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by snapplebobapple 867 days ago
Just Finished Greg Egan's Orthogonal Trilogy (it was very interesting if you like hard science fiction but want to spice it up with a universe that operates under different fundamental laws)

Am about half way through "The constitution of Liberty" by Friedrich A. Hayek (it's got a lot of correct in it but is way too preachy/needed a better editor to cut down on some of the repetition. It's nowhere near as bad as something like Ayn Rand's Atlas shrugged in this regard though).

Started Vernor Vinge's "rainbow's end", so far it's decent but I am also very early in so that isn't really a qualified opinion until I get through another 50 or 60 pages at least.

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I love Egan, and have planned to read more of his books. Haven't read this trilogy yet but definitely going on my list.
I haven't run into any others quite like him where the physics is hard enough that i dont get some of it, yet the stoeytell(ng is also decent enoigh i can connect with the charcters
Well not every author has helped develop actual mathematical proofs. :)
They shoyld really get on that eh