From: tsoon (tsoon@mail.usyd.edu.au)
Date: Tue Aug 11 1998 - 04:28:13 MDT
>I am one of a select few extropians who has not read very many science
>fiction novels. I would like to change that. I am open to any
>suggestions; however, I think it's pretty obvious I'm looking to get into
>quality sci-fi with distinctively Extropian leanings.
I used to read a lot of sci-fi years ago, then stopped and have recently got
back into the habit again
pleasantly surprised at how much the market has grown.
I am currently reading Neuromancer which is more techno-dystopian than
extropian
but a fascinating book nonetheless (yes I know, as I said I've just got back
into it so
I'm a bit behind).
I was also pleasantly suprised at the proliferation of libertarian SF.
The classic libertarian SF is of course Atlas Shrugged (which I also much
prefer to the
Fountainhead).
I also highly recommend The Probability Broach by L. Neil Smith, a ripping
good yarn,
though it is almost wholly libertarian rather than extropian.
There are predictions of some extropian technologies in Greg Bear's Queen of
Angels which
is also very impressive in its treatment of the sentience of artificial
lifeforms though to my knowledge
Gre Bear isn't libertarian or extropian.
Another famous sci-fi writer, Gregory Benford, used to be on the editorial
board of Reason magazine.
Jason Soon
VISIT my web page at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/2564
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