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minus-squareSaintWackolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHave you read Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds?
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI don’t know of it. What is it about? EDIT: Looked it up. I have seen the “Africa as a tech powerhouse” concept show up in sci-fi lately. The first time I read it, and was shocked by it due to my recurring “memory”, was in an Andy Wier novel IIRC. I have seen it sprinkled around since.
Have you read Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds?
I don’t know of it. What is it about?
EDIT: Looked it up. I have seen the “Africa as a tech powerhouse” concept show up in sci-fi lately. The first time I read it, and was shocked by it due to my recurring “memory”, was in an Andy Wier novel IIRC. I have seen it sprinkled around since.