From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 04 1999 - 09:49:40 MST
On Friday, December 03, 1999 8:01 PM David Lubkin lubkin@unreasonable.com
wrote:
> I was once working on a story about humans genetically engineered to
> live in the ocean. I asked a friend who is a geneticist and a science
> fiction writer what they might look like.
>
> Her design was essentially octopi.
Octopodes! The word comes from Greek not Latin roots.:):):)
That is interesting. I imagine this is because of the flexibility.
> Add to that their relatively high intelligence, green blood, and other
> biological weirdnesses.
Weird only to those used to other norms.
> Build your own scenario.
As for scenarios, a few years back, I added my admittedly amateur fiction
works to the list of those on uplifting (a list which includes writers like
Olaf Stapeldon and David Brin). I wrote two science fiction stories, "Other
Minds" and "Splitting Hares" that dealt with uplifting animals. I hope to
have the former up on web site in a few weeks. (I have to type it in from
hardcopies! :@ Not that it's all that good. Remember I did say and mean
"amateur.":)
In this vein, it might be good to develop a list of all the works,
nonfiction and fiction, on this topic as an quick way to get an "education"
for those interested.
I will start here.
1. _Sirius_ by Olaf Stapeldon (novel)
2. "Run, Bookworm, run!" by Vernor Vinge (short story)
3. The _Sundiver_ series by David Brin (novels)
By no means is this comprehensive. I hope it will prove a seed for others
to add to.
> I don't eat octopus any more.
Nor do I.:)
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://mars.superlink.net/neptune/
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