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I appreciated Scalzi’s insight that adults struck down by the disease would appreciate a sense of agency in the world through their threeps while those affected in utero or as infants invest more time living in a virtual world created for Hadens known as “the Agora. Despite that (which is fine), and a few occasions where the narrator gives background as part of the narration to the reader (also fine), there are innumerable occasions throughout the book where one character goes into implausible detail to another character about something they would know. 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.

The legal and moral conundrums concerning privacy and attribution of crime in this new context reminds me of Asimov’s “I, Robot” series. I am glad that I didn't know much about this going in because it was fun to get into this bizarre new world (is it okay to say it's fun to get into a plague filled world?All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. The 1990 movie Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams based on Oliver Sacks's book Awakenings on his experience with a miraculous but short lived treatment for these patients makes for fascinating viewing/reading.

The two agents are given a task to investigate a murder at a nearby hotel and to question the suspect, a Tweep, who appears to be confused and unable to explain what exactly happened. I did get pretty caught up on how society changed because of all the people who were locked in and how they became like their own class/race of people. The science is NOT difficult to understand, the book is easily accessible for people who do not have a hard science degree. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.In fact, many of Scalzi’s books were my gateway to the genre; they were perfect for when I was first getting my feet wet and trying to read more sci-fi. Our documentation app for cell phone and tablet asks for all relevant information, offers a photo function for easy image documentation and saves all project data for the next inspection.