We're getting close to being ready to open Extropy Online to take over from
the print edition. While we're getting articles ready, I'd like to invite
subscribers to the Extropians email list to review books of interest to
Extropians. Below is a list of books I'd especially like to see reviewed.
But don't hesitate to suggest others.
Reviews may be anything from a brief notice of a couple of hundred words,
to a detailed analytical review of 2,000-3,000 words.
If you want to review one of these books but don't have a copy, we can
either lend you a copy or buy one for you.
REVIEWS OF THESE BOOKS WANTED:
Bart Kosko: Nanotime (a first novel from this extropian writer and
researcher known for his work in fuzzy control systems and neural networks.
Involves nanotechnology and uploading.)
Bart Kosko: Heaven in a Chip. (Collection of essays.)
Philip Kitcher: The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human
Possibilities. (Prof.of Philosophy at UC San Diego.)
Iain Banks: Excession. (SF based in the universe of the Culture.)
George Dyson: Darwin Among the Machines.
Damien Broderick: The Spike. (Sorry, Damien, *you're* not eligible to
review this one!)
Peter James: Host. (Superbly gripping thriller about AI and cryonics.)
James Halperin: The Truth Machine. (A fine first novel by an ExI and Alcor
member about the consequences of a machine that can tell you for sure
whether someone is telling the truth.)
Bruce Mazlish: The Fourth Discontinuity: The Co-Evolution of Humans and
Machines. (Prof. of History at Yale University.)
Onward!
Max
Max More, Ph.D.
more@extropy.org
http://www.primenet.com/~maxmore
President, Extropy Institute: exi-info@extropy.org, http://www.extropy.org