SCOUT· 61%46m·2026-07-28·Arts CultureAccelerando absolutely blew our minds with its crazy, realistic science ideas!
Originally published as a series of novellas in Asimov’s Science Fiction before winning the 2006 Locus Award for best novel, Accelerando traces three generations of the Macx family (and one notoriously manipulative AI cat named Aineko) across a high-speed, century-long journey through future history and the looming…
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