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Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds (view source)
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The slow bullets referred to in the title are embedded data devices, ideal for carrying a soldier's identity and background safely in combat. Identity becomes a major part of the book, not only individual but cultural. What knowledge, what history or literature shapes a civilisation? And what are people prepared to sacrifice in order to preserve it?
Completely at the other end of the length scale, but fitting in with the themes of war, isolation and a decaying civilisation is [[Confluence by Paul McAuley]]. It has the room to explore all of those themes much more deeply than ''Slow Bullets'', and its trilogy of novels allows for full immersion into the fictional world. We think you might also enjoy [[Across the Void by S K Vaughn]].
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