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Diaspora
50.00%
4 50.00%
Red Mars
12.50%
1 12.50%
The Algebraist
37.50%
3 37.50%
Vacuum Flowers
0%
0 0%
Total 8 vote(s) 100%
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Book Club (Feb 2018)
#5
I'm on board with this.Smile

Regarding possible reading material, I'm going to suggest a couple options:

The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks - Think OA meets David Brin's Uplift Universe. An ancient galactic civilization, in which humanity is rather small potatoes. There is intrigue, adventure, looming war, and a lot of complexity and general strangeness. Works as a good read and as possible inspiration for how space opera might work within the OA setting.

Vacuum Flowers - An older work that presents an intriguing depiction of an interplanetary civilization that can rewrite people's personalities almost at will. Has a mix of transhumanist elements, gengineering, and more 'traditional' futurist ideas around space habitats, terraforming, etc.

My 2c worth,

Todd
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Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 01-29-2018, 09:56 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Avengium - 01-29-2018, 10:43 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 01-29-2018, 06:51 PM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rhea47 - 01-30-2018, 12:49 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Drashner1 - 01-30-2018, 02:39 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by stevebowers - 02-05-2018, 05:03 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 02-04-2018, 07:37 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 02-05-2018, 03:59 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 02-08-2018, 05:29 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Duddy9 - 02-08-2018, 06:58 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Rynn - 02-17-2018, 02:32 AM
RE: Book Club (Feb 2018) - by Duddy9 - 02-22-2018, 02:59 AM

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