Century rain
by Alastair Reynolds · first published 2004
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"Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it i
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A pair of books I’d recommend for 2024, which I didn’t get the chance to reread this year, would be: - The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Gaiman), which is beautiful in a way I can’t quite describe - Century Rain (Reynolds), which is best described as a hard boiled 1930’s noir hard science fiction novel. Books I read this year which I really enjoyed:’ - Exploding The Phone (Lapsley): Super engrossing description…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024” ↗In less-than-near-future SF, the antagonists in Alastair Reynolds' _Century Rain_, the "Slashers", were supposed to be the intellectual descendants of Slashdotters. From Wikipedia: ``...they trace their existence back to "an alliance of progressive thinkers linked together by one…
on “Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot” ↗