In the late eighties, I was fascinated by the possibilities of nanotechnology as raised by Eric Drexler. Here we are twenty years later, and I get the feeling that the early promise and enthusiasm have largely been blunted by some hard realities, and I’ve been meaning to go back and reread the book again, perhaps trying to understand why that happened to be so. It turns out that I don’t have to try to dig up my dead tree version: it’s now available online.

Engines of Creation – K. Eric Drexler

If I didn’t have a queue six books deep on books I’m already working on, I’d probably try to reread it again soon, but this post will serve as a placeholder.