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bookofjoe 4 days ago

Richard Powers' novel "The Overstory" takes this premise and wraps a wonderfully entertaining and fact-suffused novel around it. Highly recommended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Overstory

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LargoLasskhyfv a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Haven't read that, but was impressed by the fictional all pervasive biological neural network in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_universe_of_Avatar#P...

bookofjoe 13 hours ago | parent [-]

If you can gain access to a Vision Pro to watch "Avatar: The Way of Water" in 3D, you'll find it totally absorbing and amazing.

LargoLasskhyfv 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Hrrm. I watched it in 2D, and was very tempted to skip/FF.

Was boring for me, compared to the original. Just more of the not so same, with maybe better FX, sometimes.

edit: To expand on that, from memory, the original had for me fucked up cyperpunkish earth, somewhat realistic spaceships/travel, heayv mining industry, cynical execs and military, nerdy techs and scientists.

Compared to most of what else streams over the screens nowadays, it was almost HARD-SF. I like that.

The Way of Water had much less of that, instead more tribalism, maybe some wokery. I don't give a shit about that.

(While I'm at it, the pre-prequel to the Alien-franchise "Alien Earth" with six episodes out ATM has much of that cyberpunkish flair, and is at least slightly more than just 'so-so'.)