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    6 months ago

    Oh snap, thanks - I was mixing up The Diamond Age with another book, yes. Ractors are from Stephenson, but I also had another author’s books in my head. See? Feeble mind. There’s still another woman author I need to track down and re-read here.

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      6 months ago

      Aha! I found it –

      Remake by Connie Willis

      https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=86

      Remake is a 1995 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1996. The book displays a dystopic near future, when computer animation and sampling have reduced the movie industry to software manipulation.

      Great book, well worth reading still.