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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1869)
Pages: 336 | Rated: 3.89 | Ratings: 279k
Why? A classic early sci-fi with a submarine.
I enjoy Daniel Suarez books. I wanted to suggest Critical Mass by him, but that's book 2 of the Delta-V series.
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Thanks for your nomination of Influx.
Influx by Daniel Suarez (2014)
Pages: 528 | Rated: 3.94 | Ratings: 18K
Why? We have many Suarez fans.
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
by Kim Zetter (2014)
Pages: 406 | Rated: 4.16 | Ratings: 8.5K
Why? Nonfiction about Stuxnet and Cyberthreats
I recommend Machinehood by S.B. Divya. Follows the leader of a team of enhanced human body guards. It's 2095 and humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, enhance physical strength and speed the healing process. The team is hired to protect a major pill funder from the Machinehood who demand that all pill production cease immediately.
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Machinehood by S.B. Divya (2021)
Pages: 404 | Rated: 3.65 | Ratings: 3.7K
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Techno-Thrillers
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Format: (TITLE) by (AUTHOR)
Example: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
All nominees:
- must be a techno-thriller
- must not be your own book
- must be less than 900 pages
- must not be a recent book of the month
- must have at least 1,000 ratings, or … to accommodate new books coming out … can be less than 1,000 ratings if it is by a “well-known author” which is defined as an author having prior techno-thriller books with 100,000+ ratings.
I’ll put the nominees in a poll, around late April or so.
Nominees are taken first-come first-serve. I prefer broad participation, so if 5 people nominate, I take the first book (that fits the criteria) from the first five people. If less than 5 people nominate, I take the second nominee from the first person with at least 2 nominations, and so on. About half the time, no one else nominates a book other than me, so all nominees end up being mine. I would prefer it to be a group effort. Please feel free to suggest books for the group.