There are two brin stories that this reminds me of,
_Heart of the Comet_, where humans become altered due to circumstances in the environment and other culture. ??? (can't remember name) which depicts people who modify their reproductive system to produce industrial biotech substances. The main character faces her final challenges before taking on the most difficult and rewarding profession of all: "Mother" -- Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear Brin Listers: > > I am reading Robert Reed's science fiction book "Marrow" about an > unimaginably ancient world ship that came drifting into our galaxy. > Humans were the first to find it so they took it over and got it > working again. Pretty good so far. > > There are characters in the story called "Remoras" who are humans who > have lived on the surface of the ship and therefore are exposed to > mutating radiation. Medical science is so advanced that they are > seldom fatal mutations, in fact their specialty is to mutate in > interesting and useful ways. > > It seems like I have seen these Remoras before. Reed knows Larry > Niven, but I don't think it was Niven. Maybe I read a Reed short > story that featured the Remoras. > > Does anybody have an idea where I am dimly recalling Remoras from? > > Robert Reed has some interesting stories. I liked "Down the Bright > Way" best. He could have expanded that one into a franchise. But > "Marrow" is beginning well. > > Dan from Pennsylvania _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
