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While I agree that the book presents a fairly negative view of science and scientists (it reminds me strongly of Margaret Atwood's more recent Oryx and Crake),
by jhbadger 2y ago
While I agree that the book presents a fairly negative view of science and scientists (it reminds me strongly of Margaret Atwood's more recent Oryx and Crake), the idea of a substance with the properties of ice-9 isn't that ridiculous -- it was actually suggested by Irving Langmuir (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1932) to H.G. Wells as an idea (although Wells never ended up using it)
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI see nothing wrong with calling out the dangers of science in the service of the military. I wouldn't assume the list should include only science cheerleading books. (And probably the Pynchon inclusion in the list dovetails with Kurt Vonnegut's.)