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"The Black Cloud"
Posted by Chez on 05-06-06 at 03:49 PM
One of the biggest occurrences on Lost that does not seem explicable by anything other than the supernatural, is the Black Cloud monster.

I had an idea for a possible explanation. It is not supernatural, but more like plausible science fiction. Has anyone read the book "Prey" by Michael Crichton? I don't have the book anymore, but I recall it was about the development, by scientists, of nano-sized "robots" that appeared as a black swarm. The swarm could take on different shapes and could be violent, depending on how it was controlled. Like Crichton's other books (e.g. Jurassic Park) it does push the envelope of what is believable but there is a possibility it could happen. The concept of this swarm of nano-machines seems plausible. Has anyone else read this book or have any ideas?

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"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by trigirl on 05-06-06 at 08:50 PM
LAST EDITED ON 05-07-06 AT 02:29 PM (EST)

I haven't read this book, but we have dicussed it on the board. Read here or here for the previous discussions. I really must read this book!

Edited to fix links Thanks.

"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by Chez on 05-06-06 at 09:33 PM
The links are not working. Can you try again? Sorry for the duplicate subject. (Feel free to lock.)
"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by Fishercat on 05-06-06 at 10:38 PM
The links work for me.
"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by 1derfool on 05-06-06 at 11:36 PM
>I haven't read this book, but
>we have dicussed it on
>the board. Read here
>or here for the previous
>discussions. I really must
>read this book!

The links have too many "//" as posted.
Try here and here


"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by Chez on 05-07-06 at 12:35 PM
Thanks, the new links work.
"RE: The Black Cloud"
Posted by sica077 on 05-06-06 at 10:04 PM
LAST EDITED ON 05-07-06 AT 02:18 PM (EST)

Hmmm...my other half said the same exact thing about the black cloud and the nano-bots (as he called them). I know I read somewhere that "nothing on the island is inexplicable" (or something to that effect), so we were trying to come up with anything plausible for the cloud that wasn't a supernatural explaination. I came up with none...he was reading the book at the time and mentioned the "bots". We are pretty sold on the idea, but we haven't really looked into it any further...I tend to forget about things that I am not constantly reminded of. Since we haven't seen the cloud in a while, I'm wondering when it will pop up again.