The Traveler
by John Twelve Hawks · first published 2005
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…reality is that people don't care. There's no way the government could have built their Panopticon without people doing it for them. But that reminds me of one of my favourite series: http://www.amazon.com/Traveler-Fourth-Realm-Trilogy-Book/dp/...
on “The PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft are sending Congress” ↗Neil Stephenson wrote "The Diamond Age", an amazing sic-fi book as well. John Twelve Hawks "The Traveler" is also deserving of this list. There are some great books on this list and they truly speak for themselves.
on “The Best Science Fiction Books (According to Reddit)” ↗A few that affected me and haven't already been mentioned (in no particular order) Anything by John Twelve Hawks, but especially The Traveler: his works got me thinking about the role technology plays in the world and especially the balance among surveillance and privacy. Pure by Linda Kay Klein: perhaps only interesting if you were raised…
on “Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?” ↗