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Karl Schroeder is one of the new stars of hard science fiction. His novels, "Ventus" and "Permanence", have established him as a new force in the field. Now he again extends his reach into Larry Niven territory, returning to the same distant future in which "Ventus" was set, but employing…


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I was struck by the parallels between Schroeder's manifolds and the modern-day social media 'siloes' that allow people to maintain a worldview that is effectively their own custom reality with it's own virtual community.

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