Ashni (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ashnistrike) wrote,@ 2008-03-11 12:05:00 |
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Help with my literature search?
As part of the follow-up to a strongly worded suggestion that I need more publications, soon, I'm putting together a theoretical paper on the influence of fiction on people's attitudes toward nanotechnology. Alas, my general default is to read science fiction where the sciences involved are social--my familiarity with current hard SF is woefully behind. Stross and Vinge are obvious, and of course I've already complained about Crichton. I'm familiar with (and adore) Elizabeth Bear's books, many of which involve Sufficiently Advanced Technology. What else should I be reading, or at least citing, as heavily contributing to people's visions/opinions of the nano-influenced future?
Bonus points for books/stories that clearly argue for the positive or negative nature of the technologies, although I also need some relatively ambiguous worlds. Bonus bonus points for popular fiction other than Crichton that includes nano components.
As part of the follow-up to a strongly worded suggestion that I need more publications, soon, I'm putting together a theoretical paper on the influence of fiction on people's attitudes toward nanotechnology. Alas, my general default is to read science fiction where the sciences involved are social--my familiarity with current hard SF is woefully behind. Stross and Vinge are obvious, and of course I've already complained about Crichton. I'm familiar with (and adore) Elizabeth Bear's books, many of which involve Sufficiently Advanced Technology. What else should I be reading, or at least citing, as heavily contributing to people's visions/opinions of the nano-influenced future?
Bonus points for books/stories that clearly argue for the positive or negative nature of the technologies, although I also need some relatively ambiguous worlds. Bonus bonus points for popular fiction other than Crichton that includes nano components.
