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posted by martyb on Thursday December 06 2018, @01:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the read-and-discuss dept.

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.

Previously: Announcement postMars, Ho!Foundation


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  • (Score: 1) by Aurean on Tuesday December 11 2018, @03:47PM

    by Aurean (4924) on Tuesday December 11 2018, @03:47PM (#772896)

    Specifically the second law: The law of conservation of energy.
    "This states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed. However, energy can change forms, and energy can flow from one place to another. A particular consequence of the law of conservation of energy is that the total energy of an isolated system does not change."

    There is no source for the energy the sophons express.

    Really good science fiction remains in the physically plausible domain. Note that I'm not dissing the books - just that it forces the genre into fantasy territory, rather than remaining pure science fiction.