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		awinter-py on March 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positi... esp this week, vernor vinge's 'fire upon the deep' it perfectly captures the weird information environment surrounding a global crisis (people communicating via letter, people closer & farther from the crisis having different skews and perspectives and beliefs) and the house of cards effects around collapsing civilizations

nnlsoccer on March 29, 2020 [–]

His other book A Deepness in the Sky is amazing as well

AlexCoventry on March 29, 2020 | [–]

Those two books of his, and in addition his earlier books The Peace War and Marooned in Real Time, have all had a huge influence on me.

amanaplanacanal on March 30, 2020 | | [–]

I enjoyed Marooned in Real Time so much. A great murder mystery set in an anarcho-libertarian far future society.

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