Nexus

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1. FL33TW00DMay 2026
   Anyone have recommendations on books that can rival the first part of Accelerando in number of prescient ideas about how the near future, pre singularity might look?

   My own list is:

     Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon
     Counting Heads by David Marusek
     Nexus by Ramez Naam
     Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
   

   But I'm always on the look out for more! The more predictive the better!
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2. murmanskMay 2026
   Accelerando is a true masterpiece. Crypto and endless speculation, AI and lobsters, space exploration - all in all just "this is our near future". TBH, I know of just handful of Sci-Fi novels as fundamental and as let's say prophetic as this one. The others to my taste in the same category is Nexus trilogy by Ramez Naam (even if a bit farfetched by now), The Diamond Age (="The Illustrated Primer" is peak AI) by Neil Stephenson and Daemon+Freedom by Daniel Suarez (=AI + crypto DAOs).
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3. jillesvangurpMay 2023
   Anything Neal Stephenson. I've read them all. Multiple times.

   But some other stuff that people haven't yet mentioned that I enjoyed:

   - Matt Haig: The Humans, How to Stop Time

   - Richard Morgan: Altered Carbon trilogy

   - Ramez Naam: Nexus Trilogy

   - Hugh Howie: Silo series

   - Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice

   - Ernest Cline: Ready Player 1

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4. gverriMay 2023
   Dragon's Egg, by Robert L. Forward

   Nexus Trilogy, by Ramez Naam

   Anathem, By Neal Stephenson

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5. nojokesOct 2021
   It is not a replacement, but Ramez Naam Nexus series is very good.
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6. brianjunyinchanMar 2021
   Normal people, sally rooney. Quite intoxicating

   Nexus, ramez naam. Good down to earth story for more people, and topic is right on the cusp of being ethically relevant (perception tech)

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