Re: Anthrax on the 'net [Was Re: Fear of Flying -- from HotWired ]
At 9:14 PM 9/17/96, Mike Fletcher wrote:
The Frank Herbert (of _Dune_ fame) book _White Plague_ comes to mind. Basically a molecluar biologist's wife and kids are killed by an IRA bomb while visiting Dublin. He snaps and creates a plague which kills women (men are carriers) as revenge. All without using that nasty Internet (in fact, the book was written back before even ARPAnet).
A _very_ minor correction. My copy of "The White Plague" is not handy, but I distinctly recall reading it circa 1980-1, certainly no earlier than 1977-8. The ARPANet was going strong by then. Newsgroups were getting started around 1980, give or take, as I recall. But of course I agree that "The White Plague" was written long before "The Net" became a household name. (Interestingly, Herbert was computer-literate, and he even wrote a book about using PCs, circa the late 70s....something like "Nailing Jelly to a Tree.") --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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At 9:14 PM 9/17/96, Mike Fletcher wrote:
The Frank Herbert (of _Dune_ fame) book _White Plague_ comes to mind. Basically a molecluar biologist's wife and kids are killed by an IRA bomb while visiting Dublin. He snaps and creates a plague which kills women (men are carriers) as revenge. All without using that nasty Internet (in fact, the book was written back before even ARPAnet).
A _very_ minor correction. My copy of "The White Plague" is not handy, but I distinctly recall reading it circa 1980-1, certainly no earlier than 1977-8.
Right you are, Tim. From the Minneapolis Public Library online catalog: | AUTHOR: Herbert, Frank. | TITLE: The white plague / Frank Herbert. | EDITION: 1st ed. | IMPRINT: New York : Putnam, 1982. | CALL NO.: SCIENCE FICTION | PHYSICAL FEATURES: 445 p. ; 24 cm. | LC CARD NO.: 82-7586 | ISBN/ISSN: 0399127216 : | OCLC NO.: 08432222
But of course I agree that "The White Plague" was written long before "The Net" became a household name. (Interestingly, Herbert was computer-literate, and he even wrote a book about using PCs, circa the late 70s....something like "Nailing Jelly to a Tree.")
As long as I'm skulking about the library.... AUTHOR: Herbert, Frank. TITLE: Without me you're nothing : the essential guide to home computers / Frank Herbert, with Max Barnard. IMPRINT: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1980. CALL NO.: QA76.5.H46 PHYSICAL FEATURES: 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. OTHER AUTHORS: Barnard, Max, SUBJECTS: Microcomputers. * Minicomputers. LC CARD NO.: 80-22315 ISBN/ISSN: 0671412876 OCLC NO.: 06761235 - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@scytale.com PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6 Key available from pubkey@scytale.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMj/pYxvikii9febJAQG4oAP/dJCJ5VO6w3fed5S3XgcyY2phm00G1uFg PkOdWTMf3Qsom6tciXOrJ9XNv5YStpXq7FFoz0jcHpbicpK6kMvevbrctinLu3GN M576EomA1iC3RPqn4Pw5D0kuv0JP9sU/egvIw2oOR7auul0Hdl1tZ8qoeejnIdRv XpfOyrxC6vk= =OlkL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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