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  • Author(s): Vinge, Vernor
  • Source:
    Nature. 10/12/2000, Vol. 407 Issue 6805, p679. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SCIENCE fiction; SCIENCE; VINGE, Vernor; FICTION; FORECASTING
    • Abstract:
      Presents a fictional letter written by Verner Vinge, author of the book 'A Deepness in the Sky.' Description of the MRI-with-transfection process, which allows HIV transfection to the subject's glial cells; How the author's company has adapted the process for mind/machine symbiosis; Attempt of the author to recruit the fictitious character Johann to be part of the project.