[extropy-chat] Accelerando Technical Companion on Wikibooks

[Neil H.]

Thanks for noticing it and contributing. :) I think most of the
content  currently in the Technical Companion is focused on the first
few chapters -- additional info from later chapters would be greatly
appreciated.

On 8/27/05, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Wikibooks repository, a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone
> can edit, has a "Accelerando Technical Companion ". This is a technical
> companion to Charlie Stross 's latest novel, Accelerando . Stross's book can
> be quite dense in unusual technical terms and concepts, which can sometimes
> be quite confusing to readers unfamiliar with them. The purpose of this
> companion is to help alleviate any confusions the reader may have, as well
> as to introduce new confusions by giving the reader an idea of the current
> state and expected future of the technologies described in the novel.
> Wherever possible, brief information on relevant research papers is
> provided. Accelerando is not a "post-Singularity" novel but rather a
> "through-Singularity" novel as it takes the reader from our days (the first
> chapter "Lobsters" can be situated around 2010) through a Singularity to a
> sketched post-Singularity world. In the novel Stross focuses more on the
> social impact of technologies pushing to a Singularity and only hints at the
> technologies themselves. The aim of this technical companion is filling the
> gaps and providing Accelerando readers with a technical background.
>  I am reading the free downloadable book (and waiting for the hardcover
> edition which I have purchased), so I am trying to contribute to the
> Technical Companion. I believe many readers prefer starting with a fine
> novel, rather than with a technical book or report, to read on the
> technologies that will change our lives.
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