Hey all, not a huge sci fi giy but I’ve read a lot of the well know ones, from Huxley to Tchaikovsky to Martha Wells. I really love the social and tech commentary that Doctorow has in his fiction writing as well as his kind of hopefulness. If you know what I mean. Anyone have any books along the lines of “Little Brother” or whatever?
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We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker
In addition to Sarah Pinsker, there are also the authors Peter Watts and Neal Stephenson, who all have somewhat similar writing styles that focus a lot on technology and society. In particular:
* By Neal Stephenson, you may like Reamde (modern day thriller, realistic depiction of cybercrime) or Snow Crash (really old, but a great classic and the book that coined the word Metaverse)
* Peter Watts is pretty bleak and not hopeful, but you may like the Rifters series beginning with Starfish. These books are available as free ebooks on his website and use a lot of real science.
Take a look at *Catfishing on Catnet* and *Chaos on Catnet* by Naomi Kritzer. They’re hopeful and the “gang of kids get together with tech (sentient computer entity) to solve a problem” vibe is there, too.