From the Bookshelf of Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
3.5 stars. Classic SF novel dealing with biotechnology, nanotechnology (including the grey goo hypothesis), the nature of consciousness and artificial intelligence. On my list to re-read in the near future as it has been some time since I first read this.
Nominee: British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel
Nominee: John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nominee: Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (the original short story WON the award for Best Short Story)
Nominee: Nebula A ...more
Nominee: British Science Fiction Award for Best Novel
Nominee: John W. Campbell Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nominee: Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (the original short story WON the award for Best Short Story)
Nominee: Nebula A ...more
From pandemic to transcendence. Loss, change, growth; thought, memory and forgetfulness; what it means to be human, cells that learned to dream. Still as disturbing and brilliant as it was when I first read it, and only grown more poignant.
... burning flakes of snow.
... burning flakes of snow.
The best literary depiction of a biochemical reaction!! Ends up in theoretical physics but it begins with biochemistry.
Mar 17, 2023
Pierre
marked it as to-read
