Oh, erin, I'm glad you came and did this for me because I had meant to myself. This is the first one, and this tag should find all the rest if you scroll down. "Countdown" is fucking fantastic, and it's a great addition to the Feed mythology. Even if you haven't read Feed, it's worth reading. When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?

The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.

You hadn't heard of it either! Man, she was giving me shit this morning, like everyone was supposed to know what it was.

I had no idea. She made me go do research! With fiction! On livejournal! Ok, i'll stop oohing and ahhing here and maybe mention that in a comment on the most recent one :)

The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.

The Coming Plague is a great book about all the scary diseases and why we're poorly equipped to deal with them.

How cool! I loved Feed and I'm really looking forward to Deadline!

The other was that Marburg virus is a real thing.

I am the creepy person who totally knew about it but only because I find it fascinating. It's got the shepherd's crook tail too.

When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?

It's WHAT? I am so reading this.

And reading anything by Richard Preston will totally freak you out if you think about it too much. There are bits of Hot Zone that I still have to quick skim through because they are so creepy.

When was the last time you read a vignette from the perspective of a virus ?

It's WHAT? I am so reading this.

To clarify, it's not first-person, but third-person, but it treats the virus like a character worth describing.

As her feathers swept through the air, they collected dust and pollen...and a few particles of Alpha-RC007. The hooks on the outside of the virus promptly latched onto the goose's wing, not aware, only reacting to the change in their environment. This was not a suitable host, and so the bulk of the virus remained inert, waiting, letting itself be carried along by its unwitting escort back down to the planet's surface.

To clarify, it's not first-person, but third-person, but it treats the virus like a character worth describing.

That is the best story ever. Basically 3rd person omni as a virus? I must own this. And read it. Over and over.

A couple of the vignettes. Others deal with human types. The trilogy as a whole is fascinating in it's analysis of virology.

For now, hie thee to LJ. Sounds like they might get collected and published at some point but the author is still mum on those prospect.

The Coming Plague is a great book about all the scary diseases and why we're poorly equipped to deal with them.

What Ginger said. TCP is amazingly scary, and all true.