Re: Bio-Forces -- Was: SG2/DS2 help wanted...

Alexander Williams wrote:

> Actually, you misread me here; while the Transcend culture that gave
> rise to the S'V are, effectively, immortal, the S'V themselves are
> not, at least as I envisioned it.  The S'V are a 'waste product,' of
> sorts, of the way the Transcend culture reached their Singularity
> Point, albeit a waste product that the current culture is deriving
> great amusement for. 

[snippity snip]

> [One of these days I'll novelize this idea ...]

But didn't Vernor Vinge beat you to it in 'Fire upon the Deep'?
Most of the ideas you mention are developed very well in that novel.

	Steve

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