"Metacosm" concept novel recommended

In 2022, I will introduce you to several novels with the concept of "metacosm".

Avalanche by Neil Stephenson Neal Stephenson

The story takes place in Los Angeles in the early 21st century, in which the U.S. federal government gives most of its power to private entrepreneurs and organizations, national security is handed over to mercenary armies, highway companies compete with each other to attract drivers to their roads, the government's remaining rights are just to do some tedious work, and the prosperity and stability of society have nothing to do with them. Most of the government's land was divided among the large private individuals and personal territories were established.

Excerpt from the original article: "Computers rely on '1' and '0' to represent everything. And this difference between 'being' and 'nothingness', the key distinction between "being" and "nothingness," is the origin and basis of many creation myths. ”

Looking at the woman cutting the fish next to her, she realized that ninety-nine percent of the world's people live in this way. You come here and other people are around you, but they don't understand you, you don't understand them, and yet people still have to say a lot of nonsense. In order to survive, you can only do this stupid and meaningless work every day from morning to night. The only way to get out of here is to quit your job, break free, and take a desperate risk to the evil world outside, when you will be swallowed up and never heard from again.

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Synopsis: One of the 100 Best Novels in English Since 1923

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This is the novel that gave birth to The Matrix

It opened up the genre of cyberpunk, it gave us the word "cyberspace", it brought the world to the information age, it provided countless inspirations for The Matrix, Ghost in the Shell and all the most avant-garde music, fashion, games...

And it's still as fresh as if it had just been written yesterday, still dazzling enough to shock humanity for the next thirty years.

"It's been a decade since the novel came out that we finally realized its significance." —The New York Times

"There are countless worlds here, and this is a song for urban wanderers, and it is so dazzling and so decadent..." — The Washington Post

A genius hacker, a female killer, a special forces officer, a consciousness manipulation expert. They were hired to do two things: steal a key and get a password.

They are professional criminals and hopelessly world-weary; they self-imposed while at the same time subconsciously searching for...

Excerpt from the original text: The medicine was as fast as a high-speed train, a white-hot light climbed up his spine from the periphery of the prostate, and the short-circuited sexual pleasure illuminated all the gaps between his skulls. Each tooth was like a tuning fork, singing in his alveolars, with a precise tone and a song as clear as ethanol. Wrapped in hazy flesh and blood, his skeleton was polished and his joints became slippery. A sandstorm swept through the bottom of the skull, and waves of high-intensity static electricity suddenly stopped behind the glasses, turning into the purest crystals, constantly growing...

Count Zero (Neuromancer 2) by William Gibson

Synopsis: The classic masterpiece of William Gibson, the grandmaster of science fiction and the father of cyberpunk.

The sequel to the "cyberpunk" Bible Neuromancer, which landed in China for the first time in 30 years.

In the future world, technology is king.

Mas and Hosaka, two giant companies, are powerful and have their own sides. Genius scientists sign indefinite deeds of sale with these multinational groups, becoming prisoners with unusually high incomes. Employment is not dissolved until death.

Scientist Christopher Mitchell invented a new type of biochip with great potential, involving countless benefits and involving all parties. Meanwhile, Mitchell decides to defect with a biochip and runs away from Mas to hosaka.

Turner, the world's top mercenary, is tasked with this extremely dangerous mission, and he himself has just woken up from a shattered explosion...

The Matrix is Gibson's cyberspace!

"We are avid fans of William Gibson." ——"The Matrix", "Cloud Atlas" director Wachowski siblings

Excerpt from the original article: "Verek is looking for you, right?" No. He thought he could transfer himself and weave his personality into my spring. He panson to be the me he once was. He could at best become my ego class, do you grieve one by one? No. But your song is so sad. One by one my songs are about time and distance. Sadness is in your heart. Look at my hands. The only thing that exists is dance. The objects you hold dear are just shells. "I understand, once. But those voices were already just sounds, not a jungle of sounds that could merge into one voice to speak, and she watched as the perfect beads of tears drifted into the forgotten human memory under the box maker's vault. "I understand." After a long time, she said, knowing that she was only opening her mouth at the moment to comfort herself with her own voice. She spoke softly, unwilling to wake up the reflections of voices and the sea of "You are a collage of other beings." Your maker is a true artist. Is it Fa's daughter? Doesn't matter. Someone transported the machine here, welded it to the vault, and people remembered hundreds of millions of traces. And the wine gives out all the traces of the sadness of the old face of a family's humanity. Leave it here for a poet to move and classify. Sealed in a box. This is the most extraordinary work I know, the most complex gesture..." The silver-encrusted broken tooth of the tortoiseshell slowly drifted by, and she reached out and grabbed it like a fish, combing her teeth to tidy up her hair.

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