[geeks] The Andromeda Strain

[Dr Robert Pasken]

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.