And cue panicky article about "possible plagues from the sky" in 3..2..1..

Reminds me of the sci-fi book "The Children Star" by Joan Slonczewski.

She describes a world whose only civilization is an intelligent species of bacteria. Among other feats, they control the weather.

Good book? I haven't read any decent sci-fi in awhile (last good one was re-reading John Scalzi's Old Man's War series) and I've been looking to read some more of the genre.

"The brain plague" by the same author is actually much better. The writing could use some help, but the ideas, oh my!

My personal bias as a biologist sure influences my perception of the book, of course.

Great! Thanks for the recommendation. I'll put it on my "to read" list.