HACKER Q&A
📣 yitchelle

Techno Thriller Book Recommendation


I am looking to read techno thrillers and found a list on wikipedia (0). I was a bit disappointed that there were no software related thrillers.

So I am putting it out there if any HNer knows or can recommends any titles in this niche genre?

(0) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_techno-thriller_novels


  👤 efm Accepted Answer ✓
_Factorman_ by Matt Ginsberg, is a thriller based on the premise that a researcher solves P=NP.

https://www.amazon.com/Factor-Man-Matt-Ginsberg/dp/099975711...

Daniel Suarez' Daemon and the sequel Freedom(TM) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1524741892


👤 mindcrime

👤 7373737373
'Neuropath' by Scott Bakker

[...] the results of neuroscience have far more radical implications for philosophy, the subject, and meaning than any poststructuralist critique. As the author of a recent fictional psychothriller (Neuropath) – about which Metzinger has said, “This book has emotionally hurt and disturbed me in a way none have done in many years. You should think twice before reading this – there could be some scientific and philosophical possibilities you don’t want to know!” – Scott is well equipped to explore the apocalyptic implications of neuroscience.

(Taken from this great blog intro here: https://speculativeheresy.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/the-seman...)


👤 RandomGuyDTB
Maybe everyone's read it already, but William Gibson's Neuromancer is a classic.

👤 croh
Stealing the network: The complete series

This is an excellent collection of hacking fictions.


👤 simulation
Daemon by Daniel Suarez is pretty good.

👤 gtirloni
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells