Finished two books, Software by Rudy Rucker and The Collected Stories o
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Dear all,
Just finished two books, Software by Rudy Rucker and The Collected Stories
of Vernor Vinge.
Software I give a nice 3.5 out of 5. It felt a bit unpolished, but it is
of course older. I enjoy the ideas, although it did feel a bit dated at
times. He did leave some very interesting ideas to explore further, which
I expect he will do in the sequel Wetware. The fact that the book was
short and that the author is able to spin a nice story in under 1000 pages
is also good! Many modern authors are not able to do this.
The Collected Stories get a nice 3.5 out of 5 as well, however, some
individual short stories I really enjoy and touch on 4.5 while others were quite bland. What I did like is that Vernor writes good libertarian
science fiction, exploring libertarian themes without getting hamfisted or
too political about it.
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