Re: meat animals

mark@unicorn.com
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:05:00 -0700 (PDT)

Wesley R. Schwein apparently wrote:
> Has anyone speculated, in SF stories or elsewhere, about the effects of
> nanotech on cuisine? Other than mass-produced rice for Chinese peasants, I
> can't remember any.

Iain Banks wrote a story which includes a feast of 'Richard Nixon Burgers', 'Pol Pot Chow Mein' and other Earth delicacies (I think the names are right, but I haven't read it for quite a while). All grown humanely in vats from DNA samples taken by nanoprobes, of course.

Mark