The Tusks of ExtinctionRay Nayler
The Tusks of Extinction
by Ray Nayler · first published 2024
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If you're interested in this subject, modern tusk hunters and science-fiction, then let me recommend the book "Tusks of Extinction" (2024) by Ray Nayler [0]. Very interesting read (his previous book "The Mountain in the Sea" (2022) is, however, much better and IMHO one of the best sci-fi books I've read in a long time). [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127284214-the-tusks-of-e...
on “Siberia's 'mammoth graveyard' reveals 800-year human interactions with mammoths” ↗Stand out books for me that I've read this year: * The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Short, but a great read) * The Incandescent by Emily Tesh * The Armchair Universe by A.K.Dewdney (First read this one many years ago, but I've been reading it again) * Final Orbit by…
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read in 2025?” ↗I really like Ray Nayler’s work, who intersects his real experience in international politics with science fiction technology. His Tusks of Extinction uses the sci-fi notion of brain transfer and bringing back mammoths to explore the economical pressures behind poaching. His “Where the axe is buried” explores surveillance state technology with political…
on “Book Review: There Is No Antimemetics Division” ↗