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==Overview==
==Overview==
In it McCarthy explores the lives of [[Immortality|immortal]] humans in the near future. [[Nanotechnology]] has created ''wellstone'', [[programmable matter]] that can emulate nearly any other form of matter,<ref name=ieee>{{citation|publisher=[[IEEE]]|title=Book review|journal=Spectrum|date=June 2003|doi=10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1203083}}
In The Wellstone, McCarthy explores the lives of [[Immortality|immortal]] humans in the near future. [[Nanotechnology]] has created ''wellstone'', [[programmable matter]] that can emulate nearly any other form of matter,<ref name=ieee>{{citation|publisher=[[IEEE]]|title=Book review|journal=Spectrum|date=June 2003|doi=10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1203083}}
</ref> and nanotech [[fax machine]]s that can not only fabricate objects on demand, but store and retrieve human bodies (with minds intact), cure disease or reverse aging, or be used as [[Teleportation|teleporter]]s. Ultradense [[exotic matter]] known as ''collapsium'' makes gravity manipulation and [[superluminal communication|faster-than-light communication]] possible. Humanity has formed a solar system-wide society based on [[monarchy]].
</ref> and nanotech [[fax machine]]s that can not only fabricate objects on demand, but store and retrieve human bodies (with minds intact), cure disease or reverse aging, or be used as [[Teleportation|teleporter]]s. Ultradense [[exotic matter]] known as ''collapsium'' makes gravity manipulation and [[superluminal communication|faster-than-light communication]] possible. Humanity has formed a solar system-wide society based on [[monarchy]].



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The Wellstone
First edition cover
AuthorWil McCarthy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Queendom of Sol
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBantam Spectra
Publication date
March 4, 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Pages368
ISBN0-553-58446-4
Preceded byThe Collapsium 
Followed byLost in Transmission 

The Wellstone is a 2003 hard science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy. It was the first sequel to 2000's The Collapsium, starting what was to become a four-part Queendom of Sol series.

Overview

In The Wellstone, McCarthy explores the lives of immortal humans in the near future. Nanotechnology has created wellstone, programmable matter that can emulate nearly any other form of matter,[1] and nanotech fax machines that can not only fabricate objects on demand, but store and retrieve human bodies (with minds intact), cure disease or reverse aging, or be used as teleporters. Ultradense exotic matter known as collapsium makes gravity manipulation and faster-than-light communication possible. Humanity has formed a solar system-wide society based on monarchy.

Many of the technologies in this novel are also described in McCarthy's 2003 nonfiction book, Hacking Matter.

References

  1. ^ "Book review", Spectrum, IEEE, June 2003, doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1203083