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Help in Finding Forgotten, Dystopian Science Fiction Book
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| Marktwain
Posted on 03/31/2025 3:18:06 PM PDT by marktwain
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The book seems prescient in many ways. It almost seemed the author started two different stories, then put them together to make a manuscript long enough for a book.
It sort of reminds me of The Weapon Shops of Isher, but is completely different.
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:18:06 PM PDT
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marktwain
To: marktwain
Chat GTP says ‘The Shockwave Rider’ by John Brunner
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:23:19 PM PDT
by
HYPOCRACY
(Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
To: HYPOCRACY
ChatGPT gave me a different answer?
Based on your detailed description, the novel you’re recalling appears to be “City of Darkness” by Ben Bova, published in 1976.
If this doesn’t fully match the book you’re seeking, you might also consider “Make Room! Make Room!” by Harry Harrison, published in 1966.
I hope this helps you identify the book you’re searching for.
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:25:20 PM PDT
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edwinland
To: edwinland
Funny. I just cut and pasted his description. I’ll try Grok for the tie breaker!
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:26:34 PM PDT
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HYPOCRACY
(Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
To: marktwain
`I think the name of the book is “Don’t Buy A Tesla, Democrats Are Terrorists”
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:27:01 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
To: marktwain
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:27:22 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
To: Lazamataz
I thought the name of the book was, “If I Had Won”, by Madam Hillary Rodham Clinton the Great.
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:29:16 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:29:31 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: edwinland
After a bunch of non-starters, Grok gave me “The Sheep Look Up”, also by John Brunner.
It also gave another Brunner novel, so sounds like he’s in the right genre.
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:29:32 PM PDT
by
HYPOCRACY
(Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
To: HYPOCRACY
Superb. I was recently looking for a very obscure sci fi short story and Grok was the winner there too.
To: marktwain
The book is The Castle Keeps, by Andrew J. Offutt.
To: HartleyMBaldwin
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:33:37 PM PDT
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HYPOCRACY
(Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
To: edwinland; HYPOCRACY
““Make Room! Make Room!” by Harry Harrison, published in 1966.”
the book that the cult classic movie “Soylent Green” was loosely based on ...
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:34:25 PM PDT
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catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: edwinland
‘Make Room,Make Room’
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Was Soylent Green——IIRC
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:37:39 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
To: catnipman
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:38:25 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
To: marktwain
Sounds like the premise of Rush’s “Red Barchetta”.
RLTW
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posted on
03/31/2025 3:40:38 PM PDT
by
military cop
(I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
To: marktwain
Not this story, but “The roads must roll” is all about self driving cars. Written in 1940 by Robert Heinlein.
To: HYPOCRACY
Artificial intelligence will never replace natural stupidity (at which I’m told I shine).
To: Waverunner
The Roads Must Roll is not about self-driving cars at all. The roads of the story were glorified conveyor belts. Vehicles were no longer used for general transportation.
To: marktwain
I think you’re describing Rules For Radicals.
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posted on
03/31/2025 4:09:43 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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