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911699 No.911699 [Reply] [Original]

Hey guys, trying to find a book my dad read when he was deployed. He read it in '91, thinks it came out within 10 years of then but he's not sure. It's Science Fiction, deals with a society, run by a supercomputer, in which population is a problem and they kill parents who have children without permission on a broadcasted show (slow-twitch electrocution or something). The story follows one of the kids who ends up pulling a switch (two handles, specifically) to start a war because no one else wants to. Another clue, at one point the computer orders the execution of a politician and someone wants to know why, the answer is printed out and fills hundreds of filing cabinets and is known as the "Monument to Why?" Any help is appreciated, in return, Jessica Alba

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>>911699

That plot is relevant to my interests. Bump.

>> No.911729

Sounds good, watchin this thread.

>> No.911780

op here, just dumped beer in my laptop, gonna shut down for a minute. hopefully someone can figure this out by the time i come back. thanks for the bumps!

>> No.911784

I think you're talking about "lord of the rings" by H G Wells.

>> No.911795

>>911784

0/10

>> No.911809

>>911795
0/10

>> No.911822

>>911809
0/10

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>>911822
0/10

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>>911826
0/10

>> No.911841

>>911795
>>911809
>>911822
>>911826
>>911833

0/10

>> No.911843

Way to derail the thread, faggots.

>> No.911848

it isn't the book OP is looking for but it kinda sounds a little similar to This Perfect Day by Ira Levin which is a phenomenal book.

>> No.911854

it isn't the book OP is looking for but it kinda sounds a little similar to it isn't the book OP is looking for but it kinda sounds a little similar to it isn't the book OP is looking for but it kinda sounds a little similar to it isn't the book OP is looking for but it kinda sounds a little similar to by which is a phenomenal book.

>> No.911856

>>911843
0/10

>> No.911859

>>911856
0/10

>> No.911870

good thread guys.

>> No.911873

>>911859
0/10

>> No.911874

>>911873
10/10

>> No.911888

Hey guys, trying to find a book my dad read when he was deployed. He read it in '91, thinks it came out within 10 years of then but he's not sure. It's Science Fiction, deals with a society, run by a supercomputer, in which population is a problem and they kill parents who have children without permission on a broadcasted show (slow-twitch electrocution or something). The story follows one of the kids who ends up pulling a switch (two handles, specifically) to start a war because no one else wants to. Another clue, at one point the computer orders the execution of a politician and someone wants to know why, the answer is printed out and fills hundreds of filing cabinets and is known as the "Monument to Why?" Any help is appreciated, in return, Jessica Alba

>> Anonymous 07/14/10(Wed)02:49 No.911709
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>>911699

That plot is relevant to my interests. Bump.

>> Anonymous 07/14/10(Wed)02:53 No.911729

Sounds good, watchin this thread.

>> Anonymous 07/14/10(Wed)03:02 No.911780

op here, just dumped beer in my laptop, gonna shut down for a minute. hopefully someone can figure this out by the time i come back. thanks for the bumps!

>> Anonymous 07/14/10(Wed)03:03 No.911784

I think you're talking about "lord of the rings" by H G Wells.

>> No.911889

OP here again, still waiting for some help. don't mind the trolls as long as the threads bumped. faggots.

>> No.911899

>OP here again, i'm still a fag.

>> No.911915

>>Troll here, I'm still a raging faggot douchebag

>> No.911919

>OP here again, still waiting for my long dead father to moleste me again in my ass.

>> No.911924

So /lit/ is officially /tv/ now, huh?

>> No.911926

>>> Troll here, still wishing I had a dad to come home and molest me, fulfilling my lifelong gay incest fantasies that will never come true. Oh, if only he hadn't decided to get buttfucked by that manatee.

>> No.911932

>>> Troll here,

>> No.911936

>>911874
FUCK YEAH MAN THAT WAS ME. I AM THE 10/10.

>> No.911940

>>911936
>>911936
>>911936
>>911936
>>911936
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>>911936
>>911936
0/10

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>> No.911998

Bumping! Someone help.

>> No.912002

It almost sounds like Harrison Bergeron

>> No.912026

That's Kurt Vonnegut, good story but definitely not it. Also it doesn't really sound anything like it except that it's dystopian and has a kid.

