The Long Run

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• whartung · May 21, 2023 · Recommends

  Daniel Keys Moran + Emerald Eyes + The Long Run + The Last Dancer I don’t reread books as a rule, but I’ve reread these, and TLR at least five times. I can rattle of an endless list of authors I like, but by organic evidence of “favorites” these…

  on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗
• whartung · Oct 6, 2024 · Recommends

  Well, I don’t reread books. But I’ve read this one science fiction book five times. That book is “The Long Run” by Daniel Keys Moran. As for non-fiction I just bring out the classics that taught me Lisp and Lispy things: Simply Scheme, SICP, On Lisp.

  on “Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?” ↗
• robotguy · Oct 27, 2025 · Recommends

  …is stolen, and all evidence points to someone inside the game. The park's head of security, Alex Griffin, joins the game to find the killer, but finds new meaning in the games he helps keep alive. The Long Run - Daniel Keys Moran: Years after the massacre of the Castanaveras genies, Peaceforcer Elite Commander Mohammed Vance still searches for the survivors. Now the gene-altered children have come of age. Denice…

  on “My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before” ↗
• whartung · Dec 26, 2025 · Recommends

  I don't read much any more. Mostly magazine articles. I did re-read "The Long Run" from Daniel Keys Moran (one of the very short list of books I've re-read, and this was #4 or #5). "Were you taught to hate Peaceforcers?" "Taught? No." The only new book that I read was "Heat 2" by…

  on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗
• robotguy · May 18, 2026 · Recommends

  The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran takes place in 2069 but was written in 1989 and the tech still holds up decently (to me at least). Sort of a Snow Crash vibe but less satire. AI's exist on the network (called the…

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