Publishers Weekly on Home Fires (mild spoilers)

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 17 Dec 2010, 17:03 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:03:28 -0800
Subject: (urth) Publishers Weekly on Home Fires (mild spoilers)
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On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:55 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
\>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes-
>> Actually I would think first of Charles Stross. Have you read
>> _Accelerando_?

> Hmm...no. Do you recommend it?

Highly, and you can download it legally. It's a family saga set in and
around a Singularity.

> But _An Evil Guest_ folded in Doctorow's mountain and washing machine
> married couple from _Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves_ and --while the
> concept of downloading backups in to new bodies is not unique-- this bit
> does bring to mind _Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom_.

Which I have totally blonked out. I read it but didn't think much of it.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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