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* (tor dot com) Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San FranciscJames Nicoll
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+* Re: (tor dot com) Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future VersionsLynn McGuire
|`* Re: (tor dot com) Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future VersionsDimensional Traveler
| `- Re: (tor dot com) Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future VersionsLynn McGuire
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 by: James Nicoll - Wed, 31 May 2023 15:28 UTC

Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco

More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.

https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/
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 by: artyw2@yahoo.com - Thu, 1 Jun 2023 00:06 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 11:28:55 AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
> Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco
>
> More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/

William Gibson's bridge trilogy was set in the future relative to when it was written. I don't think SF is depopulated in these novels, but it has been awhile since I read them...
The trilogy consists of
Virtual Light
Idoru
All Tomorrow's Parties

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 1 Jun 2023 02:21 UTC

On 5/31/2023 10:28 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
> Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco
>
> More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/

Also "Conquistador" by S. M. Stirling.
https://www.amazon.com/Conquistador-S-M-Stirling/dp/0451459334/

Lynn

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 by: Dimensional Traveler - Thu, 1 Jun 2023 04:12 UTC

On 5/31/2023 7:21 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 5/31/2023 10:28 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco
>>
>> More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.
>>
>>
>> https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/
>
> Also "Conquistador" by S. M. Stirling.
>    https://www.amazon.com/Conquistador-S-M-Stirling/dp/0451459334/
>
That was less a "depopulated" San Francisco and more a San Francisco
that was never populated to begin with.

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 1 Jun 2023 18:36 UTC

On 5/31/2023 11:12 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 5/31/2023 7:21 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 5/31/2023 10:28 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco
>>>
>>> More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.
>>>
>>> https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/
>>
>> Also "Conquistador" by S. M. Stirling.
>>     https://www.amazon.com/Conquistador-S-M-Stirling/dp/0451459334/
>>
> That was less a "depopulated" San Francisco and more a San Francisco
> that was never populated to begin with.

Still, San Francisco.

Lynn

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 by: BCFD36 - Thu, 1 Jun 2023 21:29 UTC

On 5/31/23 08:28, James Nicoll wrote:
> Four Science Fiction Novels Set in Future Versions of San Francisco
>
> More exactly, depopulated versions of San Francisco.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/05/31/four-science-fiction-novels-set-in-future-versions-of-san-francisco/
Although not based on a novel, the movie "The Book of Eli" ends up on a
post apocalyptic Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay where they are
trying to preserve the great literary works of the past.

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Sr. Software Engineer (Retired, mostly)

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