/lit/ - Literature

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>Nightmare Zero
John Lecarre-meets-Tom Clancy spy thriller about secret WMD tech coming out of Ukrainian biolabs. As Russian forces continue to advance the who-do-you-trust aspects ramp up. Climactic moment halfway through when the WMD gets released. Unexpected side effects in 1% of victims cause them to become psychic instead of dying, changing the nature of war (and society) forever
>Death: Twice In Darkness
A women’s urban-fantasy series about totally not The Sandman, wandering around putting old people out of their misery and philosophizing with other characters he finds interesting. Yes there is sex.
>The Spooks
White people go undercover as black people. It’s a comedy movie with social commentary
>Follower of The Olden Truths: Volume I
The actual title of the novel itself is Orb of Swords. Fantasy world where everyone is born under an elemental sign which grants limited magical powers. In the cities and universities there is a eugenics program based around this. The story follows a boy from a small village born with powers greater than anyone
>Signition
Uh oh, Neal Stephenson read something about semiotics, and now he’s written a novel based around the concept of pointers (in computer science). Technology is developed to use pointers in real life, you can assign pointers and dereference them to act on objects at a distance. Hero discovers that this also applies to abstract concepts and the very fabric of nature is in danger. Very Disturbing sex scene after he inputs abstract love for him directly to female’s brain