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BAMP
in return, my old car. ='(

>> No.912127

BUMP. Come on /lit/, help this guy...

>> No.912164

This thread does not deliver.

>> No.912175

i know someone else has read this. halp!

>> No.912224

Shameless self bump!

>> No.912234

If this book exists I seriously want to read it.

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bumped with racism!

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>>912263

>> No.912281

Oh, give up and go post in reddit/r/books. They're pretty helpful.

>> No.912288

>>912281

LAZY

>> No.912308

>>912288
>>912288
>>912288
>>912288
>>912288
>>912288
>>912288

0/10

inb4 samefag

>> No.912328

>>912308
SAMEFAG

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>>912281
>>912288
>>912308
>>912328
Sure is samefag in here.

>> No.912346

Sure is /b/ in here.

>> No.912354

>>912346
>>912345
>>912328
>>912308
>>912288
>>912281
so much samefagging

>> No.912381

>>912346
Every board needs a little /b/ now and again. It keeps it from turning into a snore-fest.

Don't think I don't recognize you from that other thread about political books.

>> No.912401

>>912381
Too much /b/ and you just turn into /tv/ and no one wants that.

>> No.912434

>>912401
Would be nice if someone helped OP.

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I'm sorry, OP, I don't know, but it does sort of sound like a Ian Banks novel. Read through the descriptions of some of his works, and see if any of those click.

Also, click though here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_literature#1980s).). That might help you. It's a partial list of the dystopian literature to come out around the time you place your dad's book.

Pic unrelated, except that it's my way of telling OP sorry for all the crap in this thread.

>> No.912452

>>912434
Oh, I forgot about OP. Ummm, It doesn't ring a bell, but it sounds really bad-ass.

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>> No.912463

>>912458
Aw, geeze. Now it's getting to be too much /b/ for my taste.

>> No.912473

Bumping for OP, sounds like a fuckwin book

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>>912463
It gets worse.

>> No.912483

>>912480
Let's just see if we can help OP out before we start posting porn and funny jpegs.

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>>912483
Isnt that helping? I have pngs if that helps at all.

>> No.912501

>>912496
No it doesn't help. I already have that one. Several variations on it.

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Or gifs.

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>> No.912533

>>912526
>>912502
I'm laughing pretty hard, I'll tell you what. I dunno if it's cause they are legitimately funny, or if it's cuz it's 430 am.

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>>912533
Hey it's 4:30 here too. Oh wow, a semi-/lit/ related picture from my 4chan folder.

>> No.912557

i've been googling but i'm getting nothing OP. i think you are trolling me. very good trolling, sir.

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>>912555
Keep em coming. I'll offer some, too.

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<---Googling too, not looking good lol.
>>912558
Oh lawdy, how many am I supposed to post?

>> No.912576

>>912568
>picture insinuating stephen colbert would ever be rude to jesus

>> No.912579

/lit/ - Another /b/

>> No.912583

>>912576
>that's not a picture of stephen colbert

>> No.912585

>>912579
This post - pissing in an ocean of piss.

Just let it die. Even if you sage the thread, people will be goaded by your post.

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>>912576


Also, to anyone else searching is his time frame correct? At what point did they introduce the idea of super computers in literature?

>> No.912605

>>912583
>implying i didn't know that and wasn't joking

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>>912605
>implying that I didnt know that you knew that and I was joking

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>this thread

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I'll leave you with an oldie but a goodie. Good night.

>> No.912686

Someone needs to post CP so /lit/ can get some mods.

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>>912686
Go fuck yourself. Bump.

>> No.914669

bumpin!

>> No.914696

Why is this thread so terrible? This is embarrassing, guys. This book sounds cool, I wish I knew what it was too!

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>> No.916049

Hmmm maybe if I stop bumping with pictures I'll get some responses.

>> No.916079

>>916049
I guess not. CRAWLING IN MY SKINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

>> No.916106

no idea but bump because it sounds cool

>> No.916139

>>916106
Stop it, please.

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>> No.916179

>>916139
Why would you ask a rando to stop instead of the guy (me) that's been bumping it the whole time?

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>>911698
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>> No.916440

Bump.

>> No.916745

^

>> No.916847

Is it "334"?

>> No.916858

ummmmkay
I haven't been here since this board was brand new and everyone was ranting about what authors they read and shit and I had no idea so I left. Now I come back and find this thread. Is this just summer time in /lit/ or is this board really just as low brow as every other?

