[UA] Re: Enigma

[Joe Murphy (Broin)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Hindman" <strev at arches.uga.edu>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: [UA] Re: Enigma


>
>    I'm not sure what this has to do with the subject any more, but...
>
>    A classic take on the 'viral message' is the short story 'Nothing But
> Gingerbread Left' by Henry Kuttner, where a certain string of nonsense is
> turned into a weapon of mass destruction.
>    On a similar note, I once had an idea for a story in which a key
> fragment of the King in Yellow gets incorporated into an email virus.
> Never wrote it, though.

Ooh, nice.

Equally, there's the Alan Moore short story (a 'Future Shock!') that
appeared in the UK comic, 2000AD.

A bunch of interstellar explorers have travelled the cosmos, looking for
aliens, and haven't found a single one. Then, one day, one of them suddenly
realises he's just had an alien idea - the alien is a meme. He communicates
it to the rest of the crew, with, er, hilarious consequences.

And there was a Cthulhu scenario in some old roleplaying mag (The Last
Province?) involving those good old Hounds of Tindalos and fractals.

Joe.
--
Joe Murphy (Broin)
broin at dial.pipex.com

"You'll regret being so damn abusive when
the electric UFO gods transphase in from
Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of
the universe."  - The Drummer, Planetary.


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