The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi mentions "uplifted" races as part of his story plot. At the end of the book he acknowledges and credits the idea as originating with Dr. Brin. Gary
in a sense it is a tribute to the originator of the plot idea. heinlein said something to the effect that most fiction is derivative when his idea of "flatcats" was used in the famous "tribbles" episode of classic ST. http://rantinginthedark.blogspot.com/2004/07/whores-testimony htmlhttp://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2005/03-18-05.htm jon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
