{"id":52837,"date":"2026-05-31T20:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=52837"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:40:01","slug":"rainbows-end-by-vernor-vinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2026\/05\/31\/rainbows-end-by-vernor-vinge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Book 17 of 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/books\/14034204-919f-4bf2-b0aa-3722846f06e1\"><cite>Rainbows End<\/cite><\/a> by Vernor Vinge (2007 Hugo Best Novel)<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f: Reading this for the first time in 2026, twenty years after it was published, when it\u2019s set in 2025, it\u2019s fascinating to see where we\u2019re heading towards what Vinge envisioned and where we\u2019re not. Similarities to Stephenson\u2019s <em>Snow Crash<\/em> in the ubiquitous virtual worlds, but using augmented reality rather than full VR. Privacy and security are greater considerations as well. Overall, a pretty fascinating take on what\u2019s now an alternate present day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6178.jpeg\" alt=\"Me holding Rainbows End\" title=\"IMG_6178.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"749\" height=\"562\" \/><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:17310,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/books\\\/14034204-919f-4bf2-b0aa-3722846f06e1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book 17 of 2026: \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f: Reading this for the first time in 2026, it\u2019s fascinating to see where we\u2019re heading towards what Vinge envisioned and where we\u2019re not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2049],"tags":[3313,5813],"class_list":["post-52837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-photos","tag-hugobestnovel","tag-vernor-vinge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52838,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52837\/revisions\/52838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}