From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!geo
Newsgroups: net.books
Title: Re: computers and books
Article-I.D.: watarts.1744
Posted: Mon Mar 14 22:18:10 1983
Received: Tue Mar 15 01:03:57 1983
Reply-To: geo@watarts.uucp (Geo Swan)
References: watmath.4730

	Ed, you asked for pointers to science fiction books
	which focus around computers.  One that comes immediately
	to mind is "The Steel Crocodile", by D.G. Compton(sp?).
	The title is an analogy, Science is the steel crocodile
	which remorselessly tramples over everything that gets
	in its way.  I remember this book as being of a higher
	quality than most science fiction novels.

	Frederick Pohl recently wrote two novels that portray 
	computers in an interesting fashion.  I only remember
	one title "Beyond the Blue Event Horizon".

	I believe "Shockwave Rider", by John Brunner, was mentioned
	in a previous article.

	There are other science fiction books focussed around
	computers that in my opinion, are not worth reading.
	The book, "When Harlie was One", for example.

	You mentioned a book "The God Machine", by Martin Caidin,
	wasn't he the one who wrote the novel "Cyborg", on which
	the television series, "The Six Million Dollar Man" was
	based?  Could you comment on the quality of "The God
	Machine".

	Cordially, Geo Swan, Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo
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