Comments on: RAND, Rand and Accelerando http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/08/29/rand-rand-and-accelerando/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/08/29/rand-rand-and-accelerando/#comment-997 shonk Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:20:50 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/08/29/rand-rand-and-accelerando/#comment-997 <p>Interesting. One of the things I liked about <em>Singularity Sky</em> and <em>Iron Sunrise</em> was that they weren't so much about upload cultures, as about regular humans trying to <em>deal</em> with wacky (<em>Singularity Sky</em>) and malevolent (<em>Iron Sunrise</em>) upload cultures.</p> Interesting. One of the things I liked about Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise was that they weren’t so much about upload cultures, as about regular humans trying to deal with wacky (Singularity Sky) and malevolent (Iron Sunrise) upload cultures.

]]> By: George Potter http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/08/29/rand-rand-and-accelerando/#comment-994 George Potter Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:59:44 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/08/29/rand-rand-and-accelerando/#comment-994 <p>Heya shonk. I snagged that sucker as soon as it went online, being a big fan of the first few stories. I enjoyed it, but had the same problem I always have with 'singularity' fiction: I lose interest in the characters after they become digital. Accelerando is saved because of Stross' great sense of humor. </p> <p>And speaking of Rand and Stross, from 'Troubadour':</p> <p>"We are sorry to have bothered you," the man with the card says stiffly. He replaced it in his jacket pocket. "If you should see Manfred Macx, tell him that the Copyright Control Association of America advises him to cease and desist from his attempt to assist music thieves and other degenerate mongrel second-hander enemies of Objectivism. Reputations only of use to those alive to own them. Goodbye."</p> Heya shonk. I snagged that sucker as soon as it went online, being a big fan of the first few stories. I enjoyed it, but had the same problem I always have with ’singularity’ fiction: I lose interest in the characters after they become digital. Accelerando is saved because of Stross’ great sense of humor.

And speaking of Rand and Stross, from ‘Troubadour’:

“We are sorry to have bothered you,” the man with the card says stiffly. He replaced it in his jacket pocket. “If you should see Manfred Macx, tell him that the Copyright Control Association of America advises him to cease and desist from his attempt to assist music thieves and other degenerate mongrel second-hander enemies of Objectivism. Reputations only of use to those alive to own them. Goodbye.”

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