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RazorJAK -> RE: Preparing for World War 3 (10/10/2006 4:19:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Kedicat
I think the real world war 3 will be fought with the germs.
Germ warfare labs are still going on strong all over the world. Regular labs discover things to kill while seeking cures. The technology gets cheaper and more portable all the time.
Read The White Plague. A fairly old book. But it is sci social fi, often predictive.
Some day the enemy nation may simply die in their sleep, never knowing that the war was on. The attackers having been immunized. The tech is getting to the level of home brewing, in an extremists basement.
In the book, the plague was spread in such an ingenious and simple way. Very cost effective.
In my opinion, a much better example of Herbert's writing than his more famous (and continously raped by his son) Dune series.
Hard to believe that book is almost 25 years old now. I picked it up when it was reviewed in DRAGON way back when that magazine was actually worth reading. I remember reading it in one sitting. I think I'm going to have to reread it and see if it still holds true to the test of time.
Thanks for making me think of a book that I've not thought of in awhile.
Hmmm, I can see a theme coming along here. The last couple of books I've reread recently have been "The Andromeda Strain" "The Judas Gene" & "The Antrax Mutation".
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