About the book
Set in San Diego in 2025, Vernor Vinge's 2006 science fiction novel follows Robert Gu, a world-renowned poet with a notoriously mean-spirited personality, as a new treatment brings him back from Alzheimer's disease. Now seventy-five but looking almost like a teenager, the technophobic Gu must adapt to a world where books have nearly vanished and smart contact lenses and networked clothing lay digital overlays across everything. Living with his son's family, he retrains at Fairmont High and tries to rebuild ties with his estranged family. It won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Marc Andreessen told readers of his blog to stop reading, go and get the novel, finish it and only then come back, because it is that good.
We hope you love the books people recommend! Just so you know, The CEO Library may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page.
This book has 1 recommendation
Marc Andreessen (Co-Founder/Andreessen Horowitz)
Stop reading this blog right now. Go get it. Read it, and then come back. I’ll wait. It’s that good.
Get this book on Amazon