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Was raving at the pub just yesterday about the strossdoctorowbacigalupi axis to another. How rapturous is it that two titanic figures of geek culture collaborated for this trippy, technobabbleladen tale of the singularity aka the technological rapture. Rapture of the nerds is the latest from sciencefiction stars charles stross and cory doctorow, but it may be tough going for non nerds. His space opera titles like saturns children are usually really tight, this ones more loosey goosey like a laundry novel, probably the result of bouncing back and forth with cory. It is missing a glossary, but if youre not the kind of reader who immediately needs to make sense of a book.
If imagination is the key to success for a writer, charles stross has it in spades. The rapture of the nerds cory doctorow, charles stross. The rapture of the nerds is a brilliant collaboration by cory doctorow and charles stross, two of the. Cory doctorow and charles stross cory doctorow is a coeditor of boing boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the guardian, locus, and publishers weekly. Listen to radicalized four tales of our present moment by cory doctorow available. Charles stross, author of accelerando, halting state, and rule 34. In the case of rapture of the nerds i think weve stumbled across a case of two heads not being better than one. The rapture of the nerds is a brilliant collaboration by cory doctorow and charles stross, two of the defining personalities of postcyberpunk science fiction.
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Sep 01, 2012 but theres not enough zany here to make the rapture of the nerds a truly funny book, and theres not enough challenging mindbendy new concept stuff to make it a truly challenging book, as, i will say, most of charlie stross s and cory doctorow s books. Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. The rapture of the nerds pierce county library system. Charles stross 2011 the rapture of the nerds audiobook. The rapture of the nerds king county library system overdrive. A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations english edition ebook. Titan books limited, 20 end of the world 336 pages.
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In september 2012, stross released the rapture of the nerds, a novel written in collaboration with cory doctorow. See the bottom of this page for fansupplied conversions. Download the rapture of the nerds audiobook by cory. Apr 07, 2015 listen to rapture of the nerds audiobook by charles stross, cory doctorow. A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations. The rapture of the nerds the rapture of the nerds audiobook, by cory doctorow. Download or stream the rapture of the nerds by cory doctorow. He was named one of the webs twentyfive influencers by forbes magazine and a young global leader by the world economic forum. It was released on september 4, 2012 through tor books and as an ebook.
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