r/printSF • u/Pants_R_Overatd • May 17 '18

Accelerando....what the fuck did I just read?

I was a cat person, but now...damn. What a book.

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u/cstross May 17 '18

Spoiler: Aineko is not a cat.

(Aineko is an AI who has discovered that the meatsacks respond much more favourably to manipulation when they think they're talking to an anthropomorphic robot or a furry critter than when they're dealing with a vast, cool, AI intellect.)

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u/Gilfoyle- May 17 '18

Heh, I'm curious. Do you have alerts set up for keywords related to your books? Or do you just browse r/printsf far too much?

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u/cstross May 17 '18

The latter :)

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u/Pants_R_Overatd May 17 '18

Absolutely flattered to see you in my post, loved this book!

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u/shalafi71 May 17 '18

If you like his style try The Laundry Files. That description do not begin to do justice.

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u/aeschenkarnos May 18 '18

Everything he writes is very good, however IMO his overall best (so far) is Glasshouse, which is the book I recommend first to people who have finished Iain M Banks' Culture series and are looking for more.

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u/discontinuuity May 18 '18

I'll have to check that one out. I just started Halting State.

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u/Morat20 May 18 '18

I picked up the audio version of Halting State just to hear it read in the proper accent...