From: Alintelbot@aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 13 1999 - 00:22:32 MDT
For a novel that's even more like Sagan's novel than the previously mentioned
"Songs from the Stars" (Norman Spinrad), try James Gunn's "The Listeners,"
which is a fairly rigorous treatment of the "science vs. religion" that Sagan
attempts. I wouldn't call either novel especially good, but they're very
similar (only Gunn's novel depicts the aliens as virtual clones of humans;
their interstellar broadcast is a near dead-ringer for the one we sent from
Arecibo).
Radio transmission has never been popular in science fiction, for good
reason: it's boring. Now that the Internet is the rage, the "interstellar
Net" concept is gaining popularity. Spinrad's book was prescient.
Did anyone see the movie "Virus" a few months ago? It was stupid and cheesy,
but the rough premise was straight out of "Mind Children."
Mac Tonnies
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