Hacker News Reader

Comment by cstross | Hacker News Reader

/me: waves

Be aware that this novel is a cautionary tale, not some kind of technological utopia.

And for a contrarian take, I co-wrote another novel with Cory Doctorow, "The Rapture of the Nerds", which is also a free download here:

https://craphound.com/rotn/download/

(I'm currently working on another singularity-themed SF novel, this time a far future space opera, but there's no ETA to publication—it won't be ready for print before 2024 at the earliest.)

View on HN

Thank you sir for books that are captivating, thrilling, and make me think (I've read and loved Rule 34, Glasshouse, Accelerando, Singularity Sky, Halting State, and all the Laundry files).

And thank you for experimenting with Creative Commons e-books! Accelerando was one of the first e-books I ever read as a result.

Aineko really deserves its own spin off book series. :D Something overarching/spanning multiple books would be even better, maybe like neal stephenson's Enoch Root?

Nope, not going there. (You are not going to get me to write a sequel to something I began 25 years ago!)

What is the best way to compensate you for this wonderful book I stumbled upon here? I do not know how much authors actually get for books after the initial printings.

Buy a paper copy of it and give it to a friend who hasn't read it?

Or buy one of my other books that you haven't read yet.

(The keyword here is "buy". I get a percentage of the cover price. Hardcovers or ebooks pay a higher proportion of the net receipts than paperbacks. And smaller bookshops pay better than Amazon or Barnes & Noble, both of whom arm-wrestle publishers for huge wholesale discounts.)

I see also that you've written on your website about why there's no 'tip jar.' Thank you.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com