Comments on: Book Notes: The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: computer technology » Blog Archive » Comment on Welcome to the Facts and thoughts about computer … http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 computer technology » Blog Archive » Comment on Welcome to the Facts and thoughts about computer … Sun, 27 May 2007 19:38:04 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5548 [...] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more [...] […] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more […]

]]> By: computer technology » Blog Archive » The Good with the Bad http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 computer technology » Blog Archive » The Good with the Bad Sat, 26 May 2007 03:39:08 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5515 [...] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more [...] […] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more […]

]]> By: computer technology » Blog Archive » We ll Process Your Nostalgia For You Wholesale http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5497 computer technology » Blog Archive » We ll Process Your Nostalgia For You Wholesale Fri, 25 May 2007 01:20:56 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5497 [...] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more [...] […] This reminded me of the Ray Kurzweil theory of a coming singularity where computer technology surpasses the computing power of the human brain. Keeping in mind Moore s Law, after that point, artificial intelligence s continued … …more […]

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5457 Steven Hodson Wed, 23 May 2007 18:03:28 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5457 engtech: The first time I picked up Titan it was in my mother's libary when I was much younger :) but couldn't get past the first 50 or so pages. Later on I tried again and once I got into it I couldn't put it down. It's a dark book - and I won't give any spoilers - that is definitely not light reading :) .. I never did read any more of the Gaea series though. engtech:

The first time I picked up Titan it was in my mother’s libary when I was much younger :) but couldn’t get past the first 50 or so pages. Later on I tried again and once I got into it I couldn’t put it down. It’s a dark book — and I won’t give any spoilers — that is definitely not light reading :) .. I never did read any more of the Gaea series though.

]]> By: engtech http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5456 engtech Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:15 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5456 Yeah, Titan and Wizard are ok but weird. I really recommend anything Varley did after that though. Especially Blue Steel. Read that one three times. I love that I can reserve books online using my local library system and then use http://libraryelf.com to get email/rss updates of it. Yeah, Titan and Wizard are ok but weird. I really recommend anything Varley did after that though. Especially Blue Steel. Read that one three times.

I love that I can reserve books online using my local library system and then use http://libraryelf.com to get email/rss updates of it.

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5454 webomatica Wed, 23 May 2007 15:41:18 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5454 Cool... once again the library seems to have a lot of science fiction and the older ones are likely easier to find in the used book stores, too. Others I've read are the foundation series and 2001, 2010. Cool… once again the library seems to have a lot of science fiction and the older ones are likely easier to find in the used book stores, too. Others I’ve read are the foundation series and 2001, 2010.

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 Steven Hodson Wed, 23 May 2007 06:11:29 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5438 Glad you liked it and like engtech I recommend the older sci-fi writings. people like: James Blish - Cities in Flight series John Varley - Titan (part of the Gaea series) was a really hard book to get into - took me two tries but once I got in it wouldn't let me go and of course my favorit - Robert Heinlein Glad you liked it and like engtech I recommend the older sci-fi writings.

people like:
James Blish — Cities in Flight series
John Varley — Titan (part of the Gaea series) was a really hard book to get into — took me two tries but once I got in it wouldn’t let me go

and of course my favorit — Robert Heinlein

]]> By: engtech http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 engtech Wed, 23 May 2007 04:44:59 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/05/22/book-notes-the-shockwave-rider-john-brunner/#comment-5433 Stick with the old sci-fi. Another really good one is The Mote In God's Eye. Stick with the old sci-fi. Another really good one is The Mote In God’s Eye.

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