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walterbell · Oct 3, 2015
Accelerando, by Charles Stross
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walterbell · Jul 16, 2020
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon, 1930
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walterbell · Oct 3, 2015
The book itself is worth reading for the relentless pace of socio-techno-cultural change, best experienced as a dramatic deluge rather than exceprts.
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walterbell · Oct 3, 2015
Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon
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walterbell · Sep 13, 2015
Same for 1930's Last and First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, which spans 2 billion years and eighteen species of variously augmented humans
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walterbell · Jun 1, 2018
Susan Lammer’s 1986 Programmers at Work is available online:
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walterbell · Aug 2, 2014
book suggestion: "African Fractals", by Ron Eglash
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walterbell · Feb 3, 2018
Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R.A. Lafferty. Timeless and immortal
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walterbell · Oct 3, 2015
Nine Hundred Grandmothers, by R.A. Lafferty
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walterbell · Feb 16, 2015
R.A. Lafferty's Nine Hundred Grandmothers blends fantasy and science fiction
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walterbell · Jan 19, 2024
The Ancient Engineers by L. Sprague de Camp (1963)
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walterbell · Aug 8, 2015
Sci-Fi author L. Sprague de Camp's 1963 book, "The Ancient Engineers"
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walterbell · Jun 7, 2015
Any of the novels by sci-fi and fantasy author R.A. Lafferty
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walterbell · Aug 8, 2015
3) Paul Calter, "Squaring the Circle: Geometry in Art & Architecture"
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walterbell · Oct 3, 2015
The Doubter's Companion, by John Ralston Saul
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walterbell · Aug 8, 2015
4) Georges Ifrah, "Universal History of Numbers"
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