An interesting read IMHO.
Set well over 100 years in the future, with AI and human cloning being widespread, and and an interesting "solution" to peak oil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_Road_(novel)
Great North Road, novel.
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Great North Road, novel.
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Re: Great North Road, novel.
Might check this out as it is set on Tyneside which I am very familiar with.
Always good to get a recommendation for good scifi as so much, usually with impressive covers and gushing write ups , is total rubbish
and it would be no cultural loss if about 80% of all published scifi were pulped.
In particular fevered near future dystopian rants are rather too well represented in the current published offerings.
Always good to get a recommendation for good scifi as so much, usually with impressive covers and gushing write ups , is total rubbish
and it would be no cultural loss if about 80% of all published scifi were pulped.
In particular fevered near future dystopian rants are rather too well represented in the current published offerings.
Overconfidence, not just expert overconfidence but general overconfidence,
is one of the most common illusions we experience. Stan Robinson
is one of the most common illusions we experience. Stan Robinson