I just tried to re-listen to that interview. A version is available on Archive.org, but it's painful to listen to for me as it was recorded before a much-needed surgery for nasal polyps. It sounds like I'm pinching my nose for the whole interview.
In any event, I haven't read Accelerando since around the time of its release, but from what I remember, your review only addresses the beginning. As I recall, most of the events of the book take place after the Vile Offspring have disassembled the inner solar system and the POV characters have fled to the outer solar system and beyond.
One thing your review doesn't mention is that Accelerando doesn't take itself all that seriously. It's got a wry comedic vein running through it. There's also an argument to be made for reading it along with the later novel he wrote with Cory Doctrow, The Rapture of the Nerds, which doubles down on the comedic takedown of the Singularity faith.
That's fair. I didn't want to put more spoilers into the book than I had to. The second half of the book is fun, but the themes can be discussed without going into detail on it. The book does not take itself that seriously. I really enjoyed it though and enjoyed thinking about it seriously. The disassembly of the inner solar system and a general inability to understand the Vile Offspring is a great part of the book. One that readers deserve to discover on their own though.
I'm not sure if it's well described as a comedic takedown of the Singulatarians. Rather, it poses very realistic concerns that most of that faith seem to reject.
Really good book though. I'll have to give your podcast a listen.
Thanks, I'll definitely read this one
I interviewed Charles Stross near the high water mark of my Peak Oil collapse phase in 2008:
https://archive.org/details/100CRealmPodcast20080528
I just tried to re-listen to that interview. A version is available on Archive.org, but it's painful to listen to for me as it was recorded before a much-needed surgery for nasal polyps. It sounds like I'm pinching my nose for the whole interview.
In any event, I haven't read Accelerando since around the time of its release, but from what I remember, your review only addresses the beginning. As I recall, most of the events of the book take place after the Vile Offspring have disassembled the inner solar system and the POV characters have fled to the outer solar system and beyond.
One thing your review doesn't mention is that Accelerando doesn't take itself all that seriously. It's got a wry comedic vein running through it. There's also an argument to be made for reading it along with the later novel he wrote with Cory Doctrow, The Rapture of the Nerds, which doubles down on the comedic takedown of the Singularity faith.
That's fair. I didn't want to put more spoilers into the book than I had to. The second half of the book is fun, but the themes can be discussed without going into detail on it. The book does not take itself that seriously. I really enjoyed it though and enjoyed thinking about it seriously. The disassembly of the inner solar system and a general inability to understand the Vile Offspring is a great part of the book. One that readers deserve to discover on their own though.
I'm not sure if it's well described as a comedic takedown of the Singulatarians. Rather, it poses very realistic concerns that most of that faith seem to reject.
Really good book though. I'll have to give your podcast a listen.