From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 10:07:12 MDT
Matus wrote:
> I think the negative comments on this list give too much
> credit to the ability of popular fiction like this to truly
> sway public opinion.
I haven't read Prey so of course my opinion of it doesn't mean much, but I
think I can agree with you in general. Also there is something to be said
just for getting the subject of nanotech out there into the public arena. It
is better that nanotech be a subject of public controversy than not a
subject at all. As the saying goes, "Any advertising is better than no
advertising." Perhaps Crichton thought he was servicing the cause in this
respect.
I'll be reading it shortly, just to keep the lady happy. This will be one of
perhaps 5 works of fiction I've read in perhaps ten years. I'm not a fiction
fan, unless it's something truly classic (LOTF) or unless someone twists my
arm as in this case. :)
-gts
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