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Daemon - AI, AR (or MR), 3D printing, crowdsourcing, this book brings them and more together in a facinating manner. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6665847-daemon

and the second in the series http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8488830-freedom

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Just finished Daemon and about to start Freedom. Great read, and it's amazing how quickly it ramps up near the end! I hadn't been hooked to a book like that since "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Dune"

I just re-started this one recently too. If you enjoy those, check out one of Suarez's other: Influx.

It's not a sequel but has some common threads.

I have read Daemon, Freedom and Kill Decision so far. A thing I noticed with Suarez' books is that they very much remind me of the two books of Dan Brown that I've read, yet not having to cringe hard at every scene that involves technology makes them infinitely more readable to me. The settings and plot with both are ludicrous at times, but yet Suarez manages to put some interesting ideas in. I got a similar vibe off of Stephenson's Snow Crash.

By the way: I'm not the only one for whom Sobel's bio screamed "John Carmack" from the first page he's mentioned, am I?

Ah, the stupidity of publishers! The paperback version is cheaper than the Kindle version, ensuring that I won't buy either. :(

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