> Hi!, I'm personally most interested in IA (practical and Bleeding edge
>"Nootropics") and Biotech-Hacking, this is my first post to this group I've
>read the archives, didn't see any info. on the following, so here are my
>questions/comments in particular. Any info. help Greatly appreciated!
>(please forgive how poorly it's organized)
>
> I personally strongly recommend the following hard sci/fi,
>cyberpunk/ribofunk books, my particular questions stem from ideas and
>comments found in some of them generally.
>
>
> "Ribofunk" Paul Di Filippo
>
> "Holy fire" Bruce Sterling - The single best writer i.m.h.o! I
>think this is probably the single most realistic picture of near future
>times that's been written! (Any idea just what the "tincture sets" really,
>practically are?)
> B.T.W his classic "Schismatrix" has been re-published as
>"Schismatrix plus" (includes some additional short stories that fit with
>schismatrix originally published in collection "Crystal express"
>
>
>
> "Globalhead" Bruce Sterling - anyone have comments on the story
>"Our Neural Chernobyl", I'm interested in the idea of Gene-hacking, I'm
>certain it's happening the only question is to what extent? According to
>Sterling in the story (I'm wondering if this is factual, I suspect it is)
>,quote:
> "As early as the 1980's devices such as high-performance liquid
>chromatographs,
> cell-culture systems, and DNA sequencers were small enough to fit into
>a closet
> or attic. If not bought from junkyards, diverted, or stolen outright,
>they could
> be reconstructed from off-the-shelf parts by any bright and determined
>teenager."
>
> "Kaleidoscope Century" John Barnes
>
>
> "The Killing Star" Charles Pellegrino and George Zebrowski -
>in which (at the end,in a info. section)
>,they write quote:
> "According to the latest laboratory experiments, 1 or 2 simple brain
> proteins seem to determine the efficiency with which nerves fire and
> thoughts are connected." etc.... "brain boosting drugs could become
> available in as few as 5 years"
>Unfortunately they don't give any hard particulars about the research,
>just what
>proteins these are, etc. I'm interested in finding out about this
>research, and
>the proteins involved! Has anyone heard about this could they please forward
>via
>E-mail any (and all) info.?
>
> Also simmilarly if anyone knows about something called NSC "Natal
>Stimulant
>compound"? or something called "Beta-metalethetigine" ?
>
>
>
>Any and all help, on any and all of these subjects greatly appreciated!
>Thanks
>again for your time! :) Sincerely,
Welcome! FYI, the ExI-East list is meant to be used for discussions of
local events, meetings, etc. of Extropians on the East Coast, so let's
move this thread over to the main list (extropians@extropy.org).
I've been on a Sterling kick myself of late, too. I finished "Holy Fire"
a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it, and was happy to find a hardback
copy of "Heavy Weather" at a Crown Books here in VA for $4. Not as good,
but still interesting. After that I'll probably dig into "Schismatrix
Plus."
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