The company’s developing biochips, human-computer interfaces that meld within the body to perform medical research and treatment-medical nanotech. Ulam, a whiz-kid scientist working for a California-based technology firm. It was the first novel to tackle themes of nanotechnology, had an engaging plot, and was science-backed Hard SF. People claim it was a landmark in starting the cyberpunk genre, but I just don’t see it not only is there a large difference between the types of technology, but it lacks the dystopian noir of cyberpunk, where antiheroes dart through grimy settings ruled by pervasive Orwellian authorities (cough megacorporations cough).īut without a doubt Blood Music paved the way for Crichton and the techno-thriller genre, and was a major influence to modern SF. There, you have Greg Bear’s Blood Music, the book that put biotech and nanotech in the minds of science fiction readers everywhere. And throw in a bit of The Stand for good measure. Imagine old-school Michael Crichton techno-thriller levels of runamok science taken to the extreme (ala Frankenstein) and combine it with a heaping extra dose of hard science, including a lot of era-accurate biotech/nanotech info. How cute, they made it look like a horror novel.
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