Eero's Reviews > Small Miracles

This book was originally published in 2009 and set in the near future - so near that its beginning date has now passed. Already the world it describes has diverged from reality enough to strain today's reader's willing suspension of disbelief. The plot involves runaway nanotech, but in a more limited and thus more "realistic" way than in "Blood Music" and such (essentially, the medical nanites in this book are not self-replicating, but they can stimulate changes in the central nervous system and thus take over their host). The prose is rather flat and often very technical, which can alienate some readers.

I could see this as a miniseries on TV, if the background was updated and it was set a bit further down in the future.