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December: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
The next poll will pick two books. I'd like to do it that way to keep a strong second place contender from being overlooked, and so I don't have to update the poll so often.
Discuss The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin in the comments below.
Snow Crash was written by Neal Stephenson in 1992. The novel features a bit of a Calexit scenario, and is known for popularizing the term "avatar" (paving the way for James Cameron's true magnum opus). These days, Neal moonlights as Magic Leap's "Chief Futurist". Seems appropriate.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Whoever on Thursday December 06 2018, @03:40PM (1 child)
Really? It's been some time since I read Snow Crash, but IIRC, it includes a very weak Federal entity.
Instead, I think it actually visualizes the Libertarian fantasy, where everything has been privatized and the government hardly impacts people's lives.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Thursday December 06 2018, @07:23PM
This.
My understanding of Snow Crash was a society where companies were large corporations that owned tons of land broken up across the whole globe. I couldn't tell if the US was broken up and completely decentralized with no-mans land between the various colonies or if that land belonged to the fed. Guess we will find out soon.
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