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* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: in several manners of speaking. |
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* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]] (the main character of ''Glasshouse'' practically exemplifies this trope, although it's subverted in that {{spoiler|he was good both before and after he had amnesia, but he was simply more violent}}) |
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]] (the main character of ''Glasshouse'' practically exemplifies this trope, although it's subverted in that {{spoiler|he was good both before and after he had amnesia, but he was simply more violent}}) |
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* [[Apocalypse How]]: A variation on Stellar, in the sense that the solar system isn't destroyed per se, just converted from dumb mass to computronium by the Vile Offspring. The (trans)humans who weren't active (or involuntary) participants got the hell out while the getting was good. |
* [[Apocalypse How]]: A variation on Stellar, in the sense that the solar system isn't destroyed per se, just converted from dumb mass to computronium by the Vile Offspring. The (trans)humans who weren't active (or involuntary) participants got the hell out while the getting was good. |
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* [[Generational Saga]] (''Accelerando'' has three generations of protagonists) |
* [[Generational Saga]] (''Accelerando'' has three generations of protagonists) |
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* [[Memory Gambit]] (in ''Glasshouse'', the main character erased whole chunks of his memory so {{spoiler|he could infiltrate a secret facility}}) |
* [[Memory Gambit]] (in ''Glasshouse'', the main character erased whole chunks of his memory so {{spoiler|he could infiltrate a secret facility}}) |
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* [[Mind Virus]]: "CuriousYellow", a virus that's done an unknown amount of damage...because one of the things the virus did was erase the memories of anyone who knew why it was released in the first place. |
* [[Mind Virus]]: "CuriousYellow", a virus that's done an unknown amount of damage...because one of the things the virus did was erase the memories of anyone who knew why it was released in the first place. |
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* [[Non-Human Sidekick]] (Manfred's cat who is a combination of a [[Talking Animal]] and [[Robot Buddy]] and, it turns out, {{spoiler|is behind almost everything}}) |
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]] (Manfred's cat who is a combination of a [[Talking Animal]] and [[Robot Buddy]] and, it turns out, {{spoiler|is behind almost everything}}) |
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* [[Patchwork Story]] (''Accelerando'' started its life as nine short stories) |
* [[Patchwork Story]] (''Accelerando'' started its life as nine short stories) |
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* [[The Singularity]]: the entire point of ''Accelerando''. ''Glasshouse'' on the other hand stars the people who survived it and decided it had been a really bad idea for the most part. |
* [[The Singularity]]: the entire point of ''Accelerando''. ''Glasshouse'' on the other hand stars the people who survived it and decided it had been a really bad idea for the most part. |
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* [[Space Elevator]] (Used by the Matrioshka brain in ''Accelerando'' to disassemble the inner solar system) |
* [[Space Elevator]] (Used by the Matrioshka brain in ''Accelerando'' to disassemble the inner solar system) |
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* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: The Vile Offspring became so technologically and neurologically divergent to humanity that the humans had to flee the solar system to avoid being being used as Matrioshka Brain feedstock -- along with the planets of said system. |
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: The Vile Offspring became so technologically and neurologically divergent to humanity that the humans had to flee the solar system to avoid being being used as Matrioshka Brain feedstock -- along with the planets of said system. |
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* [[The Virus]] (Curious Yellow is a worm in ''Glasshouse'' that infects people when they pass through A-gates so they, in turn, infect other gates and other people. It not only erases blocks of memory, but {{spoiler|erases the reason for what started the war in in the first place}}) |
* [[The Virus]] (Curious Yellow is a worm in ''Glasshouse'' that infects people when they pass through A-gates so they, in turn, infect other gates and other people. It not only erases blocks of memory, but {{spoiler|erases the reason for what started the war in in the first place}}) |
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