[geeks] The Andromeda Strain

[Lionel Peterson]

On May 28, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Dr Robert Pasken <rpasken at eas.slu.edu>  
wrote:

> I responded to the phrase "professional integrity". If "State of  
> Fear" was pushed as a science fiction book there wouldn't be a  
> problem. It would be in the same category as "The Day After  
> Tommorrow" another science fiction story. The problem is that  
> Crichton, Infoe, Spencer, Christy, Douglas, The Heartland Institute,  
> The George Marshall Institue and a host of others refer to "State of  
> Fear" as SCIENCE FACT
>
> What if I were to publish a fictional account of how I wrote Unix V7
> while I was a child prodigy and then went around the country calling  
> Thompson, Ritchie and McIlroy liars. Further what if I was paid by  
> SCO to write the book in an attempt to change the outcome of SCO  
> litigation, HOW YOU WOULD YOU REACT? Chriton has done much worse.

Understood.

I apologize, but I have to ask - got any thoughts on Michael Moore?  
(of Farenhight 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Sicko, and Canadian  
Bacon ;^)

BTW - my local bookstores (borders & barnes and noble) file state of  
fear under fiction. I assume we both agree it belongs there. That some  
people pay him to expand on his fiction reflects poorly on the  
audience...

Lionel