From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 08:46:04 MST
Randall Randall wrote:
>Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
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>>On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Max M wrote:
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>>[snip]
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>>>I don't recognise any of the authors as being of >H interrest myself,
>>>but maybe someone on the list does. If so, feel free to point them out.
>>>
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>>[bigger snip]
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>>>Larry Niven
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>>>
>>You don't recognise "Larry Niven"?
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>He didn't say that. He implied that Larry Niven was not of interest
>for transhuman subject matter, which seems correct to me.
>
Consider the concept of the Protectors. They seem clearly TransHuman.
I tend to consider all science fiction aliens as disguised transhumans,
but the protectors aren't even disguised.
But contrast the differing ways in which intelligence expresses itself
in the different species of the "Known Worlds" series. This seems
clearly significant for TransHumanity. These are differing paths that
we could take. And we may end up taking all of them.
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