[yboris]

I once commented on HN how my favorite Sci Fi novel is Accelerando and the author, Charles Stross, replied to it suggesting I try his The Rapture of the Nerds he co-wrote with Cory Doctorow; I loved it when I read it too.

I love HN - it's basically the only website I visit these days (aside checking mail, watching YouTube, and gardening my GitHub repositories).

[number6]

Accelerando is one of my favourite too! Thanks for sharing the reply, always love book recommendations

[jaggederest]

In a thematically similar but very different vein, Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series was an enjoyable read.

I also recommend Eric Nylund's work, specifically Signal to Noise and A Signal Shattered.

Edit: Well, there you go, Children of Time had 23 mentions now that I've read down further. Disappointed to see Eric Nylund's work fade into obscurity, I rate him up with Neal Stephenson.

[troyvit]

I must finished my last book and grabbed Accelerando blind based on ya all's recommendation and damn it's great. Thank you!

[yuzhun]

Not long ago I came across this book in an HN thread about AI and the future. The moment I saw the title, I knew I had to read it. Crypto, AI, collective intelligence — it hits all the right notes for me.

[bananaflag]

If you want some other portrayals of the Singularity, see The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect and Friendship is Optimal (and also Caelum Est Conterrens)

[A4ET8a8uTh0_v2]

It was good. Depressing, but good. While not singularity, some motiff and predictions seem to align.

I would still add:

Snow crash Rainbow's end

[nehal3m]

The Singularity series by William Hertling were fun reads in that category too.

[parkersweb]

Amazon lists it as book 3 of 3 in a series - do you need to have read the first two?

[yboris]

Never read the first two, love Accelerando, unsure what I was missing; feels like a well-written self-contained story.

[smoyer]

Just reread Accelerando ... Still awesome.

[hermitcrab]

I really appreciate Cory Doctorow's work on digital rights, enshittification and other topics, but I couldn't make it more than half way through 'Rapture of the nerds'. Just too strange, I couldn't connect to it. It is very original though. Some people will probably love it.