I loved John Brunner in the 60’s and 70’s.  His Shockwave Rider essentially introduced me to the Internet, and in an utterly relevant way: the Internet was a tool for nerds to have some power for a change!

I thought of Stand on Zanzibar this morning while I was working on my “Liberty vs. Justice” chapter for 7Hard.  The book takes a look at a complex world in 2010 (it was written in 1968) where people are clawing over one another for food, meaning, and happiness.  A world not that different from ours.

I haven’t dug into the book much — I found some references for my purposes this morning — but wanted to recommend it to this group for the way it made me feel then, and the way it makes me feel now: that our world is incoherent and horrible but also beautiful and full of wonder.  Good stuff.