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Macrolife by George Zebrowski

LJK — 9/14/2006 2:48:04 PM (archived)

Have you read the 1979 SF novel Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia by George Zebrowski?

http://www.sffworld.com/brevoff/289.html

And Dougal Dixon's Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_After_Man:_An_Anthropology_of_the_Future

As for the idea of controlling genetics precisely in 500,000 years, I think he is
far too conservative with the timeline.

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The whole thread (14 posts)

"Transcendent" by Stephen Baxter - SDF - 9/14/2006 1:19:08 PM
- Fermi Paradox is a point against that theory - Sawyer - 9/17/2006 1:48:36 AM
  - re: Fermi Paradox is a point against that theory - phil - 9/17/2006 1:12:00 PM
    - Big galaxy and better things to do with their time - LJK - 9/18/2006 1:00:19 PM
      - Individual intelligence (does not equal) an intelligent species - SDF - 9/19/2006 4:11:20 AM
        
        and more... - SDF - 9/19/2006 4:42:00 AM
- Macrolife by George Zebrowski - LJK - 9/14/2006 2:48:04 PM
  - Underspecification - Adam - 9/14/2006 10:15:24 PM
    - So my descendents couldn't have a biological RF antenna built into each arm? - SDF - 9/14/2006 11:16:31 PM
      - Taxonomy - SDF - 9/15/2006 11:49:25 AM
        
        Equality - SDF - 9/15/2006 12:08:09 PM
        
        All good points - Adam - 9/16/2006 7:03:57 AM
        
        So... - SDF - 9/17/2006 2:08:22 PM
        
        Genes and gene networks - Adam - 9/18/2006 1:28:22 AM

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