The engines of light

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• rosser · Mar 1, 2016 · Recommends

  Ken MacLeod has some really good work in this vein. I haven't read the Engines of Light trilogy (which wouldn't pass your near-future filter, anyway), but the Fall Revolution series, and most of his stand-alone novels, do some really interesting things in just the neighborhood it sounds…

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• rsaarelm · Jan 2, 2010 · Mentions

  …to appreciate. Producing Open Source Software (http://producingoss.com/), by Karl Fogel. A very thorough look into all sorts of practical matters in running a large open source software project. The Engines of Light trilogy by Ken MacLeod. Entertaining, though a bit erratic. Makes a bunch of Forteana fit in a hard SF framework. Also the second MacLeod book I've read that has a weird pixie dust immortality treatment…

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• arethuza · Sep 22, 2016 · Mentions

  Ken MacLeod has SF books (the Engines of Light trilogy) where giant squids are the only creatures capable of navigating starships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_MacLeod

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• semi-extrinsic · Jan 16, 2020 · Mentions

  I'm currently reading the Engines of Light trilogy by Ken MacLeod. In that universe, there is no FTL travel nor communication, but starships can travel literally at the speed of light. There are "spheres of influence" spanning some tens of lightyears,…

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