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The next best thing is the Three Body Problem. But in many aspects I find Vinge's works unrivaled.
Can you suggest what to Vinge novel(s) to pick up after Fire in the Deep and Deepness in the Sky?
Ubiquitous sensors would be a great thing for owners of large parcels of property ... such as farmers and ranchers. But maybe not such a good thing for civil liberties. I love how Vinge explores these issues in his books. He's really underrated. When The Expanse was announced, I was excited ... but a bit disappointed that that series made it to the screen as the first hard sci-fi book across the line, before Vinge's…
Rotoscope could be used for Spiders.
Vernor is a proponent of ubiquitous sensors as an alternative or as an adjunct to AI; the example he likes to use is what he calls the "localizer", a simple sensor that can detect its position relative to other nearby sensors of the saem type. So instead of complex vision systems to find, say, a part in a bin in a warehouse, a locator attached to the item would inform the network that it was "Two items down and three…
I've got this idea that, given some R&D and technological advancements, an advanced military could drop 'dust sensors' over a future battlefield, or entire country. Each particle of dust is a tiny computer with simple sensors, near field laser beam directed stealth communication node, FOF identification sensor, and maybe more. Soldiers could plug into this network (all properly encrypted, yadayada) en see and listen…