![]() ![]() Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse…Īnother very good novel from John Scalzi, offering an excellent blend of two genres. In Lock In, Scalzi takes core elements of the crime/conspiracy thriller and injects some excellent techno-sci-fi elements reminiscent of Surrogates and I, Robot. This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, allowing those who are locked in to occasionally “ride” these people and use their bodies as if they were their own. ![]() One is a virtual-reality environment, “The Agora”, where the locked-in can interact with other humans, whether locked-in or not. Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. But in the US that’s 1.7 million people “locked in” - including the President’s wife and daughter. And 1% find themselves “locked in” - fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus.ġ% doesn’t seem like a lot. ![]() 4% suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. ![]() 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Imagine a plague that incapacitates almost 1.7 million people - and now imagine a cure that is even worse.įifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. ![]()
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