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Rapture of the Nerds, with Charles Stross

Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun.

The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar-system has largely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander…and when that happens, it casually spams Earth's networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there's always someone who'll take a bite from the forbidden apple.

3 Responses to “Rapture of the Nerds, with Charles Stross”

1. Charles Labedz says:

   November 17, 2012 at 5:28 pm

   I got this from my library and read it twice in one sitting from 10pm-3am. Super great book. I can easily see this meshing between your and Charlie's styles/universes as a prognostication. I'm loving the singularity and can't wait for more books by the two of you.
2. Cory Doctorow says:

   November 18, 2012 at 12:12 am

   Thank you Charles! I really appreciate the compliment!
3. David says:

   January 8, 2013 at 9:43 am

   "Rapture of the nerds" is an excellent book, i loved the character, Huw. Keep it going guys, we love boing boing too.

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