[ExI] Resend after a bounce: Steampunk insects created from bullets

Samantha Atkins sjatkins at mac.com
Fri Mar 11 01:07:10 UTC 2011


On 03/09/2011 09:13 PM, spike wrote:
> ... On Behalf Of John Grigg
>
> Damien Broderick replied:
>
>>> Make larvae, not war!
>> Damien, when I looked at these metallic sculptures, I thought about the
> very small and insect-like robotic drones that are being developed for
> war... John
>
> John, you are aware that Damien used these in a SF book called Transcension?
> It was published in 2002.  I am astonished at how fresh are the memories of
> that story, nine years later.

One of my favorites so it is not surprising to me that the story has 
stuck in my mind.  I have been listening for the sound of tempting bees 
ever since.  :)

- samantha




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