The Peace War is an early science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, it deals with a future Earth where a new technology has changed the operation of the world.
They are referred to as "bobbles", huge impenetrable spheres which can be erected wherever one wishes. Some of the scientists involved in its creation use it to stop war, by bobbling all military bases and equipment around the world.
The plot picks up many years after the initial bobbling occurred, in a world where warfare is largely eliminated, but innovation is quelled and society is stagnant. The story follows an old man, one of the original scientists involved in the creation of the "bobbles", a young man he trains, and the rebellion against the Peacers(those who control the bobble machines).
This is Vinge, so the novel is filled with ideas, plenty more than what I spoiled here. A fine novel that is absolutely worth reading, especially as it leads into yet another fine Vinge novel, "Marooned in Real Time".
9.0/10
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