Rainbows End
Russ Allbery is not too impressed with multiple Hugo-winning author Vernor Vinge's latest SF novel after a wait of 15 years, " Rainbows End".
Vinge is consistently, aggressively optimistic about the world and the potential of technological growth and, despite leaving prominant markers in the story, populates the book with characters who seem blissfully unaware of the dangers of this world. This is a world where at least one US city has been nuked by terrorists, there are constant secret raids against countries creating weapons both conventional and electronic, and identity theft has escalated to a level near mind control, and yet the characters in this story are some of the least suspicious and least fearful characters I've seen in near-future SF.
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