XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.misc   
   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 29/01/26 15:50, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 29/01/26 15:11, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   >> On 29/01/26 13:51, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:33:50 +1100, Peter Moylan    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On a darker note, Greg Egan once wrote a story where a company   
   >>>> found a way to encode the entire Koran in your junk DNA. Once   
   >>>> enough people had taken that option, it turmed out to be the means   
   >>>> to propagate a deadly epidemic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I should track down his more recent books. He is, in my opinion,   
   >>>> the most original SF writer of our time.   
   >>>   
   >>> Any titles you particularly recommend?   
   >>   
   >> Two short story collections: Axiomatic and Luninous. If you like what   
   >> you see, move on to the novel Luminous. Those, in any case, were the   
   >> books I particularly liked.   
   >   
   > Sorry, the novel I meant was Distress.   
      
   PS For just about any SF author I can think of, I would recommend   
   starting with short stories. Getting the author in bite-sized chunks is   
   an excellent way of finding out whether you like his writing.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
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