The Prefect

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• dekhn · Jan 24, 2024 · Recommends

  BTW the latest Reynolds book set in that universe was just released: https://www.amazon.com/Machine-Vendetta-Prefect-Dreyfus-Emer... although IMHO nothing will ever beat Chasm City which is based around the alien nanoscale virus.

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• jahala · May 16, 2026 · Recommends

  …Stross - Singularity Sky Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep / A Deepness in the Sky Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land Dan Simmons - Hyperion Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space / The Prefect Orson Scott Card - Enders game Isaac Asimov - Foundation

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• Paul_S · Oct 24, 2016 · Mentions

  Funny coincidence, I'm reading The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds right now (literally). It has exactly what you say. People whose votes are vindicated get their votes weighted accordingly. They end up lobbied to but can't outright still their votes…

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• wmt · Oct 13, 2014 · Mentions

  …feat. I wonder if that could be exploited e.g. by exposing an light exploit from security feature you trick the software to disable a security feature that was stopping a more dangerous exploit, a la The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds.

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• mikepurvis · Jun 23, 2022 · Mentions

  Or slightly more obscure, Jane Aumonier [1] from Alastair Reynolds' book The Prefect, who ends up with a mysterious scarab device attached to her spine that will kill her if she falls asleep, so she has to be kept medically awake for 11 years. [1]: https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Jane_Aumonier

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