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Halting State by Charles Stross (view source)
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So there you are, reading this book and you’re just about getting to grips with the low-level jargon and abbreviations (by skipping over several of those you can’t decipher). You’re beginning to forgive them for being Scottish, since most of the good cop-shows and cop-reads are – and, like Shakespeare, the rhythm settles into your brain after a few pages – though you will possibly change your mind when you discover 300 pages later the setting’s sole purpose might just be to get the Leith police joke to work.
Probably.
This book is one of a kind and has the makings of creating the same kind of cult following as the wrok work of the late great Douglas Adams. Rather than going for one of his classic books you might enjoy [[The Salmon of Doubt]] published after his unexpected death. For another - if less humourous - takes on near-fantasy with a strong Internet element - look to [[Pattern Recognition by William Gibson|Pattern Recognition]] or [[Spook Country by William Gibson|Spook Country]]. You might also enjoy [[Freeks by Amanda Hocking]].
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