True Names
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True Names
Vernor Vinge
9 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2014–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
Vernor Vinge's 'True Names' [4] is really worth a read too - a neglected early work of cyberpunk, beats the pants off Neuromancer if you ask me.
His "True Names" is everything you need to know about "cyberspace", written in 1981 but still seems modern today:
I think Vinge excels at suggesting an idea with just the right amount of vagueness that it makes the imagination run wild filling in the details.
If you can read True Names before any other cyberpunk book, do it.
The afterword by Minsky made True Names even more memorable.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books? 2023 · 3 recommendations
- Hard comp-fi reading list 2019 · 3 recommendations
- Five Books: The best books on everything 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored 2014 · 1 recommendation