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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by clay on Sunday April 05, 2009 @12:37PM (#547485)
Usually saying "that list was missing X" type stuff is pretty silly, but with a title like that, that list seriously needs some Verner Vinge.
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by jlees on Sunday April 05, 2009 @01:23PM (#547519)
Well, since others are doing it: William Gibson.
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by juliend2 on Sunday April 05, 2009 @01:41PM (#547532)
which one of his books do you particularly recommend?
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by jlees on Sunday April 05, 2009 @03:15PM (#547622)
I'd actually recommend Pattern Recognition. Neuromancer's good, too, but there's something about PR that's very real.
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by lincolnq on Sunday April 05, 2009 @02:28PM (#547576)
Neuromancer is the only one that I've read, and it was excellent. (I think it's also his most famous)
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by diN0bot on Sunday April 05, 2009 @08:55PM (#548014)
in particular, a deepness in the sky and a fire in the deep are excellent.
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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by donaq on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:54PM (#548285)
Yes they were. And since we're dealing with post-singularity stories, I'll add Simon Funk's novella, "After Life".

http://sifter.org/~simon/AfterLife/index.html

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Re:Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke ... by andymoe on Sunday April 05, 2009 @12:38PM (#547487)
I agree and I held out as long as possible, but I am weak...
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