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by Vernor Vinge (Author)

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Once in a great while a science fiction story is so visionary, yet so close to impending scientific developments that it becomes not only an accurate predictor, but itself the locus for new discoveries and development. True Names by Vernor Vinge, first published in 1981, is such a work.

Here is a feast of articles by computer scientists and journalists on the cutting edge of the field, writing about innovations and developments of the Internet, including, among others:

Danny Hillis: Founder of thinking machines and the first Disney Fellow.

Timothy C. May: former chief scientist at Intel--a major insider in the field of computers and technology.

Marvin Minsky: Cofounder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab.

Chip Morningstar and F. Randall Farmer: Codevelopers of habitat, the first real computer interactive environment.

Mark Pesce: Cocreator of VRML and the author of the Playful World: How Technology Transforms Our Imagination.

Richard M. Stallman: Research affiliate with MIT; the founder of the Free Software Movement.

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384 pages
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English
Publication date

December 1, 2001
Grade level

7 - 9
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5.5 x 0.79 x 8.5 inches
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0274900793
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978-0274900794
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Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021

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A sci fi classic full of visionary ideas, including many that have manifested already. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand how the world we currently find ourselves in, came to be.

A prescient vision of our contemporary online world

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019

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The seminal novella in this anthology predates (1981) public access to the Internet, the introduction of the IBM-PC (1981), my first "portable" computer (a ModComp Zorba, c.1983), the Apple Macintosh (1984), and the Morris Internet Worm (1988) {finding links is left to the interested reader}. The many contributions preceding the titular novella provide a valuable context for the novella and an interesting insight into the evolution of our contemporary, online world. The novella itself is a fascinating prelude to the whole cyberpunk genre.

FWIW, my retreat in Second Life includes an orb spider hanging from a tree in front of the entrance and a dragon swimming in the moat. As before, finding links is left to the interested reader.

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Ahead of its time

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2021

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This book was written in the 1980s and man this book is good. Only sad part is that I wish it wasn't so short! Great read, awesome plot.

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A prescient view of the future from the past

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019

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Great collection of essays from the past, about an even older included story, that describe a perspective of possible futures; many seemingly having come to pass and others that appear to grow more possible with each new day.

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2017

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READ THIS BOOK. It has NOT gone stale. It's more relevant than ever. It's STILL mind-blowing.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014

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the book is in good shape, old library book. very good for the price!

Needs an Audible version!

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2018

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Needs an Audible version!

Gregory S. Wilson

and I was really glad to get it on the Kindle

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2016

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This is a classic, and I was really glad to get it on the Kindle. Very prescient author.

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Tudor Stefanescu

an interesting look(but fairly technical) at how people where seeing internet and its evolution in the middle of the 90s

Reviewed in France on November 7, 2014

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The real interesting part of this book is less the actual SF novel (which is ok) but the essays that precede it and the closing words of Marvin Minsky - they allow a look into how and why the internet evolved how it did, and give a better idea of how it could have been.
A word of caution: the essays are fairly technical (cryptography, software) - so if you are not a technical person certain parts will be hard to follow.

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