Reddit reviews Halting State

I liked Snow Crash a lot, but I never thought that any of his other stuff was as good. Not to say I don't like other Stephenson, just not crazy good like Snow Crash.

Daemon was awesome, IMHO. You have my upvote for mentioning it.

I haven't seen anyone mention Halting State by Charles Stross. Once I got over the Scottishness of the writer's voice, I thoroughly enjoyed that one.

Halting State by Charles Stross.

Ah, a fellow wanderer in the land of processes, workflows and procedures.

Have you read Stross's Halting State/Rule 34 novels? Most people focus very heavily on the second person narrative but I think someone with your background would find the technology and methods used by the police a lot more compelling, I know I did (a bit off-topic but as you've pointed out no-one's reading this thread anyway).

There's actually a book with this very concept. Halting State by Charles Stross isn't exactly a good read (I'd put it in the 'bad' column, actually), but the idea behind it is very interesting. It brings up a rather compelling scenario with the government fronting role playing games as a spy operative.

edit: also I'm 'privileged' enough to live in the town that gave him the key to the city. It's a horrible thing.

Read Halting State by Charles Stross for a really believable look into how this sort of technology could be utilised in the very near future.

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