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I forgot "Blood Music" was one of his. That along with "Press Enter" by John Varley are the two sci-fi stories that really freaked me out as a kid. The idea of
by hotpotamus 4y ago
I forgot "Blood Music" was one of his. That along with "Press Enter" by John Varley are the two sci-fi stories that really freaked me out as a kid. The idea of having your body controlled and then rebuilt at the cellular/molecular level for the purposes of some emergent intelligence that arose from nanobots really got me.
- wrp 4y agoAlthough the nanotech is indicated by the title and takes up much of the story, he leads the focus toward quantum physics. Another physicist/novelist, John G. Cramer, commented on the Blood Music in a popular article on quantum reality. (https://www.npl.washington.edu/av/altvw140.html https://www.npl.washington.edu/av/altvw140.html)