Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (read by LJ Ganser) (1974)
A sci-fi classic. Published in 1974, right between Star Trek and Star Wars.
I wonder if Steve Jobs got some of his ideas from this book. Hand held computers that you can scribble on. Seemingly unlimited storage capacity. Cloud storage. Video clips that can be called up almost instantly. Interesting that what the authors thought of as future tech, ideas that they pulled from other books (?) or from their own imagination, and that gave the book its 1974 wow, is today so commonplace that it barely registers as we read along.
How come the aliens are always the bad guys? How come they are always coming to destroy our world? Doesn't anyone have a positive take on first contact? Can't strangers agree to disagree and live and let live?
Four star read.
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