Recursion

Name: Recursion
ISBN: 9780553589283

by Tony Ballantyne · first published 2004

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com2kid · Jan 17, 2019 · Recommends

…worlds where people can clone their consciousness 50 times over, where it is possible to adjust the perception of time, and where plans take millennia to come to fruition. Accelerando by Charles Stross. Recursion by Tony Ballantyne. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow. Yes, these are all evolutions of previous ideas, but Science Fiction has always built on itself.
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com2kid · Mar 23, 2023 · Recommends

Check out Recursion my Tony Ballantyne[1]! I'm 90% sure that is where my subconscious pulled the plot from. :D He does an amazing job describing tactics used to fight off grey goo gone wild. [1] https://tonyballantyne.com/recursion/
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chc4 · Feb 4, 2017 · Critical

…the great writing style. Pattern Recognition also does something special: have you really ever /thought/ about brands and advertising? Lots of commentary on culture, memetic fashion, and what it means. Recursion by Tony Ballantyne is a book that I didn't actually like all that much, but reread anyways. It covers a lot of topics I love (global AIs, Von Neumann Machines, tulpas, trusting trust, and a totalitarian…
on “Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently?” ↗