Book recs?

[ceebee_eebee]

Hey, flist. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I'm kind of obsessed with books about plagues. History, fiction, whatever. But I think I've read all the ones I've been able to find at this point and I'm dying for some new ones. Do any of you have a taste for this type of speculative fiction? Got any good recs for me? I'd be SO appreciative.

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[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

Besides The Stand, most of the stuff I know is actually memetics or mind-based plague. Not quite what you're looking for but good reads:
- Joan Slonczewski's Brain Plague is really good feminist SF about the potentialities of intelligent infection, co-opted by humans but with its own agenda.
- Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash deals with religious/sociocultural belief as virus.
- John Barnes' Century Next Door series is about computer viral control of human culture--Candle is especially good.

More traditionally, I've heard good things about Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio but never read it.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Ooooo. Brain Plague sounds VERY interesting! I'll definitely give that one a looksee. Thanks!