A Song for a New Day
by Sarah Pinsker · first published 2019
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In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was on her way to becoming a star. Now, in the After, terror attacks and deadly viruses have led the government to ban concerts, and Luce's connection to the world--her music, her purpose--is closed off forever. She does what she has to do: she performs in illegal concerts to a small but passionate community, always evading the law. Rosemary Laws barely remembers the Before times. She spends her days in Hoodspace, helping customers order a
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…world, but its clearly not our world. Is it really an optimistic take on the future of technology if the technology in question is hundreds of years in the future? Perhaps you'd like something like "Song for a new day" by Sarah Pinsker. I dont really know if it fits as "optimism", but i'd like to mention "The Fortunate Fall" as a really interesting novel about technology.
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