al@gtx.com (Alan Filipski) (07/13/88)
In article <1410@murdu.OZ> sam@murdu.UUCP (Sam Ganesan) writes: ->In article <1027@ih1ap.ATT.COM> dlp@ih1ap.ATT.COM (Random @ rebmA) writes: ->>> ->>> bs_wab@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Bains) writes: ->>>>Around the end of my undergraduate career I remember reading a paper ->>>>on the possibility of using DNA sequences for interstellar communication. ->>You don't mention when this paper was written, but I recall a similar ->>scenario. Check out 'The Andromeda Strain' then 'Mutant 59, The Plastic ->>Eaters' by the same author (whos name escapes me). -> ->The author, I am pretty sure is Michael Crichton. -> In a similar vein, I remember reading a short story in which Earth was doomed by some imminent catastrophe, so a project called the "Great Space Fuck" was created to launch Earthian (Terran? Gaian? what's the word?) genetic material to some plausible nearby planetary system. The title of the story may have been "The Great Space Fuck", but I am certain the phrase was used in the story. It must have been in the 1960's, and I believe it was a famous author. I probably still have the book that contains the story, but I don't feel like grepping through about 10 shelf-feet of dusty, crumbling paperbacks to find it. Anyone remember this? It's probably about time to remove this from sci.bio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Alan Filipski, GTX Corp, 8836 N. 23rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85021, USA ) ( {allegra,decvax,hplabs,amdahl,nsc}!sun!sunburn!gtx!al (602)870-1696 ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~