Talk:Nanotechnology in fiction

Do we really need this
The main page on nanorobotics has a similarly titled subsection. So, do we need this as an independent article?Jsonitsac 23:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've removed the list from the nanorobotics page and replaced it with a link to this one. - LeonWhite 02:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Michael Crichton??
Can Crichton's book from 2002 really be considered "one of the earliest books themed primarily around nanotechnology to reach a mainstream audience"? Isn't The Diamond Age (1995) pretty widespread? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sippan (talk • contribs) 17:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Sailor Moon
It should at least get a mention :)  91.107.180.195 (talk) 17:20, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I undid the mindless gutting of this article
If the entry has a link to a Wikipedia article which clearly mentions the nanobots, then it doesn't need any other reference.  D r e a m Focus  22:41, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Film and television needs a rewrite
As is common in this sort of article, the film and television section has become a meaningless list of every popular (and some very minor) sources of nanotech references in these media. I think, instead, it would make more sense to explore the specific tropes, when they emerged and how they've sustained or disappeared. I see three basic models for nanotech in TV and film:


 * Transforming shape/material ala the Knight Rider reference.
 * Transforming living beings ala the Star Trek and Red Dwarf references.
 * Disassembling / destroying materials (both biological and inert) ala the Cowboy Beebop and Day the Earth Stood Still references.

Exploring each of these tropes and how they've refined and expanded in film and television would make much more sense, and lend itself to becoming a dumping ground for links to shows and movies much less.

I'd also suggest some analysis of how [virus]es and nanotech are often conflated in mass media science fiction.

-Miskaton (talk) 22:21, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh, it's probably also useful to note that film and television rarely constrain nanotechnology to any semblance of real world physics and engineering. The tendency is often to expand their capabilities (as seen in the Red Dwarf example) to essentially become a deus ex machina. -Miskaton (talk) 22:24, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Lord of All Things
Have you ever considered adding this book by Andreas Eschbach? 2003:5F:2338:CACB:644F:DD7B:6840:8084 (talk) 19:07, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hugh Howey’s Silo Saga?
This page appears to be moribund, perhaps due to the proliferation of instances of the topic? But I was still a bit surprised to see that Silo (series) wasn't here. Perhaps because its use is too over-the-top? (That is why I'm not volunteering to create the content myself — I'm not very good at Wiki'ing, so I'll just leave this as a hopeful note.) — MrRedwood (talk) 02:17, 21 December 2023 (UTC)