by tinyrick » Fri May 05, 2017 11:11 am
Ok. So I finished the book I was reading and got started on Hellstrom's Hive. I'm about 1/3 of the way in. I can see that the genetic engineering and eugenics breeding programs were an early interest of Herbert long before the Dune series. The Hellstrom in the book's title is a famous ecologist who's obsessed with insects that makes documentary films. The current government is a police state in which people don't really know it's a police state cause shadow government agencies and such.
One agency, which is simply known as The Agency, has sent someone to spy on Hellstrom's farm in Oregon and gets captured. Hellstrom is involved in a three centuries old experiment, starting in the late 19th century, to try to make humans more like insects and form a hive consciousness. They intend to remain hidden until the time is right until they swarm humanity. So think of the Borg from Star Trek, but instead of cybernetics, imagine them being a product developed by Monsanto.
If you're looking for a classic mad scientist story, it's a good read.
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