La zone du dehors
by Alain Damasio · first published 2015
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Il y a une erreur... ce n'est pas "La zone du dehors", mais "La horde de contrevent" (très bon livre, mais je l'ai déjà lu)
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…world will look like tomorrow, but I don't like where I see it headed right now (lots of semi-isolated islands of controlled GroupThink). BTW, if anyone is versed in French, may I recommend reading "La Zone du Dehors", a fantastic novel by Alain Damasio (a dystopian novel showcasing a glimpse of the future, and a spiritual sequel to 1984)
on “Internet Blocking Begins In Jordan” ↗…Spoke Zarathustra" - Nietzsche (French Translation) - 5/5 An absolute Must read. "1984" - Orwell - 5/5 French law on surveillance made me want to read it again "Fahrenheit 451" - Ray Bradbury - 4/5 "La zone du dehors" - Alain Damasio - 4/5 "The name of the wind" - Patrick Rothfuss - 4/5 A great fantasy story. It's a big book, there is a lot of details, but very well written. "Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…satisfying closure to the series. - Permanence, by Karl Schroeder (re-read). Lots of awesome tidbits (property, rights, AR, anthropocentrism) scattered through an entertaining semi-hard sci-fi space opera. - La Zone du Dehors, by Alain Damasio. A spiritual sequel to 1984. - Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (finally!) - The Affinities, by Robert Charles Wilson - La Horde du Contrevent, by Alain Damasio (in progress). A fantastic,…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗I'm currently reading multiple books. Some are technical, some are small enough to read in the subway, some are far too big, and are read before going to sleep ;) - La Zone du dehors by Alain Damasio, a french author. I must admit I liked his more recent book, La Horde du Contrevent, a lot more. Sadly, it is not available in English. Read it if you understand French and like SF. -…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading right now?” ↗La zone du dehors Alain Damasio, only in French unfortunately. Writen in 1999, the book talks about a global ranking system of the citizens akin to what's happening in China with the “credit score” system.
on “'1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell” ↗