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In article <4482@husc6.harvard.edu> ellington@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu (Deaddog) writes:
>I believe the other, more readable, Cairns-Smith book is "Seven Clues to 
>the Origin of Life."
>But it was still originally an 'RNA world.'
>

(stamps foot) 'and it still spins, all the same!' ??

I am reading '7 clues', and from a preliminary scan, it is a book
which should be read by anyone with a serious interest in evolutionary
theory. The author presents a review of the field, (unencumbered by
references, as it aims to give a lay introduction), in a refreshing
and amusing style. 'Difficult' areas, such as the inference that life
on Earth had a single origin, because of the universality of the
genetic code, are confronted with ease.

I will probably give a more thorough review later, in the meantime,
the book is clearly good enough to be a christmas present, for several
people I know.