tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post4160951518850456231..comments2024-03-28T00:05:38.435-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: And there were giants in those days . . .Peggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-15461982834627377312009-10-15T12:56:41.047-07:002009-10-15T12:56:41.047-07:00You might also enjoy the first chapter at least of...You might also enjoy the first chapter at least of Hogan's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743435265?ie=UTF8&tag=lennhoff-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743435265" rel="nofollow">Code of the Lifemaker</a> in which he describe how evolution works to produce intelligent machines. I think he gives too much credit to convergent evolution (Larry Lennhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06578073969473815180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-23243919190873515052009-10-06T10:19:46.239-07:002009-10-06T10:19:46.239-07:00Recently there has been much discussion on the eme...Recently there has been much discussion on the emergence and extinction of Neanderthals -a human form quite evolved and not us ,the modern man .Their mass disappearance is still a matter of investigation -the novel in question is therefore not without some plausible scientific basis.Arvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-75052604899670048462009-10-02T14:25:36.827-07:002009-10-02T14:25:36.827-07:00I'm so glad to hear Robert say it was one of h...I'm so glad to hear Robert say it was one of his favorites. It was one of mine too. But that was long ago, when I was a teenager. I likely would not enjoy it as much now for the same reasons Peggy mentioned.Ken McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164270132364529505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-87440866953084221072009-10-01T22:10:19.556-07:002009-10-01T22:10:19.556-07:00I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I ha...I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had first read it 25 years ago. When I was in high school I gobbled up "idea" stories like this. Now that I'm older and more widely read in both SF and science I like novels that have more character development (and decent female characters). Short fiction, on the other hand, I think is the perfect medium for focusing on an intriguing Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-77512975653162612322009-10-01T06:07:41.041-07:002009-10-01T06:07:41.041-07:00Inherit the Stars: one of my all-time favorite SF ...<i>Inherit the Stars</i>: one of my all-time favorite SF novels.RobertJSawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07740259797270341313noreply@blogger.com