From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Thu Jul 08 1999 - 07:09:02 MDT
In a message dated 99-07-08 00:23:28 EDT, Alintelbot@aol.com wrote:
> I just finished a novel that may be of interest to subscribers: "Songs From
> the Stars" by Norman Spinrad (who also brought us "Bug Jack Barron," one
of
> the few intelligent novels about cryonic suspension around). "Songs"
begins
>
> as a sort of "dubious utopia" novel, but escalates into something bolder
and
>
> more cerebral. It has an overall transhumanist aesthetic and some clever
> riffs on pop culture.
I thought "Songs from the Stars" was one of the most well-thought-out SF
novels I'd read up to that point and would still recommend it today.
Question: Has anyone considered that the basic technological idea behind
Sagan's "Contact" seemed lifted pretty much in toto from "Songs"?
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<gburch@lockeliddell.com>
Attorney ::: Vice President, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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"Civilization is protest against nature;
progress requires us to take control of evolution."
-- Thomas Huxley
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