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Ask HN: Good Sci-Fi involving CS/InfoTheory?

15 pointsby mkrecnyalmost 14 years ago
Recently been enjoying books by Vernor Vinge (ex CS prof at SDSU) and Charles Stross.

8 comments

johnnyoalmost 14 years ago
Have you read Cryptonomicon? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon</a>
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SamReidHughesalmost 14 years ago
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality has some good CS-related moments.
polyfractalalmost 14 years ago
Anathem by Neal Stephenson is tangentially related to Information Theory. More abstract/concepual math and general philosophy than CS/InfoTheory.<p>An excellent novel, highly recommended.
steverbalmost 14 years ago
Daemon &#38; Freedom by Daniel Suarez (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Suarez" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Suarez</a>)<p>Rudy Rucker (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Rucker" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Rucker</a>)<p>Cory Doctorow has some good stuff and most of it is available free from his site (<a href="http://craphound.com/" rel="nofollow">http://craphound.com/</a>).
andrewcookealmost 14 years ago
some of the older greg egan stuff (he was a programmer). i can't remember any titles, but a look at the summaries should make things clear (or his site - <a href="http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/" rel="nofollow">http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/</a>)<p>[edit: ok, so after looking there (ow my eyeballs!) permutation city is one i remember, and there was also a collection of short stories...]
Rabidgremlinalmost 14 years ago
The Vernor Vinge books are excellent...
rsaarelmalmost 14 years ago
<i>His Master's Voice</i> by Stanislaw Lem is about trying to decipher an alien radio transmission, and focuses a lot on the mathematics and information theory involved as far as I remember.
keefealmost 14 years ago
william gibson...