Nice way to end the first half, so to speak. Speaking of Riverworld - maybe that is where he is headed soon, as it was an afterlife metaphor, no? Farmer was popular with a certain group, no doubt, but I never could get into his work. Different strokes for different folks....
Anyway... for the SciFi optimist who is looking for the Rainbow's end, despite the doom and gloom which is in the News constantly these days, there is one SciFi writer out there who can really stretch your event horizon, and with real science as opposed to fantasy. He has been hacking away for over 40 years, but is not very well known: Vernor Vinge. The recurring theme of his which I really like, and one which "could be" the savior of the current economic crisis is called the "technological singularity". Are we on the cusp of that now in 2009? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity "They say" the timing of the actual tipping point - will be sudden and a surprise to even the experts. Ray Kurzweil was saying a few years ago in "The Singularity Is Near" that we were almost there, but he is often too optimistic. We could sure use many kinds of Technological boosting now.... Jones ----- Original Message ---- > From: Terry Blanton <[email protected]> > To die in your sleep at 91! > > Goodbye, PJ! > > http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/02/25/obit.farmer/index.html > > http://www.pjfarmer.com/
