Question for the LJ brain trust

[magid]

Which sf books/stories are set in Boston?

Huzzah for a post-Arisia snow day!

ETA: The reason for the question is that I'm thinking of putting together a self-guided walking tour of Boston as seen in sf (also, possibly other local towns, given enough material).

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

I knew I'd read something Boston-based by Stephenson, and couldn't come up with Zodiac. I'll have to check out Infinite Jest.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

Spectacle Island, though much different than he describes (whew!) will be open to the public next summer, we hope! Much of IJ, OTOH, takes place in a town where no actual town is. Lemuel shattuck hospital features, though.

[magid.livejournal.com]

More harbor islands are going to be open to the public this summer? How incredibly cool!

I figure that made-up-generic-Boston I would leave more as a possible read on a list, whereas identifiable-Boston (even if future and morphed somehow, but still recognizable locations) could be put into an actual walking tour.

My original thought was to list places with quotes, linking them in a geographically useful (ie circuit) sort of way.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

Spectacle was supposed to be open this past summer, but there have been problems with the visitor's center, the landfill leachate collection system, etc. Even so, it's a far cry from the wasteland in Zodiac.

I thought I had a copy of FutureBoston but I can't find it. Lots of recognizable places in there.