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Ohhh good book. Im a big fan of the notion of MMO as spygame -- it just makes so much sense. True plausible denyability ftw.

For those of us that have not... I'm guessing this post counts as a recommendation?

Yes indeed. Very good book.

What's amusing is that it was intended to be set a decade or two in the future, but most of the "futuristic" plot twists have already happened.

Seriously? I found Accelerando (same author) to be incredibly forced, written in the style of a Wired magazine puff piece.

1) Charles Stross (cstross) reads and comments here on HN, so be nice :)

2) That was the whole point of Accelerando.

That said, I really liked Halting State and Saturn's Children, but not Accelerando as much (it was too crazy for me).

Haven't read it but given the context of your question should be interesting. Thanks for the pointer.