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Re:Books to Read in a Lifetime by msutherl on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:12AM (#7204828)
If I could recommend one sci-fi book, it would be Dune.
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Re:Books to Read in a Lifetime by rdl on Sunday February 09, 2014 @03:15AM (#7204834)
It seems more fantasy vs. "extrapolating from interesting science". The "Butlerian Jihad" was the core concept (and interesting), but all the stuff about folding space, neo-feudalism, etc. doesn't follow from that. You could get "rejection of technology, regression" in a cleaner book I think.

Actually, Vinge's True Names would be top on my list (and only 90 pages or so).

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Re:Books to Read in a Lifetime by msutherl on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:46AM (#7222741)
Sci-fi as a genre is not defined by "extrapolating from interesting science". It can also extrapolate from uninteresting science.
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