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In addition, ebook editions are available for download. Rule 34 is a nearfuture science fiction novel by charles stross. As many as 6 books written by author stross have been nominated for the hugo award. Charles stross is the author of the bestselling merchant princes series, the laundry series, and several standalone novels including glasshouse, accelerando, and saturns children. The problem in this nearfuture is that wild ideas in a society of replicators and social fracture and globalization can be imitated by many people very quickly and create all kinds of new dysfunctions. Charles stross was born in leeds, england, in 1964.
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