went full AR, but in my opinion most of the shots if fired missed the target.

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Re:The Realism of Our Times: Kim Stanley Robinson on how sci... by germinalphrase on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:02AM (#27930743)
Even so, I would love recommendations that take full AR as seriously.
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