Books that deal with the aftermath of groundbreaking tech.

[Najaf]

so i just finished Degrees of Freedom and i was wondering if there were any other books that portrayed events after the invention of a groundbreaking technology?

books like:

Amped
Nexus

[mark, personal space invader]

Lock In

I just checked out Degrees of Freedom and it looks like it's an interesting series. will have to read that one.

[Najaf]

mark wrote: "I just checked out Degrees of Freedom and it looks like it's an interesting series. will have to read that one."

yes i was surprised after reading the first two books that not many people have read this awesome cyberpunk series.

[MadProfessah]

Other books about ground breaking tech's aftermath would be:

Peter Hamilton's COMMONWEALTH saga (Judas Unchained/Pandora's Star)

Marcus Sakey's BRILLIANCE trilogy

Charles Gannon's CAINE trilogy

[Najaf]

MadProfessah wrote: "Peter Hamilton's COMMONWEALTH saga (Judas Unchained/Pandora's Star)"


it has been a while since i read judas unchained but i think hamilton skipped over the whole political and social turmoil that happens after such a paradigm shifting tech is invented. granted there were some flashbacks but he didn't really address how ozzy and nigel took over the world.

[Mickey]

I liked this book and it is about how technology may change society.

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

[Mike]

this was a good one:

The Light of Other Days

[Jason]

I'm enjoying the Nexus series although I wouldn't say I'm enamored with it.

[Najaf]

Jason wrote: "I'm enjoying the Nexus series although I wouldn't say I'm enamored with it."

then how come you gave it 5 stars?
i mean i liked it a lot and i gave it 4 stars...

[Micah]

Najaf wrote: "...i think hamilton skipped over the whole political and social turmoil that happens after such a paradigm shifting tech is invented..."

Alastair Reynolds kind of did the same with much of his Revelation Space series; however, he did touch upon it in some of his short works in the same series ... I'm thinking of one story at least in his Galactic North compilation.

[Micah]

Najaf wrote: "Jason wrote: "I'm enjoying the Nexus series although I wouldn't say I'm enamored with it."

then how come you gave it 5 stars?
i mean i liked it a lot and i gave it 4 stars..."

Ha! Well, I don't know about Jason, but I've rated several books as 4-star because I thought the books were well written ... but I wasn't too much into them because they weren't books I would normally read (genre issue, not book issue). Ratings for some people aren't just an "I like it" meter. If you're honest with yourself you can sometimes tell that a book is really well done even if it's not your cup of tea.

[Scott]

Signal to Noise by Eric Nylund

[Jessica]

Scott wrote: "Signal to Noise by Eric Nylund"

Hey, I was going to post that! No fair... : )

I'll second Signal to Noise as well as Charles Gannon's books, they're both fantastic!