Drift: from Spook Country

From Spook Country (William Gibson), 12 hops, each to the nearest structurally unvisited work — how local similarity accumulates into global drift.

1. 1Spook Country
   William Gibson, 2007
   start
2. 2Mirror Dance
   Lois McMaster Bujold, 1994
   step distance 0.2307
   agrees most onTime StructureThreat Scale
3. 3Idoru
   William Gibson, 1996
   step distance 0.3840
   Conflict StyleThreat Scale
4. 4Rainbows End
   Vernor Vinge, 2006
   step distance 0.2329
   Conflict StylePacing
5. 5Fledgling
   Octavia E. Butler, 2005
   step distance 0.3668
   Threat ScaleTime Structure
6. 6Dreamsnake
   Vonda N. McIntyre, 1978
   step distance 0.2998
   Price TypeProtagonist Fate
7. 7Paladin of Souls
   Lois McMaster Bujold, 2003
   step distance 0.5757
   Conflict StyleTime Structure
8. 8The Fifth Sally (A) or Trurl's Prescription
   Stanislaw Lem, 1965
   step distance 0.4396
   Conflict StyleTime Structure
9. 9The Uplift War
   David Brin, 1987
   step distance 0.6032
   PacingThreat Scale
10. 10Startide Rising
    David Brin, 1983
    step distance 0.4154
    Price TypeThreat Scale
11. 11Ender's Game
    Orson Scott Card, 1985
    step distance 0.1431
    PacingPrice Type
12. 12All Tomorrow's Parties
    William Gibson, 1999
    step distance 0.3058
    Time StructureProtagonist Fate
13. 13Count Zero
    William Gibson, 1986
    step distance 0.3465
    PacingConflict Style

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