>Is Moravec a good place to start?
An excellent place. His new book, long delayed (and last I heard to be
titled ROBOT, BEING), should be out soon from Oxford UP. Good stuff.
>As an aside, when I first read the name Damien Broderick I was racking my
>brain to try and remember where I had heard the name. When he posted to
>this list I remembered (I think). Damien, you're the author of Spike
>right? I heard the beginning of your interview on JJJ driving to work
>earlier this year, and have been planning to get the book.
Hi, pal. That's me. JJJ had one of the more intelligent and whimsical
interviewers, as I recall - a sprightly exchange. If you enjoy THE SPIKE,
try my current somewhat posthuman sf novel THE WHITE ABACUS, and if you can
find a 2nd hand copy (easier to do in Oz than in the States) my 1982 novel
THE JUDAS MANDALA.
Damien Broderick
(I just started mis-typing my first name as `Dma' and suddenly felt like a
character in an Iain M. Banks posthuman novel...)