[ExI] transhumanism in fiction

[max at maxmore.com]

A story along the lines of what you say here that I'm especially fond  
of is "The Gentle Seduction" by Marc Stiegler. I see it's available  
online:

http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/GentleSeduction.html

I also recommend Marc's Earthweb novel, for its portrayal of global  
use of decision markets to repel overwhelming alien invaders.

Max


Quoting Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net>:

> A possible extension: the child has the phone implanted, and
> brain slowly rewired (over the course of the story) to a
> silicon simulation - and sped up.  The child starts off
> identifiable; the audience sees the path to the conclusion;
> the audience may still identify with the post-uploaded mind
> even as it distributes among dozens of shells and starts
> breaking out the custom-designed nanotech.