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Peco's avatar

Thanks for the mention, Kaitlyn, and your thoughtful analysis of Exogenesis! You captured it better than I could!

Other sci-fi/dystopian fiction (by other authors) that readers might like are The Circle by Dave Eggers, and A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. They are not entirely hopeful in the end, but do powerfully express various “Machine” themes.

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Kaitlyn DeYoung's avatar

You're very welcome :) And thank you for the book recommendations! I actually have The Circle on my shelf waiting to be read; I checked it out from the library when you mentioned it on the "Unmachined Coffee House" call. I had heard of A Canticle for Leibowitz before but forgot about it, and didn't quite know what it was about to begin with. I'll have to check it out!

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NotaBot's avatar

I appreciate your stack and these book recs. Exogenesis will be my first book of the New Year (after starting to re-read the Bible of course). Also, I had to look up Epiphany doll. Would love to see a pic of this handcrafted art. Merry Christmas!

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