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From: gknight@ut-ngp.UUCP (Gary Knight)
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Subject: Canonical list of sentient computer novels
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Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 18:45:05 EST
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      I am trying to compile a canonical list of SF *novels* dealing with (1)
sentient computers, and (2) human mental access to computers or computer
networks.  Examples of the two categories (and my particular favorites as well)
are:

      A) SENTIENT COMPUTERS

           The Adolescence of P-1, by Thomas J. Ryan
           Valentina: Soul in Sapphire, by Joseph H. Delaney and Marc Stiegler
           Cybernetic Samurai, by (I forget)
           Coils, by Roger Zelazny

      B) HUMAN ACCESS

           True Names, by Vernor Vinge
           Neuromancer and Count Zero, by William Gibson

      I'm not sure how this is done, but my thought is for all of you sf-fans
out there to send me e-mail lists of such novels (separate, by category A and
B), and I'll compile and post the ultimate canonical version.  I've heard that
this exercise was undertaken a year or so ago, but I don't have access to that
list and besides I'd like to get fresh input anyway (and recent qualifying
books).

      So let me hear from you . . . .

                                     Gary
-- 
Gary Knight, 3604 Pinnacle Road, Austin, TX  78746  (512/328-2480).
Biopsychology Program, Univ. of Texas at Austin.  "There is nothing better
in life than to have a goal and be working toward it." -- Goethe.