Lock In

A Novel of the Near Future , #1

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Publicerades 25 augusti 2014 av Tor Books.

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978-0-7653-7586-5
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Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

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recenserade Lock In av John Scalzi (Lock In, #1)

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I continue to be thoroughly whelmed by Scalzi's novels. He has great ideas, but there always seems to be something lacking. Based on this, I think it might be that his plots aren't nearly as interesting as his worldbuilding. Lock In has a lot to recommend it - a clever setup, a well thought-through world, some neat touches (a narrator whose gender is not only unrevealed but completely immaterial, and you barely even notice it)... and yet I find myself vaguely annoyed with the murder-mystery plot and the endless technobabble.

Maybe I should just stick with his blog and twitter feed.

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