Argonaut by Stanley Schmidt, Tor, $25.95, ISBN 0312877269 Reviewed by David Barrett
WALKING through a park, a man spots an unusual insect. He moves closer and it suddenly stings him between the eyes. He’s hit by an overwhelming rush of his most emotion-filled memories, so powerful that he blacks out – but not before grasping the insect in his hand. Later, in hospital he teams up with a young medical technician, and together they take the insect to an aged entomologist. Spotting metal flecks in the insect, she sends it to her grandson, a nanotech expert. By halfway through chapter…
