Re: [silk] Pecular Behaviour of White Ants

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On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 10:37:00AM +0530, Divya wrote:
> 
> As far as I know, the idea hasn't inspired too much SF, with the exception
> of Alan Moore's 'Swamp Thing' comic in the 80s - there's this scientist
> working on a plant growth formula, someone plants a bomb in his lab, the
> remains of scientist and his formula are digested by the local swamp flora,
> and the plants recreate a monstrous body inhabited by a consciousness that
> *thinks* it's the scientist himself. Pretty good stuff.

Reminds me of Larry Niven in one of his books, where he has a guy
abandoning an oppressive Earth in a sublight speed starship at near-
light speed. As the guy gets old and wrinkly, the computer suggests
several immortality options. One of them is grinding himself to an
pulp, extracting the RNA paste and sticking it into a pithed clone.
The guy shudders and says no to that one.