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Lady of Mazes

Karl Schroeder is one of the new stars of hard SF. His novels, Ventus and Permanence, have established him as a new force in the field. Now he extends his reach into Larry Niven territory, returning to the same distant future in which Ventus was set, but employing a broader canvas, to tell the story of Teven Coronal, a ringworld with a huge multiplicity of human civilizations. Brilliant but troubled Livia Kodaly is Teven's only hope against invaders both human and superhuman who would destroy its fragile ecologies and human diversity. Filled with action, ideas, and... more
Recommended by Meltem Demirors, and 1 others.

Meltem Demirors2/ highly recommend this great sci fi book about culture and belief, social consensus, and different states of reality read here (or download since no DRM) šŸ‘‰šŸ¾https://t.co/MTFMFeRdU4 (Source)

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Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's SF Magazine reader poll, a second Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Sidewise Award for alternate history. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992. Story for story, he is the most honored young writer in modern SF.

Now, collected here for the first time are all seven of this extraordinary writer's stories so far-plus an eighth story written especially for this volume.

What if men built a...
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Naval RavikantIā€™m rereading Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. Itā€™s one of my favorite sci-fi novels. (Source)

Meltem Demirorsfinally reading Ted Chiangā€™s Stories of Your Life and i have basically been crying since i opened my kindle such a beautiful writer and such profound topics. division by zero was my favorite of the collection, but the story the book is titled after is stunning šŸ˜ https://t.co/2c5SuDEfkh (Source)

Ryan LenOne of the best sci-fi books Iā€™ve read in my life! (Source)

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Meltem Demirors@amazon 3/ if we look at bitcoin investing, it follows the cyclical trend outlined by the brilliant @CarlotaPrzPerez in her book "technological revolutions and financial bubbles" bitcoin is a secular investment (if you zoom out, up and to the right) that operates in cycles https://t.co/5e0XRUgzae (Source)

Andrew CurryCarlota Perez comes out of a whole set of arguments which basically go back to Kondratiev. Kondratiev was the Soviet economist who said there seem to be long-wave downturns and upturns in cycles of around fifty years. He got shot by Stalin for his trouble. He first wrote the paper in 1924. There follows seventy years of argument whether itā€™s true ā€“ the price evidence seem to think itā€™s true: long... (Source)

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Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)

A deluxe hardcover edition of the best-selling science-fiction book of all timeā€”part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Science fictionā€™s supreme masterpiece, "Dune" will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muadā€™Dib. Paulā€™s noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called ā€œthe spice.ā€ After his family is brought...
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Recommended by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Ev Williams, and 18 others.

Jeff BezosIā€™m a big science-fiction fan. I love [this book]. (Source)

Elon MuskBrilliant. [The author] advocates placing limits on machine intelligence. (Source)

Adam SavageIf you haven't read it, just go read it. It is amazing! (Source)

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