Code of the lifemaker
a novel
by James P. Hogan · first published 1983
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…the Wizardry series by Rick Cook https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/rick-cook/wizardry/ Programming meets magical realms James Hogan Inherit the Stars - Has supercomputers but not main characters Code of the Lifemaker Has Ancient Tech evolving into a robotic society Two Faces of Tomorrow - humans trying to get along with AI D.F.Jones Colossus, the Fall of Colossus, and Colossus and the Crab Humans creating machines…
on “Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers?” ↗…*Wizardry Series (overview)* https://www.goodreads.com/series/43084-wiz ## James P. Hogan - *Inherit the Stars* — Hard Science Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/743568.Inherit_the_Stars - *Code of the Lifemaker* — Sci-Fi, Artificial Life https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296722.Code_of_the_Lifem... - *The Two Faces of Tomorrow* — AI, Hard Science Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218017.The_Two_Faces_of_...…
on “Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers?” ↗Thanks for this. I have read "Code of the Lifemaker" multiple times for enjoyment, I will now get a copy of this one.
on “The Invincible – 1964 novel” ↗Shit happens, as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_the_Lifemaker The prologue is sufficient http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200203/0743435265___0.htm , the rest is a matter of taste. Personally I found it to be hilarious :-)
on “Mystery of interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua gets trickier” ↗I don't know exactly. I think there should be. For a funny novel of a failed interstellar von Neumann probe, there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_the_Lifemaker If that is too long, or not your thing, just the prologue (linked from there) is still good enough :-)
on “Voyager 1 is sending back data from interstellar space that's mystifying NASA” ↗I prefer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_the_Lifemaker See the "Prologue: The Searcher" linked from there to get an idea why :)
on “The Ethics of Spreading Life in the Cosmos” ↗There's a bit in James P Hogan's novel Code Of The Lifemaker about a charlatan mentalist, asking a crowd to pick a number under certain circumstances. Because of the way he structured it most people picked 37. See here for excerpt- http://jm.home.xs4all.nl/37/cotl.html…
on “The Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud” ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_the_Lifemaker http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200203/0743435265___0.htm :-)
on “Have we already been visited by aliens?” ↗I agree about Fire Upon the Deep. Something else in a similar vein is the prologue for Hogan's Code of the Lifemaker which I'd argue is significantly more interesting than the book as a whole.