Terminal World
by Alastair Reynolds · first published 2010
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I quite liked "Terminal World" by Alastair Reynolds, though sadly he plans no further novels in that universe.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗love those books, a similar concept was explored in the book "terminal world" by Alistair Reynolds. it goes into a bit more detail about why certain technologies fail in different zones.
on “Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result” ↗Speaking of the dangers of going to other zones of physics, and related fiction: Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds has this concept where the different zones are all on Earth. So that's fun.
on “Metaphysical experiments probe our hidden assumptions about reality” ↗Alistar Reynolds' _Terminal World_ had something sort of like this (only discussed halfway through the story, of course), where the world had "zones" , each of which supported a maximum precision or resolution... Technology taken from…
on “The Machine Stops (1909)” ↗