>> No.916883

>>916847
Based on what the OP gave and what I'm reading on Amazon, I dont think so :-/
>>916858
So out of the 15 pages of threads, you pick this one and then assume that the whole board is like this. You can go back to not being here.

>> No.916905

>>916883
hey man
that was more of a joke than anything
I posted a thread and decided to lurk a bit and I found some interesting stuff
my question still stands though

>> No.916920

>>916905
This is the only thread like this that I've seen in the past four days that I've been here.

>> No.917008

Lurk /b/ before you start calling anything in this thread low brow. =P And I don't really care how far into the dregs of society I have to reach to find this book, I need to know it. My dad's been talking about it for years.

>> No.917047

>>917008
Holy shit you're still here?

>> No.917054

>>917047
To be honest I'm surprised the thread lasted as long as it did.
>>916847
Nope, the story follows one main character, who is an orphan. His parents are executed because they had him.

>> No.917062

>>917054
Yeah I might have had something to do with that lol. Book sounds legit as fuck, I'm interested as well.

>> No.917308

Keepin this alive.

>> No.918354

^

>> No.918522

^

>> No.918558

>>918522
An impostor, I see.

>> No.918816

>>911699

>> No.918974

>>911699

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919002

this is the trolliest thread ive ever seen on /lit/

not bad.

>> No.919192

>>919002
wat

>> No.919366

>>911695

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>> No.919364

bump 4 op

>> No.920018

>>919366
I dont like spam.

>> No.920083

>>919002
OHGOD.
I laughed so hard.

>> No.921197

^

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>>911696

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>> No.921456

Bump

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>> No.921639

UP

>> No.922642

Dont you 404 on me.

>> No.923363

>>922642
^

>> No.924227

hi

>> No.924758

high

>> No.925356

^

>> No.925873

:(

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>> No.926025

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>> No.927790

a

>> No.928639

b

>> No.928704

c

>> No.928747

For some reason this makes me think of Michaelmas, but I know that's not right.

>> No.929115

>>928747
You broke my alphabet.

>> No.929781

d

>> No.930024

e

>> No.930074

f

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h

>> No.930083
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>>930078
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

>> No.930165

i

>> No.930286

j

>> No.930508

I think I actually read this book! The kid's parents have one or more illegal children, and they're kept hidden inside the house, and hmm one day the protagonist is seen by one of the neighbours and the authorities are alerted? I can't recall the name of the book though.

>> No.930575

Barry Longyear, Sea of Glass (1986):
Thomas Windom is a child born into a future where the actions and lives of all human beings are predicted and controlled by a supercomputer named MAC III. His early childhood is spent locked away in his parents' home as an illegal child. When he takes his first look outside on his seventh birthday, he is discovered by an elderly neighbor and removed by 'men in black' and placed in an Outcaster orphanage for illegal children. His parents tortured to death, Thomas grows up in the orphanage and learns to survive despite being a nonentity. Death and love come to him early, and often. He spends his teenage years learning about 'projections' and everyone's place in the world in relation to the inevitable Wardate that looms over the entire planet. As an adult, he learns of and accepts his place in the world and his role in the War.

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>>930575
Holy fuck I'm not OP, but I'm the one that's been bumping this thread for the past few days and I fucking LOVE YOU MAN (no homo).

>> No.930618

It didn't take too long - with my memory jogged I did an advanced book search in google between the years 1980 and 1990 for "supercomputer science fiction illegal parents" and it came right up :D

>> No.930664

>>930618
I tried looking on google but never found anything quite right. Thanks again, I'm looking forward to reading it :)

>> No.930680

>>930508
Sounds like Among the Hidden.

>> No.930720

Holy shit. This thread was creted on wednesday? I fucking love you, /lit/.

>> No.932596

did Op ever come back?

>> No.932776

>>932596
I hope so lol.

>> No.932779

Holy fuck is this thread still here?
Or is this a repost?
Either way I want to know what it is too.

>> No.932788

>>932779
Same thread, the book in the following link has gotta be it tho.
>>930575

>> No.932813

>>932788
yea I saw that after I posted
thx though

>> No.934217

Last bump in case anyone was interested in OP's book and then I'm letting it die.

>>930575
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