> From: petro[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> >From: Matthew Gaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Ian Grigg's Crypto Fiction Choices
> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >http://www.iang.org/crypto_fiction/
>
> >A Fire Upon The Deep
>
> You missed "A Deepness in the Sky", written by Vinge, and
> published in 1999. Crypto plays an important part of the story, and,
> well, it's Vinge, it's worth a read.
>
... as does privacy, surveillance tech and it's avoidance, etc. Excellent
book.
But....
Did you catch the hint that they're running an Unix-descended OS? ...it's
pretty
well hidden.
Peter Trei