Was it Snow Crash or Diamond Age (or something earlier?) that had mushrooms as the basis for advanced technology? I'm curious if there was actual insight there or a happy coincidence.
BirAdam 10/31/2025||
It wasn't quite fungal, but Diamond Age had the Seed. The Seed grew any material/structure/device desired as opposed to the Matter Compilers and the Feed. We know that the Seed required tons of computing power to design and create, but the exact method of function of the Seed wasn't detailed. We do, however, know that it may have been nanotechnological as Nell had nanotechnology that her Mouse Army created to counter the nanites in the Drummers.
The Stone Sky series by NK Jemisin referenced the use of genetically modified fungi as self-assembling construction material. Really cool to see how pervasive mushrooms are in sci-fi and how there's lots more potential to unlock.
deelowe 10/31/2025||
I don't recall this in snow crash
Ericson2314 10/31/2025||
One of the best titles I've seen in a while!
FieryTransition 10/31/2025|
Imagine having a swarm of mushrooms everywhere to run computation on, if mushrooms could be programmed to expand and self arrange.
Ah, like a knifes edge, but would be exciting. Could have a literal bug in the code.