Re: Strange Matter as Planetary Warfare
Ray Peck (rpeck@PureAtria.COM)
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:15:31 -0700 (PDT)
"Dr. Rich Artym" writes:
>In message <199609171906.MAA29788@pure.PureAtria.COM>, Ray Peck writes:
>
>> In one of his books (Breakfast of Champions I think, but it's been a
>> long time) a new crystaline form of water is made or discovered, which
>> is solid at room tempurature. It "freezes" any water that comes in
>> contact with it. The world ends.
>
>I haven't read that one, but the classic SF about this theme is of course
>Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle", which goes way back to '63.
Yup, that's it. I read most of the Vonnegut books all at once, and
can never remember which titles go with which books.