Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Disposessed by Ursula K. LeGuin. My favorite sci-fi.
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Nero Wolfe. One of the two main characters in a long-running series and novels and short stories. He’s a private detective who never leaves his house in New York, sending his wise-cracking, eidetically-memoried employee, Archie Goodwin, out to do all the legwork. All the stories are narrated by Archie.
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**Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City** by Parker
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*Blindsight*, and *Echopraxia*, by Peter Watts, has this.
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Enders Game?
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Vita Nostra
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The two main characters in *All the Light We Cannot See* are very intelligent. One is a German boy (to young man) who is fascinated by and understands radios. The other is a blind French girl (to woman) who is constantly learning and is especially fascinated by mollusks.
The unnamed narrator in Ellison’s *Invisible Man* is obviously highly intelligent given his introspection, understanding, and use of language.
Many characters in Jennifer Egan’s *The Candy House* are brilliant. One creates a technology (using another character’s breakthrough in anthropology) to develop devices where people can upload and share memories. Other characters are a bit “off,” like one who occasionally screams in public to observe others’ reactions.
And ditto *Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow*. The main characters are game developers.
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The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois Macmaster Bujold.
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Disposessed by Ursula K. LeGuin. My favorite sci-fi.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Nero Wolfe. One of the two main characters in a long-running series and novels and short stories. He’s a private detective who never leaves his house in New York, sending his wise-cracking, eidetically-memoried employee, Archie Goodwin, out to do all the legwork. All the stories are narrated by Archie.
**Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City** by Parker
*Blindsight*, and *Echopraxia*, by Peter Watts, has this.
Enders Game?
Vita Nostra
The two main characters in *All the Light We Cannot See* are very intelligent. One is a German boy (to young man) who is fascinated by and understands radios. The other is a blind French girl (to woman) who is constantly learning and is especially fascinated by mollusks.
The unnamed narrator in Ellison’s *Invisible Man* is obviously highly intelligent given his introspection, understanding, and use of language.
Many characters in Jennifer Egan’s *The Candy House* are brilliant. One creates a technology (using another character’s breakthrough in anthropology) to develop devices where people can upload and share memories. Other characters are a bit “off,” like one who occasionally screams in public to observe others’ reactions.
And ditto *Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow*. The main characters are game developers.
The Warrior’s Apprentice by Lois Macmaster Bujold.
The March North by Graydon Saunders.