## [HSF] Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge.

* Author: u/None *
* URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End
* Score: 6

* Created: 2014-02-17T15:46:13

### Post:

[Link to content](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End)

### Comments:

> **u/alexanderwales** [+2]  *Time flies like an arrow* (2 hours later)
> 
> This is one of my favorite books of all time, though I do wonder whether I'll be so enamored with it once the future has eclipsed it.

> **u/Suitov** [+1]  *The Culture* (an hour later)
> 
> I really enjoyed this, in a Snow Crash way, but I can't say it struck me as especially rationalist so much as nearish-future scifi. With a bunny.

>> **u/traverseda** [+1]  *With dread but cautious optimism* (8 hours later)
>> 
>> You can't just say "the culture". You need to pick a name.

> **u/traverseda** [+1]  *With dread but cautious optimism* (8 hours later)
> 
> I thought true names was a lot better.

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