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FROM: "Amy Howlett" <[removed]@dol.state.vt.us>
REC'D: 5/14/01, 4:14 PM

I'm looking for science fiction novel that deals with nanotechnology, or
miniature robotics. Patron says book is at least 20 years old, not written
by Herbert or Asimov and opens with a scene in which protagonist is shot in
the head and dies but the mini robots bring him back to life. Ideas?

Amy Howlett, VT Department of Libraries
[removed]@dol.state.vt.us

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/14/01, 5:16 PM

At 05:22 PM 5/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm looking for science fiction novel that deals with nanotechnology, or
>miniature robotics. Patron says book is at least 20 years old, not written
>by Herbert or Asimov and opens with a scene in which protagonist is shot in
>the head and dies but the mini robots bring him back to life. Ideas?
>
>Amy Howlett, VT Department of Libraries
[removed]@dol.state.vt.us

Try BLOOD MUSIC by Greg Bear, published as a novel in 1985 (expanded
from a short story in the June 1983 ANALOG, which is *almost* twenty
years ago. It's certainly the most prominent nanotech-related sf
novel of its time. While I've always meant to read it, I somehow
haven't, so don't know if the scene described is in it, but here's a
couple of sites which describe enough of the plot so that your client
should be able to decide if it's the one s/he remembers or not:

http://www.uta.edu/english/bek/cy-fi/blood.html

http://www.epinions.com/book-review-624D-142FBBB6-3A0CD687-prod2


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Kathy Loucks" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 5/15/01, 9:54 AM

Could this be Asimov's Fantastic Voyage? A scientist suffers a brain injury as a result of an assassination attempt, and a submarine crewed by a medical team is miniaturized and injected into his body to repair the injury.

Kathleen Loucks
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH

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