Rainbows End - Vernor Vinge

April 9, 2011, 3:34 am

This future, imminent, plausible and so appealing (to me anyway) had me enthralled from first page to last.

Augmented reality apps on the iPhone have always struck me as clunky and pointless. This story made me realise that those apps are the necessary baby steps (on inadequate hardware) towards a future that I hope I am around to see.

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