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First off, if you haven't read the prequel short story for this book, do so now, even if you have already read this book. I really think that part needs added to this book, it's very hard to figure out what's going on without it. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. Trying to unravel the threads of the murder, Chris unearths even more puzzling events leading to a much bigger crime than anyone imagined.

If you ever want a morbid exercise to kill some time, imagine living through this: full consciousness, full comprehension - and the complete inability to control your body, a physical paralysis that does not affect your mind, a complete and total helplessness that does not even provide you with a merciful unawareness but instead leaves you just lying there, conscious but immobile and unable to communicate. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery - and the real crime - is bigger than anyone could have imagined.

I think that Neal Shusterman so far has been my favorite author to do that in a Urban setting with his Unwind Series. The brains of those locked in were essentially linked up to humanoid personal transports affectionately named “Threeps” (after C-3PO of Star Wars fame), allowing them to interact with the world once more. This perspective has been present in much of his work; his exciting science fiction saga starting with Old Man’s War posits that the mutable physical self is but a prop or costume or useful tool for that which exists within. There was a plague that left tons of people completely paralyzed, so scientists created a way to let these people sync their brains into robot bodies. I have been familiar with his work and I vow to read everything he has put on page, but I know from experience that this type of story can be best appreciated in small increments with some other reads in between.

The whole debate about Hadens (getting 'unlocked' or 'preserving Haden culture') reminded me strongly of the debate about deaf community and culture vs. It's as if Scalzi finally went for it in this novel and decided to put his interests right up front. Lock In felt like a very realistic world, one that could easily spring from our current technological and societal structures. Agent Chris Shane, a Haden's who has used a threep since childhood, has just started work as an FBI agent, and is thrown into a major investigation, starting with the death of a man in a hotel room.But more disturbingly I realised that I didn't really care where this was going because I hadn't really become invested in the outcome for any of the characters. This condition, named Haden’s Syndrome after the president’s wife who was the most famous person afflicted with lock in, was given much attention and a lot of money was thrown at it in the hopes of finding a cure. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

But if what you want is something that makes you wonder what society would be like if one part of the general population is essentially stuck inside their bodies with no way to move around and they are given their own personal C3POesk unit to use to be able to walk around the world in, then the answer is YES. We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request).But the locked in sleepers’ brain patterns have been altered in such a way as they are able to remotely enter another person, and share experiences with the host. A percentage who went on to survive this second stage found themselves “locked in”, trapped in a state of being fully awake and aware, but having no control over their voluntary nervous systems. You get all the elements of a police procedural with a rookie trying to prove himself while delving into a brave new world of a new kind of cyber-people. Even in the middle of Covid restrictions, the booklet got from one side of the world to the other, in only a week or two. All in all an extremely good sci-fi book, with snappy dialogue, a great story, and some nifty insights into society and technology.

In this near-future setting, the world has survived a virulent flu that has swept across the globe and devastated much of humanity. This way the fast-talking, smart plotting and superb banter can have their full effect on the reader. The story is at some time in the future in the good old USA, and some years after a plague overtook the world and killed a significant amount of the population.

Chris' hard bitten, hard drinking female partner Leslie Vann may seem a bit of a cliche but has an interesting past as an Integrator and is smart and intuitive and generally gets what she wants. And more appealing to me than the rather rote characters on display was the character of the author, also on display. The legal and moral conundrums concerning privacy and attribution of crime in this new context reminds me of Asimov’s “I, Robot” series. This book took me too long to read, so important characters introduced in the beginning of the book were meaningless to me when I reached the solution. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.