Cool post - I first came across the idea of the Panopticon from a series of books by John Twelve Hawks starting with The Traveler.
If you are interested in a good (Sci-Fi fiction) read that incorporates your premise, I would recommend these. I am open to anyone who has some non-fiction reads regarding this.
I know this is an old topic but I just stumbled upon it, I keep a few copies of this book to loan out to people; Household Gods by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.
In typing this I thought of another one, in my opinion the main character is the female, but the action rotates between 4-5 characters. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It is part of a trilogy, the first book is good, second better but weak ending and third just makes you want to ask WTF?
Cool post - I first came across the idea of the Panopticon from a series of books by John Twelve Hawks starting with The Traveler.
If you are interested in a good (Sci-Fi fiction) read that incorporates your premise, I would recommend these. I am open to anyone who has some non-fiction reads regarding this.
You know what was a nice little trilogy, The Fourth Realm Trilogy, by John Twelve Hawks. First book is The Traveler.
The concept of the Panopticon is also a central concept in The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks.
I know this is an old topic but I just stumbled upon it, I keep a few copies of this book to loan out to people; Household Gods by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.
In typing this I thought of another one, in my opinion the main character is the female, but the action rotates between 4-5 characters. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It is part of a trilogy, the first book is good, second better but weak ending and third just makes you want to ask WTF?
http://www.amazon.com/Household-Gods-Judith-Tarr/dp/0812564669/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311306302&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Traveler-Fourth-Realm-Trilogy-Book/dp/1400079292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311306355&sr=1-1