The Metaversial Minute December 2022

Richard Boyd's Amazon Book List

Read these books for foundational ideas about the Metaverse.

Fiction Titles	Non-Fiction Titles
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card About a boy, his gaming acumen, and the fate of the universe that ultimately rests in his hands	The End of Education Neil Postman Redefining the value of school
​Rainbows End Vernor Vinge Impending human augmentation through technology. Also a good suspense/mystery story.	The Singularity is Near Ray Kurzweil Explores Ray’s concepts of what will happen once machines exceed human intelligence
Halting State Charles Stross Crime in a massive multiplayer online game	The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything Matthew Ball
Ready Player One Ernest Cline Dystopian future world novel that describes an online virtual world education environment. Great for 80s arcade nostalgia fans	The Virtus VRML Toolkit David Smith, Richard Boyd, Alan Scott
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson The origin of the metaverse and cyberpunk movements.	How To Be A God: A Guide For Would-Be Deities Richard Bartle
Diamond Age Neal Stephenson Read for the concept of the Young Lady’s Illustrated primer
Neuromancer William Gibson The origin of cyberspace as a construct is also one of the original cyberpunk novels.
Daemon Daniel Suarez A game developer dies but sets free a daemon AI that begins to take control of the world. Good visualizations of augmented reality interfaces
Freedom TM Daniel Suarez Sequel to Daemon
Old Man's War John Scalzi At 70 years old, you sign up for interstellar war, get a new body and a brain pal.