Reggie Bautista wrote:
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> >"Brett Coster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Another book to read would be "Blood Music" by Greg Bear. That deals with
> >the development of intelligent cells, where DNA is used for computational
> >purposes. As I understand it, each cell became both a computer and a
> >separate "program", so different data is created by manipulating the DNA to
> >form a new cell that then gets used in AI computation.
> >
>
> _Blood_Music_ is one of those classics that every fan of sci-fi should read
> (imho). It's hard to say more about it that what Brett already said without
> getting too spoilerish, but it's a truly fantastic story and very well
> written.
_Blood Music_ is a good book, and I would recommend it as well.
> Speaking of those classics that every sci-fi fan should read, if we had to
> come up with a list of 10 (or 50 or 100) sci-fi books or series that are
> must-reads, what would we as a group put on it? And should the Uplift books
> count as one series, or as two?
I think the Uplift books should count as one series, personally.
As a start to making such a list, I'd go over lists of books that have
won Hugo and/or Nebula awards and pick good ones from those lists, then
go on to other books. For one thing, it'll take less time than going
through all the SF books I have in this room. :)
This is a neat idea, and I hope to have some time to devote to it before
the end of the week.
Julia
