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| From | Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: Good science fiction mysteries? |
| Date | 2016-06-03 19:49 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <864m9a5fjj.fsf@gaheris.avalon.lan> (permalink) |
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Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> writes:
> On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 12:39:41 AM UTC+10, Anthony Nance wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> > I keep thinking that Charles Stross must have written one, but nothing
>> > jumps off of my shelves.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the two Stross I bought at the same time jumped
>> right off my shelves and straight to Half Price Books.[1] Just
>> didn't work for me.
>>
>> Tony (Hi Mike!)
>> [1] I think I've intentionally gotten rid of roughly a dozen
>> books in my lifetime, but those are two of them.
>
> Oh? Which ones? Stross plays in a lot of sandboxes so I like some
> stuff, dislike others and find some a bit 'meh'
>
That would be 'Halting State' and 'Rule 34'. Near-future SF mysteries
set in an independent Scotland.
'Halting State' tends to throw people off (dunno if that goes for
Anthony), because it is written in the second person, as if you're
reading an old-fashioned text adventure. Fitting, as the setting is
apparent fraud involving an MMO.
I loved 'em both though.
Mart
--
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
--- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
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